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Wonky Produce Competition Closing Soon

Posted on January 22, 2019 by Anouska Curzon

With less than 2 weeks to go until the closing date to enter the Wonky Produce competition, and with a prize fund of £800 up for grabs, we spoke with...

Categories: Advice, Agricultural & Landbased, SRUC Subjects, Student Life, and Uncategorized Tags: Competition, Edinburgh, environment, food waste, produce, scotland, SRUC, supermarkets, vegetables, and wonky produce

Wonky Competition!

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Hannah D'Mellow

Take part in SRUC’s 2018-19 student competition! Showcase your creativity, entrepreneurial flair and innovation. Impress the expert judging panel with your wonky produce ideas. Total prizes £800 cash plus the...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Oatridge, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, and SRUC Subjects Tags: #student, Competition, and students

Word Ladder Challenge

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

Here’s a wee puzzle for you – Change one letter at a time, always making a real word – how many steps does it take you to get from Wheat...

Categories: Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr events, Barony events, Biological Sciences, Business, Edinburgh events, Elmwood events, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Oatridge events, Organic Farming, SRUC Events, Student Life, and Sustainability Tags: Competition and quiz

Close finish likely in SRUC student’s Winter Wheat Challenge

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

This seasons Winter Wheat Challenge is hotting up and, according to SRUC supervising staff, the competition has never been closer at this time of year. The annual challenge is sponsored...

Categories: Aberdeen, Aberdeen events, Agricultural & Landbased, Agriculture, Ayr, Ayr events, Barony, Barony events, Business, Campus, Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Land-Based and Rural Skills, Oatridge, Oatridge events, SRUC Events, Student Life, Student opportunities, Student Successes, and Student Visits Tags: #Agriculture, Competition, crop, crop trials, crops, wheat, and winter wheat

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

Busy busy busy at Gardening Scotland 2017

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Hannah D'Mellow

We hope that you manage to come along to Gardening Scotland this year – it’s already looking to be a great show, and SRUC’s staff and students are helping out...

Categories: Edinburgh, Edinburgh events, Elmwood, Elmwood events, Garden Design, Horticulture, Landscaping, Oatridge, Oatridge events, SRUC Events, Student opportunities, Student Successes, Student Visits, and Uncategorized Tags: #SRUCEdinburgh, #SRUCElmwood, #SRUCHorticulture, #SRUCOatridge, Competition, Edinburgh, Elmwood, garden, Garden Design, Gardening, Gardening Scotland, gardening scotland 2017, Horticulture, Horticulture and Plantsmanship, Hortus Homicida, Ingliston, landscaping, Oatridge, show garden, SRUC, SRUC Edinburgh, SRUC Horticulture, and SRUC Oatridge
STEM competition poster

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
Kevin Keith, SRUC Elmwood Student,

Kevin Keith reaches Young Horticulturalist of the Year finals

Posted on February 15, 2017 by Rich Gordon

HNC Horticulture Student Kevin Keith from SRUC Elmwood has reached the Scottish Finals of the Charted Institute of Horticulture’s (CIH) Young Horticulturalist of the Year. The annual competition is open...

Categories: Elmwood, HN Level, Horticulture, Student Life, and Student Successes Tags: Chartered Institute of Horticulture, Competition, Horticulture and Plantsmanship, SRUC Elmwood, SRUCcess, and YHOC