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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A Different Track,
Advice,
Agricultural & Landbased,
Agriculture,
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Change your path,
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Postgraduate,
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Change your path,
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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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Countryside Management,
Degree,
Edinburgh,
Environment and Countryside,
Environmental Management,
Postgraduate,
Student Life,
Student opportunities,
Student Successes and
Sustainability Tags:
Degree,
Edinburgh,
environment,
scotland,
SRUC and
zero waste scotland
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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Advice,
Agriculture,
Animal & Biological,
Animal Science,
Biological Sciences,
Business,
Degree,
Edinburgh,
Postgraduate,
Student Life,
Student opportunities and
Student Successes Tags:
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Animals,
Applied animal science,
pigs,
scotland,
sheep,
SRUC,
StudentVolunteeringWeek and
Volunteering
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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Advice,
Animal & Biological,
Animal Science,
Biological Sciences,
Degree,
Edinburgh,
Postgraduate,
Student Life,
Student opportunities,
Student Successes and
Sustainability Tags:
Animal Science,
Animal Welfare,
phd,
postgraduate,
Scholarship,
SRUC and
ufaw
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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Apprenticeships,
College,
Degree,
Edinburgh,
Garden Design,
Gardening Scotland,
HN Level,
Horticulture,
Horticulture & Plantsmanship,
Landscaping,
Oatridge,
Postgraduate,
SRUC Subjects,
Student Life,
Student opportunities,
Student Successes,
Student Visits,
Study level and
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Edinburgh,
Garden Design,
Horticulture,
Plantsmanship,
RBGE and
SRUC
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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Agriculture,
Animal Science,
Edinburgh,
Postgraduate,
Student Life and
Student Successes Tags:
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Advice,
Animal Science,
farmlife,
phd,
pigs,
postgraduate,
scotland and
SRUC
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...
Categories:
Agriculture,
Animal Science,
Degree,
Edinburgh,
Environment and Countryside,
Environmental Management,
Organic Farming,
Postgraduate,
SRUC Subjects,
Student Life and
Student Successes Tags:
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cows,
Edinburgh,
edinburgh fringe,
Farming,
fringe and
SRUC
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...
Posted on June 13, 2019 by Hannah D'Mellow
Staff and students studying Countryside Management at SRUC talk about their course and subject area. Find out more about the course by visiting our website.
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Aberdeen,
Ayr,
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Countryside Management,
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Oatridge,
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Sustainability Tags:
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Countryside,
Countryside management,
Degree,
Ecology,
HNC,
management,
NC,
SRUC and
wildlife conservation
Posted on November 22, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow
Joanna Foubister is a Trainee Agricultural Consultant at the SAC Consulting Office in Stonehaven. “I applied to study SRUC’s MSc Agricultural Professional Practice after deciding I wanted to pursue a career...
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Agriculture,
Postgraduate and
Student Successes Tags:
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agricultural,
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MSc,
Postgrad,
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professional,
sac and
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