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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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Motivations and practices behind reduced food waste
A study, led by SRUC, investigated what motivates households to reduce or avoid food waste and what practices people can use to achieve this goal.…
- SRUC
- 26/10/2023
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Farmers’ handbook highlights volatile farm output prices
Price levels for the main farm outputs have been volatile in the last year according to the latest edition of the Farm Management Handbook. …
- SRUC
- 25/10/2023
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SRUC professor wins fellowship to prepare for future pandemics
A professor from SRUC has been awarded a prestigious fellowship to help inform the way policy is made – including preparation for future pandemics.…
- SRUC
- 24/10/2023
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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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