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Growing opportunities for SRUC students

SRUC students will be offered paid work opportunities at 12 ‘Unexpected Gardens’ being created all over Scotland as part of the Dandelion creative arts programme.…

  • SRUC
  • 16/02/2022
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SRUC student stars in tractor racing TV series

Agricultural engineering student Kirstin Chalmers will star in a new BBC3 series which sees young farmers battle it out to be crowned the UK’s best tractor driving team.…

  • SRUC
  • 08/02/2022
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Lucky seven shortlisted for ALBAS

Seven students and apprentices from SRUC have been selected as finalists for this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).…

  • SRUC
  • 01/02/2022
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Ben set to battle it out for business title

An SRUC student has reached the final of the AgriScot Business Skills competition.…

  • SRUC
  • 01/12/2021
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Transatlantic graduates tackle Scotland’s net zero goals

Brady, Alexa and Kaia have gone from studying at SRUC to working in the organisation.   Three American graduates have collectively put more than 10,000 miles between themselves and their hometowns to…

  • SRUC
  • 26/11/2021
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Transatlantic graduates tackle Scotland’s net zero goals (1)

Three American graduates have collectively put more than 10,000 miles between themselves and their hometowns to work at SRUC.…

  • SRUC
  • 26/11/2021
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£1 million for Aberdeen Agricultural Education

New facilities at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Craibstone Campus will help promote skills and knowledge to support the agricultural industry across the region.…

  • SRUC
  • 05/11/2021
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Nordic golf – with a snow handicap

Norway isn’t usually associated with golf, but that is where Golf Course Management student Nathan Carmichael has been based for the past 13 years.…

  • SRUC
  • 04/11/2021
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Statement from the SRUC Principal on drink spiking

As you have no doubt seen in the media, city nightclubs are being boycotted following a series of spiking cases across the UK. …

  • SRUC
  • 28/10/2021
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Winning Agriculture students past and present

Two SRUC Agriculture students, past and present, have won their categories at the British Farming Awards.…

  • SRUC
  • 22/10/2021
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Get the par-fect swing at Elmwood golf coaching sessions

Professional Golf students at SRUC will swap learning for teaching when they lead coaching sessions for children and adults.…

  • SRUC
  • 07/10/2021
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From weeding to wedding

When Horticulture student Lynne Chapman and her partner bought their cottage, they could not have imagined that within two years they would use the overgrown garden as their wedding venue – and appear on The Beechgrove Garden.…

  • SRUC
  • 06/09/2021
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