Renewables

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, Activity Tourism, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, City & Guilds, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Gardening Scotland, Golf, Green & Renewable Technology, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Introductory, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Landscape, Modern Apprenticeships, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Renewables, Rural & Estate Skills, Short Courses, Sports, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability, and Veterinary Nursing

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: Agriculture, Animal Science, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, 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, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Business, Countryside Management, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf, Green & Renewable Technology, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Landscape, Oatridge, Poultry, Renewables, Rural & Estate Skills, Sports, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Successes, Sustainability, and Veterinary Nursing
Snowdrops

Researching and Protecting the Environment at SRUC

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

The importance of the environment is increasingly recognised in society and includes issues such as climate change, land management, habitat loss, pollution control, sustainable development and energy conservation. We are...

Categories: Agriculture, Campus, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, Organic Farming, Renewables, and Sustainability Tags: climate, climate change, courses, Ecology, Ecosystem, Energy, environment, Environmental, Environmental Management, Environmental Resource Management, environmental science, Farming for a Better Climate, Rural Policy Centre, sac consulting, sustainability, and sustainable
Sophie in lab

Press for Progress film competition

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Lights… Cameras … Action … The 8th of March is International Women’s Day and with Scotland’s Women in Agriculture Task Force SRUC is planning to promote #PressforProgress by launching a...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agriculture, Animal Science, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Green & Renewable Technology, Oatridge, Renewables, Student opportunities, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, Film Competition, SRUC Study, and Women in Science

Aberdeen Degree Students’ Egg-celent Visit

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Rich Gordon

  Degree students from SRUC Aberdeen campus enjoy an insightful visit to Farmlay Eggs       First week back from the Christmas holidays and the students of SRUC Aberdeen...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Degree, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Events, Green & Renewable Technology, Poultry, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Visits, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, Eggs, FarmlayEggs, FoodIndustry, Poultry, RuralBusinessManagement, SRUCAberdeen, UKAriFoods, and UKFarming
Solar panels

SRUC Advent Calendar: 13th December

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Climate change is driven largely by our reliance on fossil fuels. Setting fire to millions of years of stored carbon in a very short space of time is creating a...

Categories: Advent Calendar 2017, Ayr, Green & Renewable Technology, Renewables, Student Life, and Sustainability Tags: Green Technology, renewables, Renewables and Environmental Technology, and SRUC Ayr
Sheep on hill. SRUC Hill and Mountain Research

International Mountain Day

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Rich Gordon

In 2003 the United Nations General Assembly designated December 11th “International Mountain Day”. The aim: to create awareness about the importance of mountains in everyday life and to highlight opportunities...

Categories: Agriculture, Campus, Countryside Management, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Focus on, Green & Renewable Technology, Renewables, SRUC Subjects, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, countryside and environmental management, Countryside management, Environmental Resource Management, Green Technology, hills, International Mountain Day, Mountain, Renewables and Environmental Technology, research, and SRUC Research
Wind turbines

SRUC Advent Calendar: 7th December

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Rich Gordon

There is a greater public awareness of environmental issues, and organisations are increasingly required to address environmental impact through legislation. World leaders have recognised that exploiting natural resources to a...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advent Calendar 2017, Ayr, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Green & Renewable Technology, Oatridge, Renewables, and Student Life Tags: Environmental, Environmental Resource Management, Green Technology, renewables, SRUC Aberdeen, SRUC Ayr, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Elmwood, SRUC Oatridge, and Wind turbines
Soil in hands

Happy World Soil Day!

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Today is World Soil Day. To celebrate we have decided to highlight SRUC’s research of Crop and Soils Systems. What we do Our research is intended to underpin the development of resilient and...

Categories: Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, Environment, Environment and Countryside, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, Horticulture, Land-Based Skills, Organic Farming, Renewables, and Sustainability Tags: Crop and soils Systems, crops, Soil, SRUC, SRUC Research, and World Soil Day