Student Awards

Student’s butterfly project set to take off after challenge win

A student who has floated an idea to boost butterfly and moth populations in Scotland has won first prize in an enterprise challenge. Leòdhas Massie, who is studying for a BSc degree in Environmental Management at SRUC in Edinburgh, took home £1,000 to take his sustainable business proposal to the next level.…

SRUC
12/02/2025

Catriona named Fordyce Maxwell Award winner

A former SRUC student who works as a competitions and livestock executive at RHASS (Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland) has won this year’s Fordyce Maxwell Award for Agricultural Communications.…

SRUC
04/07/2024

Equine student takes mane prize

Seven of the 11 SRUC students and apprentices selected as finalists won their categories at the ALBAS 2024 awards ceremony organised by Lantra Scotland and held at the Crieff Hydro Hotel, in Perthshire.…

SRUC
08/03/2024

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

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

SRUC student in running for British Farming Award

For the second year in a row, a student from SRUC has been named as a finalist at the British Farming Awards.…

SRUC
15/08/2023

Julie-Ann named Apprentice of the Year

SRUC student Julie-Ann Murray has been named Scotland’s Apprentice of the Year. …

SRUC
14/03/2023

SRUC celebrates student successes at ALBAS

Agriculture, Horse Care and Engineering students from SRUC were among the top winners at this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS).…

SRUC
13/03/2023

Former SRUC agriculture student scoops £1000 prize

Former SRUC student Jack Young was crowned winner of the Business Skills Award at the annual AgriScot Farm Business of the Year awards event.…

SRUC
18/11/2022

SRUC students compete for AgriScot title

Three SRUC students, including the British Farming Awards’ Agricultural Student of the Year, will take part in the final of the AgriScot Business Skills Competition.…

SRUC
10/11/2022

Agriculture student’s award is “proud moment” for SRUC

SRUC student Rhona Campbell-Crawford has been named Agricultural Student of the Year in the British Farming Awards – despite not coming from a farming background.…

SRUC
21/10/2022

Birthday girl Rhona celebrates British Farming Awards nomination

An SRUC student had an extra reason to celebrate her 21st birthday after being shortlisted in the British Farming Awards.…

SRUC
16/08/2022