Equine and Horse Care

Laura Graham: Equine Studies

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Hannah D'Mellow

Laura Graham has faced various challenges to reach her fourth year of study at SRUC’s Oatridge campus – a fact that has been recognised by her selection as a finalist...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Campus, College, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge and Student Successes Tags: Equine and horse

Saddled Up For Success

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

When Pavlina Veverkova finished studying graphic design in the Czech Republic, she moved to Scotland to help her sister open a café in Edinburgh. However, after nearly five years of...

Categories: Animal & Biological, College, Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge, Student Life and Student Successes Tags: british horse society, equestrian, Equine, hourses, Oatridge, scotland and SRUC

Groomed for Success

Posted on July 24, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

When Emily Stewart started studying for an Advanced Certificate in Horse Care at Scotland’s Rural College, she planned to leave at the end of the year-long course to get a...

Categories: Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student Life and Student Successes Tags: Equine, horse, horses, Oatridge, scotland, showjumping and SRUC

Equine Studies: Emily Stewart

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Emily Stewart is studying an HND in Equine Studies at SRUC’s Oatridge campus. Emily came to us with a keen interest in horses and chose SRUC because of its renowned,...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Campus, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, SRUC Subjects, Student opportunities and Student Successes Tags: equestrian, Equine, Equine Studies, horse, horses, scottish national equestrian centre and SNEC

Forgework: Holly Loftus

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Holly came to SRUC to study forgework, something she had wanted to learn more about for many years. Having come from what might seem quite an unrelated background, with a...

Categories: Equine and Horse Care, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge and SRUC Subjects Tags: forgework

Fire Safety Training at Oatridge

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

A group of National Certificate in Horse Care students at SRUC Oatridge Campus participated in an afternoon of “Fire Safety Awareness” training. This linked in with their Safe Working Practices...

Categories: College, Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge, Student Life and Student opportunities Tags: fire safety, horse care, Oatridge, SRUC and training

Passport to horse health

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

SRUC staff and students with Minister for Rural Affairs Mairi Gougeon (Front L-R: Professor Wayne Powell, Mairi Gougeon MSP, Sam Muir, David Hopkins, Louise Bulmer and Emily Stewart. Back L-R:...

Categories: Campus, Equine and Horse Care, Oatridge, SRUC Events and Student opportunities Tags: #SRUCOatridge, Equine, Mairi Gougeon and MSP

Welcome to new students 2018

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Our Principal, Wayne Powell, records a welcome video to all our students each year. You can watch this online here: Link to the video on Vimeo

Sarah Scott - Equine student at SRUC Oatridge.

Sarah Scott – Horse Care

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Sarah Scott, 25 had a previous career as a housekeeper/waitress before changing her path to study equine with us at Oatridge. Sarah aspires to get a job in the equine industry, and...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student opportunities and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, Equine, mature student, Return to study and SRUC Oatridge

Why are you doing this?

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

We asked our current students what motivated them to study their course…. here are the full results: There are some variations by subject area – those studying subjects related to animals are...