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Animal Care: Sarah Stuart

Posted on June 17, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

Sarah Stuart previously studied for an HND in Advertising and PR but after graduation, she realised that she had no real passion or motivation for working in the field of...

Categories: Aberdeen, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Change your path, College, HN Level and Student Successes Tags: #changeyourpath, #hnd, Aberdeen, Animal, care, Change your path, HNC and NC

Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on June 11, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow

“ The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, provides a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Science, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Organic Farming, Poultry, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: development, global, goals, SDG, sustainability, sustainable, sustainable development goals and United Nations
Edinburgh zoo representatives

Walk on the wild side

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Shona Warwick

Students are set to take a walk on the wild side following a collaboration between Scotland’s Rural College and the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS). Classes could use immersive...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, College, HN Level and Student opportunities Tags: Animal Care, Animals, Barony, Edinburgh Zoo, SRUC Barony and SRUCBarony

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    

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing
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...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Poultry, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes, Sustainability and Veterinary Nursing
From left to right Tomas, Kaitlin, Morbhan, Hollie

Reflecting on HND Equine

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

“We were surprised to learn so many career paths are available in the Equine sector” -thus Equine Studies  students Tomas, Morbhan, Hollie and Kaitlin reflected back on their event management...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level and Oatridge Tags: Equine, Equine Studies, HN Equine Studies, horse and SRUC Oatridge

Alison Hosie – Working with Police Horses

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

“After working for several years in small animal roles I knew I wanted to return to working with horses. I felt that enrolling on the HNC Equine Studies course would...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level and Oatridge
Alan Linton - SRUC Barony Veterinary Nursing student

Alan Linton – Vet Nursing

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Alan Linton, 32, worked on his family’s fishing boat for many years before changing his path to study HND Veterinary Nursing at SRUC Barony. Alan is now enjoying the challenge of...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Barony, Change your path, HN Level, Student opportunities, Student Successes and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Change your path, SRUC Barony and Veterinary Nursing

Stuart Hynds – Vet Nursing

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Stuart Hynds worked in retail since finishing school but has always had a passion for animals. After he helped an injured owl he realised he wanted to follow what he...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Change your path, Oatridge, Student opportunities, Student Successes and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal, Change your path, SRUC Oatridge and Vet Nursing