Reuben Chesters
Founder and Managing Director of Locavore and 2023 Winner of the SRUC Alumni Entrepreneur Network Award for Environmental Sustainability.
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BSc (Hons) Sustainable Environmental Management
Campus: SRUC (formerly SAC) - Aberdeen
Class of 2009
“The course was really broad; I feel like I learned a little bit about a lot of things and that’s felt like a really useful thing to have running an enterprise.”
Reuben was the 2023 Winner of the SRUC Alumni Entrepreneur Network Award for Environmental Sustainability. Click below to learn more.
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Environmental Management
This course gives you a grounding in the theory and practice of environmental management, and a sound understanding of managing and minimising environmental impacts.
- BSc/BSc (Hons)
- HNC
- HND
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Environmental Protection and Management
This course teaches how to devise and implement strategies that protect and conserve environments facing a wide range of threats.
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Organic Farming
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- MSc
- PgDip
- PgCert
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Soils and Sustainability
This course is designed for students interested in a career in land-based management or environmental protection, and teaches the importance and role of soils in the 21st century.
- MSc
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Ecological Economics
This course teaches how to make sustainability and environmental management work through the application of economic principles.
- MSc