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SRUC joins new centre tackling food security and climate change
Scientists from SRUC will carry out research into plant breeding and animal nutrition to increase productivity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of a new centre announced by UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.…
- SRUC
- 21/11/2023
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Productivity & Prosperity in the Natural Economy
How to properly capture what we value for society and the natural economy in our understanding of productivity, was a key theme that emerged from the presentations and round-the-table discussion at the latest of SRUC’s dinner debates, held under the auspices of the Alliance for the Natural Economy at the Farmers Club in Whitehall on 9 November 2023.…
- Dr Susannah Bolton
- 20/11/2023
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New partnership offers carbon literacy accreditation to future-proof agricultural, food and land-based businesses.
A new, innovative partnership is set to deliver opportunities for people operating in the agricultural, food and drink, and land-based sectors to gain a recognised qualification in carbon literacy to future proof their business and support Scotland’s net-zero ambitions.…
- SRUC
- 20/11/2023
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Royal honour for Scotland’s Rural College
Work on improving animal health and welfare through excellence in veterinary services has led to SRUC being awarded a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education.…
- SRUC
- 16/11/2023
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Project awarded £700k for early disease detection in cattle
An innovative project to develop automated and real-time monitoring of disease in cattle has been awarded nearly £700k.…
- SRUC
- 13/11/2023
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Entrepreneurial Spirit: Powering Scotland’s rural economy through innovation
SRUC’s mission is to foster a campus environment where entrepreneurial skills are not only taught but also become deeply integrated into the fabric of rural enterprise.…
- Wayne Powell
- 13/11/2023
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Winter Care for Horses
With recent cold weather moving in we hope these top tips below will be helpful in caring for your horses, ponies and donkeys over the winter. …
- Peter Hastie
- 10/11/2023
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SRUC Vet School at the London Vet Show 2023
SRUC will be showcasing its new School of Veterinary Medicine at the upcoming London Vet Show, one of the biggest of its kind in the UK, this month. …
- SRUC
- 09/11/2023
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Investigating the ‘halo effect’ of food claims
In our study published in the International Journal of Food Science & Technology, we investigated whether health-related messages on food packaging have unintended consequences. Specifically, the study investigates 'calorie illusion' - the common miscalculation in calorie content, influenced by various factors such as food labelling, health claims or the presence of healthy ingredients. …
- Toju Begho
- 07/11/2023
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Digital Dairy Chain awards £2m to groundbreaking projects
The Digital Dairy Chain has announced the successful winners of the 2023 Collaborative Research & Development Grant Competition, run by the UK's national innovation agency, Innovate UK.…
- SRUC
- 06/11/2023
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Construction of world-leading UK Cryobank now complete
The construction of the UK Crop Microbiome Cryobank (UK-CMCB) – the first publicly available resource of its kind anywhere in the world – is now complete after three years of painstaking research involving SRUC.…
- SRUC
- 31/10/2023
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SRUC lecturer’s mission to improve agricultural education
A lecturer from SRUC has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to make agricultural education more engaging to future students.…
- SRUC
- 31/10/2023
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