Professional Certification

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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Catherine Devaney, Level 2 Diploma Professional Cookery student

Catherine Devaney – Professional Cookery

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Catherine Devaney started her professional life as a lawyer in Edinburgh, but after moving to Fife and falling in love with the surroundings, she made a slight career change and...

Categories: Change your path, Elmwood, Hospitality, Professional Certification, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, cookery, Cupar, Elmwood, hospitality, SRUC Elmwood, and students
Sarah Scott - Equine student at SRUC Oatridge.

Sarah Scott – Horse Care

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Sarah Scott, 25 had a previous  career as a housekeeper/waitress before changing her path to study equine with us at Oatridge. Sarah aspires to get a job in the equine industry, and...

Categories: Animal & Biological, Change your path, Equine and Horse Care, HN Level, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, Equine, mature student, Return to study, and SRUC Oatridge
Peteris Sadovskis, HND Golf Management (Course) student

Peteris Sadovskis – Golf Course Management

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Peteris Sadovskis from Latvia joined SRUC Elmwood Campus in 2014 when he enrolled on the NC Greenkeeping course. Peteris and his young family came over to Scotland from Latvia in...

Categories: Change your path, Elmwood, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, SRUC Subjects, and Student Successes Tags: Change your path, Elmwood Golf, Golf, Golf Course Management, Greenkeeping, John Deere, and SRUC Elmwood
Peter Whiteford, far left, next with Fraser Hutchison and Graeme McDowall, Pro Golf Lecturers, far right with SRUC Elmwood Professional Golf Students

Peter Whiteford visits Elmwood Golfers

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Former European Tour Professional, Peter Whiteford, recently visited Elmwood campus in Cupar, where he spent the day with Certificate, HNC and HND Professional Golf Students. In a professional career spanning...

Categories: Elmwood, Golf & Greenkeeping, HN Level, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Student Life, and Student opportunities Tags: Elmwood Golf, HNC Golf, Peter Whiteford, Professional Golf, SRUC Elmwood, and srucstudy

Why are Open Days important?

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Before making your final course choices, it’s important to visit the Open Days on offer to make its going to be the right place for you! The chances are that...

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Why study Animal Care? Here’s what our students are hoping to do with their knowledge and experience…

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

We asked our Animal Care students what they would like to do with their qualifications once they have completed their course, and the results are rather lovely:   Animal Behaviourist,...

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World Mental Heath Day 10th October – What to do if you need a bit of extra support…

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The 10th October 2017 is World Mental Health Day – an opportunity to acknowledge that everyone is likely to need a bit of extra support at some time in their life. The...

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Volunteering

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Taking the leap into College life is all about creating experiences so making time for voluntary work, in between studying, can add even more value to your time at College...

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New Student Leadership Team

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The new team elected to lead the award winning Scotland’s Rural College Students Association (SRUCSA) through 2017/18 have taken up their posts. Gemma Jones is the new President – stepping...

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