Environment and Countryside

Countryside Management students attend Europarc 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Bridgit Edmonstone

Lecturer Nicky Penford, accompanied by eleven first year Countryside Management students visited Glen Tanar Estate recently as part of the Europarc Federation Conference 2018. The Europarc Federation is an independent, non-governmental organisation, which aims...

Categories: Aberdeen, Campus, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Student Life and Student Visits

MSc Induction Study Tour 2018

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

New students embarking on our taught postgraduate courses at the Edinburgh campus spent their first couple of days on a study tour, staying overnight at SRUC’s Wigwam Accommodation in Tyndrum....

Categories: Edinburgh, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Postgraduate, Student Visits and Sustainability Tags: #SRUCVisits, environment, field trips, food security, masters, MSc, plant health, postgraduate, Study, visit and visits

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
Jo King holding a small bat

Jo King – BSc Hons Countryside Management graduate of 2018

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Congratulations to Jo King, who after graduating with BSc Hons in Countryside Management from Ayr Campus, is going on to do great things in her new job. Jo will be...

Categories: Ayr, Countryside Management, Degree, Environment and Countryside, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes and Study level Tags: Countryside management, environment, Environmental, SRUC Ayr and SRUCcess
Ailidh Reid, BSc Countryside Management Graduate 2018

Ailidh Reed – SRUCcess

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Ailidh Reid graduated this year with a BSc (Hons) Countryside Management from SRUC Ayr, and factors this as the primary reason for being successful in securing the role of a...

Categories: Ayr, Countryside Management, Degree, Environment and Countryside, Student Life and Student Successes Tags: Countryside management, SRUC Ayr and SRUCcess

Let’s clear the air

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Clean air day (21st June) seems a good day to highlight the contribution SRUC is making to the Farming for a Better Climate programme. Farming for a Better Climate (FFBC)...

Categories: Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal Science, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Renewables, Student Life, Sustainability and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, #cleanairday, agricultural, air, air quality, carbon, climare change, climate, emissions, environment and Environmental

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

Alicja Kaczmarczyk, Environmental Management

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Alicja Kaczmarczyk, originally from Poland, came to SRUC to study Environmental Management. As a mature student with a long break from full time education, the decision to change career path...

Categories: Change your path, Degree, Edinburgh, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management and Sustainability Tags: #changeyourpath, course, Ecology, environment, Environmental, environmental protection, Environmental Resource Management, mature, sustainability and sustainble
James Bamkin, SRUC Learner Engagement Officer, on a canoe

James Bamkin – Countryside Management

Posted on March 29, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

James Bamkin, a man whose career at SRUC has been illustrious – student, class rep, SRUCSA President and now Learner Engagement Officer, started his journey with a degree in fashion...

Categories: Advice, Change your path, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, HN Level, Oatridge, Student opportunities and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, Countryside management, James Bamkin, SRUC Oatridge and SRUCSA

Turn off the lights and turn on the fun for Earth Hour

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

Earth Hour is the world’s largest grassroots movement for the environment, inspiring millions of people to take action for our planet and nature. On Saturday 24th March at 8.30pm switch...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural Technology, Ayr, Barony, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Oatridge and Sustainability Tags: Earth hour, Earth hour 2018 and SRUC