Student and Alumni
Applications open for Fordyce Maxwell Award
Students and alumni of SRUC, who have been publicly spreading the word about agriculture, are invited to apply for the annual Fordyce Maxwell Award for Agricultural Communications. …
- SRUC
- 05/04/2024
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International Women’s Day viewpoints – an interview with Damson Ellen, SRUCSA Co-President - Central
SRUC is celebrating International Women's Day 2024 today by bringing you the voices of women from across SRUC, SAC Consulting and SRUCSA. Here's what Damson Ellen, SRUCSA Co-President (Central) had to say.…
- SRUC
- 08/03/2024
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Tourism partnership boost for SRUC students
Students studying for a degree in Rural Business Management at SRUC will benefit from a new partnership with a leading tourism body.…
- SRUC
- 15/02/2024
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African project wins SRUC’s Enterprise Challenge competition
An Edinburgh student looking to improve food systems in Africa has been named overall winner of the annual Enterprise Challenge competition run by SRUC.…
- SRUC
- 29/01/2024
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Prime 11 in ALBAS final
Eleven SRUC students and apprentices from a range of subjects and campuses have been selected as finalists in this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).…
- SRUC
- 26/01/2024
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Weight management is key to wellbeing of native ponies
Native ponies are at particular risk of obesity and insulin dysregulation (ID), which is a key risk factor for laminitis. However, certain management practices can help reduce the risk of laminitis and recent research has explored how commonly used some of these are in Scotland.…
- SRUC
- 06/12/2023
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SRUC wins award for sustainable teaching and learning project
SRUC has won a Green Gown Award for a project which embeds sustainability, enterprise, equality and diversity into the curriculum.…
- SRUC
- 01/12/2023
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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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Award-winning student is “epitome of resilience”
SRUC is celebrating a second successive win at the British Farming Awards after Naomi Ramsay was named Agricultural Student of the Year.…
- SRUC
- 20/10/2023
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SRUC launches new PhD programme
In a significant step towards shaping the future of agriculture, rural and environmental studies, Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) has launched a new PhD programme. …
- SRUC
- 18/10/2023
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Measuring food (in)security in local contexts: A Hawai’i case study
MSc Food Security student Jason Shon, from Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, shares insights from his dissertation ‘Ranking Food Security Metrics in Hawaiʻi: A Delphi Approach’.…
- Jason Shon
- 10/10/2023
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Talking hemp – the super crop
A new podcast, released today by Scotland’s Rural College’s Rural Policy Centre, looks at why so few farmers are currently growing hemp in Scotland.…
- SRUC
- 21/09/2023
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