Published: Friday, 19th October 2018
An SRUC graduate has described the “amazing feeling” of being named Agricultural Student of the Year at the 2018 British Farming Awards.
Published: Tuesday, 28th August 2018
An SRUC graduate has been shortlisted for the title of Agricultural Student of the Year at the 2018 British Farming Awards.
Published: Tuesday, 26th June 2018
Scotland’s Rural College and their Students’ Association SRUCSA are delighted to have been awarded two stars at the Healthy Body Healthy Mind Awards for the academic year 2017-18.
Published: Tuesday, 30th January 2018
Nine SRUC students and Modern Apprentices have been nominated for Lantra Scotland’s 16th Learner of the Year Awards.
Published: Friday, 3rd November 2017
A commis chef at a Michelin-starred restaurant, a national park ranger at Hadrian’s Wall and a greenkeeper at a Ryder Cup golf course are just some of the exciting roles landed by students from SRUC.
Published: Wednesday, 11th March 2015
SRUC Oatridge and Barony students celebrated winning four categories and coming runner up in two, at Lantra Scotland’s Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards ceremony.
Published: Wednesday, 11th March 2015
SRUC students from the Barony and Oatridge campuses were among those impressing the judges for the CARAS awards at the recent ceremony hosted by Lantra.
Published: Wednesday, 11th March 2015
SRUC’s Oatridge Campus celebrated a double award win by two Horticulture students at the prestigious Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s (Caley) Annual Awards ceremony.
Published: Wednesday, 11th March 2015
Game keeping student Cameron Brown (17), from Fife is bound for the Highlands and a grouse moor job following the visit to SRUC Elmwood by Head Keeper Jim McKerrachar of Phoines Estates, Dalwinnie.
Published: Wednesday, 18th February 2015
Two SRUC student curlers were in the men’s bronze medal winning rink at the 2015 World University Winter Games in Spain and the UK’s only medal winners.
Published: Wednesday, 11th February 2015
Four SRUC students have spent the last six days curling for Great Britain at the 2015 Winter Universiade (World University Winter Games) joining 2,500 competitors from 50 nations in Granada, Spain.
Published: Wednesday, 28th January 2015
Seven students from the Oatridge and Barony campuses of Scotland’s Rural College have reached the finals of the prestigious LANTRA industry training awards.
Published: Wednesday, 28th January 2015
Four SRUC students will be Curling for Great Britain at the 2015 Winter Universiade (World University Winter Games) in Granada, Spain next week.
Published: Tuesday, 20th January 2015
An engineering apprentice from Tiree and a trainee tree surgeon from Glenrothes, both students at the SRUC Barony campus, have reached the finals of the prestigious LANTRA industry training awards.
Published: Wednesday, 17th December 2014
A PhD student with Scotland’s Rural College won the recent British Poultry Council Scholarship Award for her work on digestive problems in poultry.
Published: Wednesday, 17th December 2014
Over 60 students from the Elmwood and Ayr Riverside campuses of Scotland’s Rural College will take part in study tours to Sweden and Spain next year, through an EU funded Erasmus Project.
Published: Wednesday, 17th December 2014
An award winning poultry student has given a vote of confidence on what the Ayr Riverside campus of Scotland’s Rural College has to offer.
Published: Wednesday, 3rd December 2014
Dr Paul Miller, Lecturer in Greenkeeping and Golf Course Management at SRUC's Elmwood campus, has just returned from the first ever African R&A Greenkeeping Workshop held in Nairobi, Kenya.
Published: Wednesday, 3rd December 2014
Ross Learmonth, a BSc (Hons) Agriculture student at the Aberdeen Campus of Scotland’s Rural College, was crowned the winner of the AgriScot Business Skills competition during the event at Ingliston.
Published: Wednesday, 3rd December 2014
While many of those honoured annually by the Royal Northern Agricultural Society (RNAS) have had long careers, SRUC is proud to be linked with younger people making their mark in north east Scotland.
Published: Wednesday, 3rd December 2014
Scotland’s Rural College was a noticeable presence in Gleneagles at the third Scen China Youth Summit.
Published: Wednesday, 19th November 2014
HNC and HND students from Scotland’s Rural College were celebrating success in their studies at the recent winter graduation ceremony.
Published: Wednesday, 19th November 2014
Four SRUC students are among ten picked to compete in the World University Games. Thomas Muirhead and Kyle Smith are joined by Laura Ritchie and Hazel Smith.
Published: Monday, 17th November 2014
Four recent graduates from the Aberdeen Campus of Scotland's Rural College are all moving forward with very different careers after succeeding in their studies.
Published: Wednesday, 29th October 2014
The recent Annual Awards Ceremony at SRUC Oatridge Campus saw staff, students and their families come together to celebrate the year’s successes.
Published: Wednesday, 15th October 2014
Student gamekeepers at SRUC’s Elmwood Campus received their Safe Shot Awards following specialist coaching and assessment from the British Association of Shooting and Conservation (BASC).
Published: Wednesday, 1st October 2014
SRUC student Kevin Laidlaw, studying HNC Golf Course Management at the Elmwood Campus in Fife, has said he has the College to thank for his recent experience working at the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Published: Wednesday, 25th June 2014
Students at Scotland’s Rural College have elected their new presidential team.
Published: Wednesday, 25th June 2014
Twenty-seven awards were distributed to successful students during the annual awards ceremony at the Barony Campus of Scotland’s Rural College.
Published: Wednesday, 18th June 2014
Students Abbie Clunie and Darren Spence from the Elmwood Campus of Scotland’s Rural College came second in the UK Seafood Young Chef of the year award 2014.
Published: Wednesday, 18th June 2014
Two gamekeeping students from Scotland’s Rural College are among the ladies chosen to feature in a charity calendar in aid of the Gamekeepers Welfare Trust.
Published: Wednesday, 18th June 2014
MSc student Molly Rosett recently traveled to southern Malawi to collect data for her dissertation on the impacts of deforestation and forest degradation in the area on food security.
Published: Wednesday, 18th June 2014
Golf students studying at the Elmwood campus of Scotland’s Rural College recently acted as caddies for a prestigious tournament held at Gleneagles.
Published: Wednesday, 4th June 2014
SRUC garden design students excelled themselves at this year’s Gardening Scotland winning a Gold, a Silver Gilt, and two Silver medals.
Published: Wednesday, 4th June 2014
A presentation, made to the recent British Society of Animal Science conference in Nottingham, by second year PhD student Sokratis Ptochos of SRUC Disease Systems, won him a certificate and prize.
Published: Thursday, 29th May 2014
A woodsman's hut, a space age dome, childhood adventures and Scottish clans; these concepts may seem unrelated but they have one thing in common.
Published: Wednesday, 30th April 2014
Ross Learmonth, a third year BSc Agriculture student from Methlick in Aberdeenshire, took the Gold Award in the seventeenth Pinnacle Business Management awards, held in the Farmers Club in London.
Published: Wednesday, 30th April 2014
The Hospitality Department at the Elmwood Campus of Scotland’s Rural College has been shortlisted for the Catering in Scotland (CIS) Excellence in Hospitality Education Award.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd April 2014
Andrew Taylor, a second year student studying BSc (Hons) Agriculture at Scotland’s Rural College in Ayr has won the prestigious Dairy Student of the Year competition.
Published: Wednesday, 2nd April 2014
NSPCC Scotland and students from SRUC’s Ayr campus are celebrating after their entry to this year’s Gardening Scotland event won an Artisan Garden Design award for its ‘stylish and desirable’ design.
Published: Friday, 21st March 2014
A horticulture student from Scotland’s Rural College has won a prestigious horticultural prize.
Published: Friday, 21st March 2014
A student from Scotland’s Rural College has been selected to play for Scotland in the prestigious Scottish Universities’ Celtic Nations tournament.
Published: Friday, 21st March 2014
Lachlan Rae, a horticulture student at Scotland’s Rural College, has won the Scottish final of the Institute of Horticulture’s Young Horticulturalist of the Year.
Published: Wednesday, 12th March 2014
Three students from Scotland’s Rural College took home top prizes at the LANTRA award ceremony held at the Dunblane Hydro.
Published: Wednesday, 12th March 2014
Scotland’s Rural College students recently bagged a silver medal at the World Junior Curling Championships in Switzerland.
Published: Wednesday, 12th March 2014
Two students from Scotland's Rural College, studying at the Elmwood Campus, have qualified for the Scottish Student Sport badminton ladies’ doubles Cup Final.
Published: Wednesday, 5th March 2014
A horticulture student from Scotland’s Rural College is heading to Australia courtesy of an industry sponsored scholarship.
Published: Monday, 20th January 2014
Four young men from Doune, Uddingston, Uphall and Glenrothes are through to the final of a prestigious competition for those studying for a career in agriculture and other land-based subjects.
Published: Wednesday, 15th January 2014
A Great Britain’s Men’s Curling team, including three students from Scotland’s Rural College, won silver at the 2013 World University Winter Games, at Trentino in Italy in December.
Published: Wednesday, 11th December 2013
Robbie Simpson, a fourth year Countryside Management student at Scotland’s Rural College, says his successful summer season spent competing high in the Alps has improved his performances on the flat.
Published: Thursday, 28th November 2013
Joseph Williams, a student at SRUC’s Ayr Campus, won the recent AgriScot Business Skills competition, impressing the judges with his critical appraisal of a new agriculture product.
Published: Thursday, 21st November 2013
The first Mains of Loirston Winter Wheat Challenge has been won by a team of four, first year BSc Agri students, from the Aberdeen campus of Scotland’s Rural College.
Published: Thursday, 21st November 2013
SRUC student Steven McMorrine is one of three chosen finalists for the Zoetis and British poultry Council Trainee of the Year Award.
Published: Wednesday, 6th November 2013
Four students at Scotland’s Rural College are amongst 165 “promising athletes” to receive funding support and academic flexibility through national sports scholarships Winning Students.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
A 20 year old student from the remote and beautiful Sutherland Flow Country, a retired rugby star and an aspiring new entrant were all amongst the award winners at the recent SRUC graduation ceremony.
Published: Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
April Ketting has continued a long tradition of successful association between SRUC Aberdeen and the Bright Green Partnership.
Published: Wednesday, 14th August 2013
Ayr student Barry Small whose Show Garden won a Silver Gilt at Gardening Scotland returned to the Flower Show that first got him into gardening and won a Gold!
Published: Wednesday, 14th August 2013
SRUC Poultry PhD student Adekunle Adebiyi, based at Auchincruive and supervised by Dr Oluyinka Olukosi, recently received the Jones-Hamilton Co. Graduate Student Travel Grant Award.
Published: Wednesday, 10th July 2013
After a bit of a rocky beginning Jenna Stuart and her team ended up with a fantastic Silver Gilt at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Flower Show.
Published: Wednesday, 10th July 2013
A group of SRUC Animal Care students based at Elmwood Campus have recently qualified as Marine Animal Medics.
Published: Wednesday, 10th July 2013
Students studying for a Masters in Organic Farming recently visited Whitmuir Farm in the Borders as part of a three day study tour.
Published: Wednesday, 3rd July 2013
More than 180 new graduates attended the first ever Scotland’s Rural College graduation ceremony on 5th July 2013 at Bute Hall, University of Glasgow.
Published: Wednesday, 26th June 2013
The hardworking students at the Barony Campus of SRUC received certificates and trophies marking their achievements over the past academic year, during the recent annual Awards Presentations.
Published: Wednesday, 26th June 2013
The first 7 students at Scotland’s Rural College studying for an MSc in Applied Poultry Science by distance learning, will be among those graduating on 5th July.
Published: Wednesday, 19th June 2013
The Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) entry for the biggest flower show on earth is on schedule for delivery.
Published: Wednesday, 19th June 2013
You don’t have to go far in Scotland to see what look like ridges on some hill sides.
Published: Wednesday, 19th June 2013
For the second year SRUC Elmwood Campus and local food company Chillilicious, have come together to challenge the hospitality students to use the company’s products in an innovative way.
Published: Wednesday, 19th June 2013
The National Equestrian Centre based at SRUC's Oatridge campus recently hosted an event with two direct qualifying tickets for the final of the Prestigious Horse of the Years show up for grabs.
Published: Wednesday, 12th June 2013
Students at Scotland’s Rural College have a new Presidential team.
Published: Wednesday, 5th June 2013
Two SRUC “students” are to represent Scotland in the national finals of the Young Shepherd of the Year competition.
Published: Wednesday, 22nd May 2013
Second year, Horticulture with Plantsmanship student Callum Halsted is to spend a year working at the famous Tresco Gardens in the Isles of Scilly.
Published: Wednesday, 8th May 2013
A work placement with SRUC’s Sustainable Ecosystems Team stimulated a new interest in Agricultural Ecology for UWS student Amy Brown.
Published: Wednesday, 1st May 2013
Three of the eight finalists at this year’s Pinnacle Awards in London were SRUC students.
Published: Wednesday, 24th April 2013
SRUC students Jacqui Gardiner and Stuart Mitchell are among a list of 9 UK entries shortlisted for the Farmers Guardian Agricultural Student of the Year.
Published: Wednesday, 20th March 2013
All four of the finalists in this years search for the Scottish winner of the Young Horticulturalist of the Year, organised Percy Thrower Trust, came from SRUC.
Published: Wednesday, 13th March 2013
A rink skipped by 2nd Year Agric student Kyle Smith won the gold medal at the World junior Curling Championships in Sochi, Russia.
Published: Wednesday, 20th February 2013
SRUC Hospitality student Abbie Clunie from Pittenweem, recently won the Rotary District 1010 Young Chef Competition at Dundee College.
Published: Wednesday, 20th February 2013
Super fit Robbie battles blizzards in running shoes to sit Degree exams.
Published: Monday, 11th February 2013
Three students from SRUC’s Barony Campus near Dumfries have reached the prestigious final of the Lantra Scotland, Land-based and Aquaculture Learner of the Year Awards.
Published: Wednesday, 6th February 2013
Hamish Knottenbelt, a 2nd Year Agricultural Degree student has surprised everyone at Craibstone Campus, including his tutors.
Published: Wednesday, 6th February 2013
SRUC Students Kyle Smith and Thomas Muirhead, together with team mates Kyle Waddell and Cameron Smith retained the Scottish Junior Men’s Curling Title recently in Aberdeen.
Published: Wednesday, 30th January 2013
A fourth year Sustainable Environmental Management student has just joined Scotland TranServ which provides highways management and maintenance services in Scotland’ s north west.
Published: Wednesday, 5th December 2012
Matthew Lowe, a 3rd year SRUC Horticulture student from North Berwick, was named Westland Star of the Future at the Recent Garden Retail Awards.
Published: Wednesday, 31st October 2012
Yet more SRUC students have been recognised for their sporting achievements.
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