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Another SRUCcessful Open Day at Elmwood

Posted on May 31, 2018 by Rich Gordon

Elmwood campus again opened its doors to the local community at its recent free family fun day. Following a morning of heavy rain, the sun made a welcome appearance with...

Categories: Campus, Elmwood, and Student opportunities Tags: Alpacas, Claddach Farm, Cupar, Family fun day, Fife Bansai, John Deere, Open day, SRUC Elmwood, and Tay FM

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

Pioneering Forest Machine Operator courses a success

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Shona Warwick

The latest Forest Machine Operator Skills Development course delivered by the established partnership of UKFPA, the Barony campus at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), John Deere Forestry and Forestry Commission Scotland...

Categories: Barony, Forestry and Arboriculture, and Uncategorized Tags: Barony, Forestry, Forestry and Arboriculture, Forestry Commission, forwarded, harvester, John Deere, SRUC Barony, SRUCBarony, and UKFPA

Lecturer Paul Fotheringham overseeing a demonstration of the simulator.

Donation benefits students at SRUC Barony

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Rich Gordon

Barony Campus has benefitted by receiving a very generous donation from John Deere Forestry! A high tech forestry simulator, worth £80,000 and two laptop simulators will provide an excellent training...

Categories: Barony, Campus, Forestry and Arboriculture, Land-based Engineering, and Student opportunities Tags: Arboriculture, Dumfries, Engineering, Forestry, John Deere, Simulator, and SRUC Barony