Sustainability

SRUC’s Dr Rosie Everett to tackle climate resilience and water scarcity with a British Academy Fellowship
An SRUC scientist has been awarded over £100,000 from the British Academy for a 12-month Fellowship to address climate resistance and water scarcity in southern Africa.…
- SRUC
- 27/03/2025

SRUC Provost named among top minds as 2025 RSE Fellows are announced
The Provost and Deputy Principal of SRUC has joined the ranks of leading global experts with links to Scotland by securing a coveted position as a Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Fellow.…
- SRUC
- 24/03/2025

Mice, camera, action
A novel way of capturing images of small mammals in their natural habitat has been developed by a lecturer at SRUC.…
- SRUC
- 20/01/2021

Mushrooming opportunities for farmers
Medicinal cannabis, mushrooms and cut flowers are among three alternative crops which could be grown successfully in the South of Scotland, a new report published by SRUC has revealed.…
- SRUC
- 08/12/2020

SRUC academic ranked alongside Nobel laureates
An academic from SRUC has been ranked as one of the most highly cited researchers from across the world, including Nobel laureates.…
- SRUC
- 26/11/2020

Growing an organic partnership
A unique postgraduate course in Organic Farming is celebrating its 20th year at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).…
- SRUC
- 23/10/2020

Study looks at future of EU livestock
Research into the future of EU livestock has found more can be done to reduce the negative environmental impacts of the sector.…
- SRUC
- 22/10/2020

Large proportion of Scots farmers are ‘risk-averse’
Nearly 40 per cent of Scotland’s farmers are “risk-averse”, according to a survey on how Brexit might affect business planning.…
- SRUC
- 15/10/2020

When the chips are down
An SRUC scientist is part of a new Cryobank project which will safeguard future research and facilitate the sustainable yield improvement of six major UK food crops - barley, oats, oil seed rape, potato, sugar beet and wheat.…
- SRUC
- 09/10/2020

Report highlights challenge in meeting UK net-zero carbon goals for livestock
An independent report assessing the carbon intensity of UK livestock production systems has found currently technologies cannot deliver even half the industry’s 2050 carbon emissions reduction goal.…
- SRUC
- 02/10/2020

TV icebreaker for SRUC student
A Wildlife and Conservation Management student from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) has been hitting the headlines – in Iceland.…
- SRUC
- 30/09/2020

Signposting the way to responsible countryside behaviour
With the influx of visitors to rural Scotland during the coronavirus pandemic, land managers are in a prime position to promote responsible behaviour in the countryside.…
- SRUC
- 14/09/2020