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A long haired tortoise shell cat lies facing the camera.

National Cat Day

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Today, October 29th, is National Cat Day. Obviously we couldn’t let this day pass without celebrating somehow, so we’ve assembled some cat-tacular facts about our feline friends to help you...

Categories: Aberdeen, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Oatridge and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal Care, Cat day, cats, national cat day and Veterinary Nursing

What you didn’t know about Hedgehogs

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The Humble Hedgehog With the hedgehog having a quiet and unobtrusive nature, it is not a surprise that many of us overlook these dynamic creatures and their unique characteristics. The...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural Technology, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Biological Sciences, Countryside Management, Degree, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, HN Level, Uncategorized and Veterinary Nursing Tags: Animal Care, SRUCAberdeen and Veterinary Nursing

Reptile Awareness Day

Posted on October 21, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Meet Randall the Rankins Dragon Randall is a 5 year old inhabitant of the Animal Care Unit at the Aberdeen Campus. He is best known amongst students and staff for...

A Guide to Studying

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Studying is an exercise that most of us will face multiple times in our life, especially at college and university. A lot of the time, you can feel great pressure...

typical day in the life of an animal care student

A week in the life of an Animal Care Student

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Shona Warwick

Two of our students Morgan Curtis and Megan Bruce give an insight into a week in the life of an Animal Care student. A day consists of 4 classes from...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, Campus and Student Life Tags: Animal, Animal Care, Animals, Barony and SRUC Barony

Abbie Gibson HND Animal Care

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Abbie Gibson started with SRUC on the NC Animal Care and progressed the whole way up to HND, but before she decided what she wanted to do she took a...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Barony, HN Level, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes and Uncategorized Tags: #hnd, Animal, Animal Care, HNC, NC and SRUCBarony

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,...

Ailish Ross BSc Applied Animal Science

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

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 Hannah D'Mellow

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...