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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    

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Jo King holding a small bat

Jo King – BSc Hons Countryside Management graduate of 2018

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Rich Gordon

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
Gareth Austin

Learning From A Distance

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Anouska Curzon

SRUC Alumnus Gareth Austin wanted to study either horticulture or agriculture but there were no courses available close to where he lives so he decided that distance learning would be...

Categories: Advice, Agriculture, Distance Learning, Focus on, Horticulture, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Student Life, Student Successes, Study level, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, #SRUCHorticulture, alumni, Distance Learning, Horticulture, Organic Farming, SRUC, and SRUC Alumni
SRUC student Jennifer Wright up a tree in PPE

A Blossoming Career

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Rich Gordon

An uncertain Jennifer Wright, unsure on what to study after school has blossomed, bloomed and grown into a successful young woman. After leaving Queen Anne High school in Dunfermline Jennifer...

Categories: Campus, Forestry and Arboriculture, Horticulture, Oatridge, and Study level Tags: Aboriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, MA week, Modern Apprenticeship, and SRUC Oatridge
Tomas Zuffa stands with a horse

Tomas Zuffa – HND Equine Studies

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Tomas Zuffa travelled from his home country Slovakia, to Scotland, in order to study at SRUC. Tom is currently studying for HND in Equine Studies having achieved the Higher National...

Categories: Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Student opportunities, Student Successes, and Study level Tags: Change your path, Equine, horse care, and SRUC Oatridge
Ringlink Scotland Logo

SRUC and Ringlink shared Apprenticeship in Agriculture

Posted on March 8, 2018 by Rich Gordon

To continue with the theme of MA week we wanted to share with you all the new shared apprenticeship scheme launching this year. The Ringlink and SRUC shared Apprenticeship in...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Barony, Campus, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Rural & Estate Skills, Student opportunities, and Study level Tags: #Agriculture, MA week, Modern Apprenticeship, SRUC Barony, and SRUC Oatridge

NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Post-Graduate Bursary

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Craig Simpson –  Recipient -Case Study Craig Simpson, who lives and works on the family farm in Dirleton, East Lothian, talks about how winning the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust Post-Graduate...

Categories: Aberdeen, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Business, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Land-based Engineering, Land-Based Skills, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes, and Study level Tags: #Agriculture, award, Bursary, NFU Mutual, postgraduate, and Scholarship
Lecturer Bruce Robertson with some of the students involved in the project

St Andrews Museum Sensory Garden

Posted on February 6, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Horticultural Students from Elmwood Campus recently attended the official opening of the sensory garden within the grounds of a famous St Andrews museum. Elmwood Campus was approached by the St...

Categories: Elmwood, Horticulture, Student Life, Student Successes, Student Visits, Study level, and SVQ2 Tags: Gardening, Horticulture, Sensory Garden, SRUC Elmwood, SRUC Horticulture, SRUC Visits, srucstudy, and St Andrews Museum

River Carron: Catchment Management

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Fourth year Environment (and Erasmus) student, studying Environmental Resource Management at SRUC Edinburgh, can choose Integrated Catchment Management as an elective choice. They visited the River Carron and met with...

Categories: Degree, Edinburgh, Environment, Environment and Countryside, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Student Visits, Study level, and Sustainability Tags: carron, CATCA, catchment management, environment, Environmental, integarated, management, resource, river, and sustainability
Blawhorn Moss in Snow. SRUC Countryside management students working in background

Not A Typical Lesson

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Studying Countryside and Conservation at SRUC is not about what you learn in a lecture theatre. It is about the practical experience and applying your knowledge in the real environment....

Categories: Campus, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Oatridge, SRUC Subjects, Study level, and Uncategorized Tags: Blawhorn Moss, Countryside management, Flanders Moss, HNC, NC, NNR, Not a typical lesson, SRUC, and SRUC Oatridge