Work-based Learning

Scottish Apprenticeships Week Ends On a High

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

Last night’s awards ceremony saw SRUC pick up six winners prizes and a raft of runners up at the Hydro in Dunblane. The glitzy evening was kicked off by well...

Categories: Apprenticeships, SRUC Events, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes and Work-based Learning

Scottish Apprenticeship Week – Daniel Murdoch

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

When Daniel Murdoch left school he decided to volunteer at two local golf courses to gain work experience before going to Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) to do a full-time Greenkeeping...

Categories: Advice, Apprenticeships, Elmwood, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes and Work-based Learning Tags: apprenticeship, Elmwood, Fife, Golf, greenkeeper, Greenkeeping, Modern Apprenticeship, Scottish Apprenticeships and turf management

Scottish Apprenticeship Week- Erica Taylor

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

Erica Taylor- Agriculture- crops Erica joined SRUC at the start of the harvest in 2017, her work, in a very male-dominated workplace was inspiring to those around her and she...

Categories: Agriculture, Apprenticeships, Student Life, Student Successes and Work-based Learning Tags: apprenticeship, erica taylor, MA, Scottish Apprenticeships and SRUC

SRUC’s annual careers event a big success

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

Scotland’s Rural College recently hosted a successful careers event at its Ayr campus. The event attracted 620 students attending from SRUC’s six regional campuses and pupils from local high schools....

Categories: Advice, Ayr, Ayr events, Campus, SRUC Events and Work-based Learning Tags: alumni, AYR, Careers, events, graduate scheme, opportunities, SRUC Ayr and SRUCSA

Celebrating SRUC’s Apprentices for Scottish Apprenticeship Week

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Kenneth Brooksbank

This week is Scottish Apprenticeships week and to mark this, we will be telling the story of our apprentices, from Engineering to Horticulture. To kick us off is Nathan Allardyce, a...

Categories: Apprenticeships, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Student Life, Student Successes and Work-based Learning Tags: apprenticeship, Engineering, learn, Modern Apprenticeship, Oatridge, scotland, SRUC, Tractors and work-based learning

MA Land-based Engineering: “I really contribute to all areas of the business”

Posted on March 6, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Mathew Howie currently works at J T Walkers Agricultural Engineering , completing his Modern Apprenticeship with SRUC in Land-Based Engineering (Agricultural Machinery). Mathew said “I was interested in tractors from...

MA Agriculture: Practical experience is the key to success

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Sine has successfully completed her Modern Apprenticeship SVQ in Agriculture and is now working towards her SVQ in Livestock at SCQF Level 6. Sine has been shortlisted for the Agriculture...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Oatridge, Student Life, Student Successes and Work-based Learning Tags: #Agriculture, #MAsWork, #ScotAppWeek18, livestock, MA, Modern Apprenticeship and SVQ

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...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, Renewables, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing and Work-based Learning Tags: #mentallhealth, #studentsupport, #wmhd, #wmhd17, #wmhd2017, health, Health and Wellbeing, planner, planning, student support, support and wellbeing

Schools STEM Competition

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Win £200 in our Schools STEM Competition – Grow your Future with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and STEM. Deadline 17th May 2017! Open to all Secondary School pupils (S1 to...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, College, Countryside Management, Degree, Distance Learning, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Garden Design, Golf & Greenkeeping, Greenkeeping and Sports Turf, HN Level, Horticulture, Hospitality, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, Poultry, Professional Certification, Professional Golf, SRUC Events, SRUC Subjects, Study level, Sustainability, Veterinary Nursing and Work-based Learning Tags: Animal Science, biological, biology, chemistry, Competition, Environmental, environmental science, geography, physics, science, sciences and STEM

Stephen Moore receives an award from Alasdair Straker of BAGMA at the Lantra awards.

Stephen Moore – modern apprentice award

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

SRUC is celebrating Skills Development Scotland (SDS) Modern Apprenticeship week – March 6-10 2017, showcasing the benefits apprenticeships bring to individuals, businesses and the economy via their students achievements and...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Professional Certification, Student Life, Student Successes, Study level and Work-based Learning Tags: #Agriculture, Engineering, LANTRA, Modern Apprenticeship, SRUC Oatridge and Tractors