Posted on March 25, 2020 by Sharon Gooding-Hill
Media consultant David McKay joined SRUC in 2019 as a postgraduate student in Organic Farming, and relishes the steep learning curve this presents coming from a non farming background. He...
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Posted on March 25, 2020 by Sharon Gooding-Hill
SRUC Postgraduate Distance learning programmes, attract students from around the globe. Alison who lives in Austria talks to us about her experience so far. I’m studying the MSc in Organic...
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Posted on March 25, 2020 by Sharon Gooding-Hill
Robby Gass graduated in 2017 from the SRUC MSc Organic Farming programme and went on to start a successful consultancy business, he tells us about his success and how instrumental...
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Posted on March 23, 2020 by Anouska Curzon
Katie Goodfellow from Hawick in the Scottish Borders grew up on a farm and spent her childhood outside around animals. This made her certain that she wanted a career in...
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Posted on February 10, 2020 by Anouska Curzon
Why volunteer with SRUC? by Jillian Gordon As part of the SRUC team you have the unique opportunity to get both a fantastic education as well as practical experience. We...
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Posted on January 14, 2020 by Anouska Curzon
Student Ambassador Jillian Gordon writes about the UFAW, who offer scholarships to students studying welfare focused projects. The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) is an internationally recognised independent charity that...
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Posted on November 28, 2019 by Anouska Curzon
SRUC Student Ambassador Becky Cross attended the Grow Careers Event at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh on 21st November. Here she writes her account of the day. The annual Grow...
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Posted on October 30, 2019 by Anouska Curzon
Student Ambassador Jillian Gordon shares her experience of postgraduate studies and offers some sound advice to others looking to continue on to a postgraduate education. It is terrifying to think...
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Posted on August 16, 2019 by Anouska Curzon
When Orla Shortall applied to study for a Masters degree in ecological economics at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), she was hoping it would lead to a job in the environmental...
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Posted on August 12, 2019 by Anouska Curzon
Coming from a background in agriculture and land management policy, Stephen Meredith was looking to develop his knowledge of organic farming. The 35-year-old from Ballylinan, Co Laois, Ireland, chose to...
