agricultural

Opening doors to the agriculture industry, and progressing within the field

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...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Postgraduate, and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, consultancy, consulting, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, practice, professional, sac, and SRUCAberdeen

Let’s clear the air

Posted on June 20, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Clean air day (21st June) seems a good day to highlight the contribution SRUC is making to the Farming for a Better Climate programme. Farming for a Better Climate (FFBC)...

Categories: Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal Science, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Renewables, Student Life, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, #cleanairday, agricultural, air, air quality, carbon, climare change, climate, emissions, environment, and Environmental

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...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Barony, Campus, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge, Student Successes, and Work-based Learning Tags: #Agriculture, #ScotAppWeek18, agricultural, apprentice, apprenticeship, engineer, Engineering, land-based, MA, machinery, modern apprentice, Modern Apprenticeship, and SVQ

Angus Ferguson, Agricultural Consultant

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

“Like many people leaving school I didn’t have a clue what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to take a year out before applying for courses and,...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Business, Degree, Student Life, and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, Aberdeen, agricultural, consultancy, consultant, profile, sac consulting, and SRUCAberdeen

SAC Consulting Summer Placement: Ayr

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Each summer, SAC Consulting offers three students the chance to undertake a summer placement at one of their offices around the country. Students who apply are in Year 3 going...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Degree, Student opportunities, and Student Successes Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, bioscience, consultancy, consulting, placement, sac consulting, science, and work experience

Crisps and Chocolate becoming extinct?!

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There was an interesting article in The Guardian recently which highlights the plight of some of our relied-upon food crops, brought on by external and environmental impacts such as climate...

Categories: Aberdeen, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Barony, Biological Sciences, Campus, Degree, Edinburgh, Elmwood, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Oatridge, Organic Farming, Postgraduate, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, #climatechange, #guardian, #WFD2017, #WorldFoodDay, agricultural, agricultural biodiversity, agrobiodiversity, biodiversity, chocolate, climate change, coffee, crops, ecosystems, environment, Environmental, food, food security, management, MSc, Postgrad, postgraduate, potatoes, sustainability, sustainable, The Guardian, and world food day

SRUC Principal joins new Women in Agriculture taskforce

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

The Principal & Chief Executive of SRUC, Professor Wayne Powell, will sit on the new Women in Agriculture taskforce announced at the Royal Highland Show by the First Minister. The...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Land-Based and Rural Skills, and Organic Farming Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, nicola sturgeon, Royal Highland Show, woman, and women

It’s nearly time for the Highland Show

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Come and visit the SRUC building at the Royal Highland Show this year – we’ll have a lot going on! Outside the SRUC building (just on the main ring) you...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Animal & Biological, Animal Care, Animal Science, Ayr events, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Campus, Countryside Management, Edinburgh events, Elmwood events, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Equine and Horse Care, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Land-based Engineering, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, Poultry, Renewables, SRUC Events, and Sustainability Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, alumni, Competition, Highland, RHS, Royal, Royal Highland Show 2017, Rural, Rural Business, rural skills, and Show

Climate Change, Food Security and SRUC

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

There is a great deal of information out there about Climate Change and global food security at the moment, and much in the press this week about Donald Trump’s decision...

Categories: Agricultural & Landbased, Agricultural Technology, Agriculture, Biological Sciences, Countryside Management, Environment and Countryside, Environmental Management, Organic Farming, Renewables, Sustainability, and Uncategorized Tags: #Agriculture, agricultural, agricultural science, biological science, biology, climate, climate change, climate change agreement, crops, election, environment, Environmental, excellence, food, food security, general election, genetic, genetically modified, global, global academy, paris, REF, renewable, renewables, research, sciences, sistainability, snap election, technology, trump, and vote