Animal & Biological

Why study Animal Care? Here’s what our students are hoping to do with their knowledge and experience…

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

We asked our Animal Care students what they would like to do with their qualifications once they have completed their course, and the results are rather lovely:   Animal Behaviourist,...

Categories: Aberdeen, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, College, Elmwood, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #SRUCElmwood, #SRUCOatridge, Animal Care, Careers, Equine, horse care, SRUCAberdeen, SRUCBarony, SRUCcess, and Veterinary Nursing
Ailish Ross bottle feeding a calf

Ailish Ross BSc Applied Animal Science

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Rich Gordon

With Highers in English, Maths, Biology, Chemistry, History, Geography, Psychology & French and a keen interest in animals, Ailish went to her guidance teacher for advice on science based courses....

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Science, Edinburgh, Student Life, Student Successes, and Study level Tags: #SRUCEdinburgh, Animal, Applied animal science, biology, BSc, science, SRUC Edinburgh, and SRUCcess

World Mental Heath Day 10th October – What to do if you need a bit of extra support…

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The 10th October 2017 is World Mental Health Day – an opportunity to acknowledge that everyone is likely to need a bit of extra support at some time in their life. The...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing, and Work-based Learning Tags: #mentallhealth, #studentsupport, #wmhd, #wmhd17, #wmhd2017, health, Health and Wellbeing, planner, planning, student support, support, and wellbeing

Animal Behaviour and Welfare Visit

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Earlier in the week, the Animal Behaviour & Welfare degree class from Aberdeen Campus, attended the biannual Animal Welfare Day at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh. The event was in...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Degree, Edinburgh, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, SRUC Events, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Visits, Uncategorized, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCVisits, Animal Care, and SRUCAberdeen
Chinchilas

World Animal Day – Aberdeen Campus

Posted on October 4, 2017 by Rich Gordon

  Yoda & BB8 Chinchillas from the Animal Care Unit, Aberdeen Campus BB8 – 1 year & 9 months old. BB8’s Story: The Animal Care Unit purchased BB8’s mum, Anakin,...

Categories: Aberdeen, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Campus, Degree, Postgraduate, Uncategorized, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal Care and SRUCAberdeen

Cultivate: Issue 2

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Rich Gordon

The second issue of our printed counterpart to Cultivate online is now available at your campus. Pick up a copy now from your campus or view the digital version! We’re...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Animal & Biological, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Golf & Greenkeeping, Horticulture, Hospitality, Oatridge, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: Cultivate, Education Office, Magazine, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Barony, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, and SRUC Oatridge

Volunteering

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Taking the leap into College life is all about creating experiences so making time for voluntary work, in between studying, can add even more value to your time at College...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student opportunities, Study level, Sustainability, and Veterinary Nursing Tags: #student, charitable, charity, cv, environment, Environmental, students, sustainable, volunteer, Volunteering, Volunteers, work, and work experience

It’s nearly time for the Highland Show

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Come and visit the SRUC building at the Royal Highland Show this year – we’ll have a lot going on! Outside the SRUC building (just on the main ring) you...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr events, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Edinburgh events, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Poultry, Renewables, SRUC Events, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, alumni, Competition, Highland, RHS, Royal, Royal Highland Show 2017, Rural, Rural Business, rural skills, and Show
Girl riding on horse back

Crowds flock to Barony Open Day

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Rich Gordon

A sunny bright afternoon brought nearly 3000 visitors to 2017’s Open Day at Barony Campus. The day was a great success allowing the public to get up close to everything that...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Organic Farming, and SRUC Subjects Tags: #Agriculture, Agility, Animal Care, Arla, charity, Dumfries, Equine, Food Tasting, Fundraising, Open day, SRUC Barony, and Tractor
STEM competition poster

Schools STEM Competition

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Win £200 in our Schools STEM Competition – Grow your Future with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and STEM. Deadline 17th May 2017! Open to all Secondary School pupils (S1 to...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing, and Work-based Learning Tags: Animal Science, biological, biology, chemistry, Competition, Environmental, environmental science, geography, physics, science, sciences, and STEM