Scotland's Rural College (SRUC; ) is a
public
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land based research institution
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focused on
agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
and
life sciences
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. Its history stretches back to 1899 with the establishment of the West of Scotland Agricultural College and its current organisation came into being through a merger of smaller institutions.
After the West of Scotland Agricultural College was established in 1899, the Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture and the Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture were both established in the early 20th century. These three colleges were merged into a single institution, the Scottish Agricultural College, in 1990. In October 2012, the Scottish Agricultural College was merged with Barony College, Elmwood College and Oatridge College to re-organise the institution as Scotland's Rural College, initialised as SRUC in preparation for it gaining the status of a
university college
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with degree awarding powers.
SRUC has six campuses across Scotland – Aberdeen, Ayr, Barony, Elmwood,
King's Buildings
The King's Buildings (colloquially known as just King's or KB) is a campus of the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Located in the suburb of Blackford, Edinburgh, Blackford, the site contains most of the schools within the University of Edin ...
and Oatridge. Students study land based courses from
further education
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to
postgraduate
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level and degrees are currently awarded by the
University of Edinburgh
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or the
University of Glasgow
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depending on the course of study. Undergraduates study over a period of three terms each year during their first two years and two semesters during their third and fourth years. In addition to
higher education
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The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
, SRUC has a consulting division, SAC Consulting, which works with clients in agricultural businesses and associated rural industries and it also has a research division which carries out research in agriculture and life sciences.
SRUC has attracted notable botanists, chemists and agriculturists as lecturers and researchers and the institution has counted
Henry Dyer,
Victor Hope and
Maitland Mackie amongst its academic staff. In addition to careers in agriculture and life sciences, the institution's alumni have gone on to have careers in politics, sport, the military and broadcasting.
History
Scottish Agricultural College

In 1899, Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College's agriculture department amalgamated with the Scottish Dairy Institute to form the West of Scotland Agricultural College. Originally based in
Blythswood Square,
Glasgow
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, the institution began moving to Ayrshire when in 1927 the
Auchincruive estate in the parish of
St Quivox
St Quivox is a small Scottish village north of Ayr and east of Prestwick. It lies on the B7035 east of the A77 road, A77.
History
The uniquely named village is said to be a corruption either of St Kevoca, St Kevoch or St Kennocha. It is tho ...
near
Ayr was left to the college by the late John Hannah of
Girvan
Girvan (, "mouth of the River Girvan") is a burgh and harbour town in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is situated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,450. It lies south of Ayr, and north of St ...
Mains. In 1974, the Blythswood Square site was closed.
The Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture was formed in 1901 and carried out experimental work in
agriculture
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created ...
and
animal breeding
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in south-east
Scotland
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. Academic
Robert Wallace helped found the college, having set up the
bachelor's degree
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programme in agriculture during his time as a professor at the
University of Edinburgh
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. Its main premises were in
George Square
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,
Edinburgh
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, and these were expanded in 1904 to a design by
Thomas Purves Marwick architects. The college also had experimental grounds at Pinkie Hill Farm,
Inveresk.
In 1913, the college and the University of Edinburgh formed the joint committee on research in animal breeding which would research genetics.

The Aberdeen and North of Scotland College of Agriculture began in 1904 through grants from benefactors including the
University of Aberdeen
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. Initially classes were delivered at
Marischal College
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and these were then delivered at
581 King Street after 1969. Classes were then moved to a new teaching campus at the Craibstone Estate established in 1999, a site which the college had purchased in 1914 for research and fieldwork. Nutritional physiologist
John Boyd Orr, later a president of the
National Peace Council and winner of the 1949
Nobel Peace Prize
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, ran the institution's joint committee for research into animal nutrition with the University of Aberdeen.
As technical colleges to transfer the growing scientific knowledge of agricultural issues to farmers and the general public, the three Scottish agricultural colleges were among ten central institutions noted in 1906 as providing technical instruction and sound scientific instruction meeting the "continuation class code" set of regulations drawn up in 1901.
The company Scottish Agricultural Colleges was established in 1987 to provide direct management of advisory and veterinary functions of the regional colleges. In 1990, the West of Scotland Agricultural College was merged with the East of Scotland College of Agriculture and the North of Scotland College of Agriculture into the Scottish Agricultural College, a single
higher education
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The World Bank defines tertiary education as including universities, colleges, and vocational schools ...
and
research institution
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specialising in
agriculture
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. The institution's three main divisions offered research, education and consultancy. The new specialist institution was one of the largest of its type in Europe and the largest in the UK. The institution offered undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from its three campuses in Ayr, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, as well as training and online study on topics including the environment, business, leisure, agriculture, horticulture and science.
Barony College
Before it became a college, the 300 acre Barony estate had a varied existence. It was an elegant home, a home for the elderly, a wartime army training camp and, up until 1947, a prisoner of war camp. In 1949 Dumfries County Council education department purchased the estate with the purpose of turning it into an agricultural school. The Barony Farm School opened in 1953, with a class of 46 boys aged 14 to 15 years. Day release classes in agriculture and engineering began in 1962.
In 1972, the school became Barony Agricultural College and, over the 1970s, courses on offer expanded to include NC awards in agriculture, fish farming, forestry, countryside rangers, horticulture, animal care, veterinary nursing and equine studies. By this time, most students at the college were studying full time. A new teaching block, complete with a large sports hall, multigym and bar, was opened in 1992. The new millennium brought extra investment in animal care and veterinary nursing, an equine unit and a forestry technology centre. The dairy technology centre with a robotic milking system was opened in 2006.
Oatridge College
Oatridge Agricultural College was established as a residential further education college specialising in agriculture and rural skills training in
Ecclesmachan
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,
West Lothian
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in 1969, with an initial intake of 45 residential students and 100 day students.
The college was local-authority owned by
West Lothian District Council, having been established by a consortium of the district councils of West Lothian, Midlothian, East Lothian, Peebles, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Berwickshire.
The courses were initially taught in temporary accommodation on the farm site. New college buildings, workshops and accommodation were officially opened by
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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in 1974, and provided facilities for courses in agriculture, agricultural engineering, green keeping, horse care and forestry.
Elmwood College

Elmwood College was founded as Elmwood Agricultural and Technical College in 1972 as a rural
further education
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institution based in
Cupar
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,
Fife
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. Its foundations were laid 20 years earlier when holding classes in the local school and cricket club before the education committee of
Fife County Council acquired some land and erected a
Nissen hut
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. This was followed by the purchase of Elmwood House, Gardens and Greenhouses in 1953 for £2,300. In 1956, the first day release classes in Scotland for agricultural and horticultural apprentices commenced at Elmwood Agricultural Centre. Elmwood College continued expanding during the 1960s and a new building was completed in 1972. By then Elmwood had also acquired Stratheden Hospital Farm.
Elmwood College was officially opened in 1972 by
Hector Monro.
The Scottish Technical Education Consultative Council had made recommendations in 1967 around establishing regional farm centres. The college had started classes about twenty years earlier, with student numbers rising from 100 to around 2000 by 1972.
There were full-time as well as part-time courses, work based courses, and modern
apprenticeship
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s. Before the purpose-built building opened in 1972, classes had been held on borrowed premises over a few years. A 350-acre farm was attached to the college and it offered courses such as hill-farming and shepherding.
A college with a part-focus on golf education, Elmwood opened its own 18-hole working golf course in 1997. Construction of a golf course began in 1995 with attention given to both the quality of the course and consideration of the local environment; the course was Geo Certified in 2013.
SRUC
A proposal to merge the Scottish Agricultural College with Barony College, Elmwood College and Oatridge College was put to public consultation between March and May 2012. Education Secretary
Mike Russell voiced support for the merger in June 2012, and Scotland's Rural College formally came into existence on 1 October 2012. The work of the Scottish Agricultural College in education and training, research and development and consultancy services, would be continued by the newly-merged institution. Scotland's Rural College was given the initialism SRUC upon its founding, as it would be working towards gaining the status of a
university college
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with degree awarding powers. Professor Wayne Powell was appointed to serve as principal of SRUC in April 2016.
In 2022, SRUC's application for degree awarding powers was approved to advance to the scrutiny stage by the
Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
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advisory committee. This involves a minimum of 12 months of scrutiny, with the result of the application expected no earlier than summer 2023.
Campuses

SRUC has six education campuses located throughout Scotland, each offering varied land-based education courses.
The Aberdeen campus is based on Craibstone Estate about outside
Aberdeen
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in the north east of Scotland. As well as halls of residence and a library, the campus also boasts many sporting opportunities. Courses on offer in Aberdeen include agriculture, organic farming and countryside and environmental management.
The Ayr campus is shared with students from the
University of the West of Scotland
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. The £81 million facility was opened in September 2011 and was awarded the internationally recognised
BREEAM excellence rating for its environmentally friendly design. As well as student accommodation, the campus has library, sporting activities and opportunities for climbing and horse riding. Courses on offer in Ayr include Agricultural Bioscience and Green Technology.
Barony campus is set in a working estate in
Dumfries and Galloway
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in south west Scotland. As well as the usual student facilities such as library and accommodation, the campus is home to the Scottish dairy technology centre and the Scottish Forestry Technology Centre. Courses on offer at Barony include animal care and forestry and arboriculture.
The
King's Buildings
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campus is located on the south side of
Edinburgh
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. This location allows students to access the
University of Edinburgh
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's academic and recreational facilities, with which it shares the campus. As well as libraries and cafes, the campus also has sporting amenities and bus links to the city centre. Courses on offer in Edinburgh include horticulture, applied animal science and rural resource management. The SRUC also has research facilities at the Easter Bush estate. Students studying horticulture with plantsmanship at the King's Buildings campus also study at the
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
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.
SRUC's Elmwood campus is based in Cupar, a small town in
Fife
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approximately nine miles from
St Andrews
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. There are three parts to Elmwood campus. The main campus is on Carslogie Road, Cupar. The second campus is at
Stratheden, which is where the college's golf course is based. Cuparmuir Farm is the third campus, where most of the land-based courses are taught. As well having as a golf course, students can use badminton, table tennis, football and gym facilities. It continues teaching land based courses including conservation, greenkeeping and gamekeeping.
Situated in
West Lothian
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, SRUC's Oatridge campus is set on a large estate which includes a working farm. As well as a student accommodation and a library, there is also a nine-hole golf course, and the campus is home to the Scottish National Equestrian Centre (SNEC). Courses on offer at Oatridge include
farriery
A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horse, horses' horse hoof, hooves and the placing of horseshoe, shoes on their hooves, if necessary. A farrier combines some blacksmith's skills (fabri ...
and forge work, and land-based engineering.
Institutional profile
As a
public institution, SRUC is
registered as a charity under Scottish law.
The further education and undergraduate degree programmes at SRUC are grouped into six main departments: Agriculture and Business Management, Animal and Equine, Engineering, Science and Technology, Environment and Countryside, Horticulture and Landscape, and Sport and Tourism. Students can study taught courses which range from vocational and access level through undergraduate level, covering
Higher National Certificate
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Overview
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,
Higher National Diploma
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and
bachelor's degree
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courses, to postgraduate level, covering
master's degree
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and
PhD
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courses. Degrees are awarded by the
University of Edinburgh
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and the
University of Glasgow
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. Undergraduate students study over a period of three terms each year during their first two years and a period of two semesters during their third and fourth years.
The institution's consulting division, SAC Consulting, works with more than 12,000 clients in rural businesses and associated industries. The consulting arm has 24 offices located across Scotland and in the north of England, as well as eight veterinary surveillance centres. SRUC's research division operates in six research centres, and SRUC also runs eight farms for both research and educational purposes. SRUC's research division is divided into four interdisciplinary research groups, each devoted to its own focus of land-based research: Animal Health and Veterinary Science Group, Crop and Soil Systems Research Group, Future Farming Systems Research Group, and Land Economy, Environment and Society Research Group.
Notable alumni and academic staff
The institution has educated politicians
Alex Fergusson,
John Home Robertson,
Ian Liddell-Grainger,
Róisín McLaren,
Hugh Roberton,
Douglas Ross,
Mark Ruskell,
Struan Stevenson
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and
Andy Stewart; sportspeople
Ian Barr,
Thomas Muirhead,
Jo Pitt and
Doddie Weir; military officers
John Gilmour and
William Reid VC; and broadcaster and author
Frances Tophill.
Image:Alex Fergusson MSP.jpg, Alex Fergusson, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
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Image:Johnhomerobertson.jpg, John Home Robertson, Member of the Scottish Parliament
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for East Lothian
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Image:Roisin McLaren.jpg, Roisin McLaren, Scottish Socialist Party
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spokesperson
Image:William Reid VC.jpg, William Reid, recipient of the Victoria Cross
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for Mid Scotland and Fife
Image:Struan Stevenson.jpeg, Struan Stevenson
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, Member of the European Parliament
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When the European Parliament (then known as the Common Assembly of the European Coal and S ...
for Scotland
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Governors of the institution have included pioneering technical educator
Henry Dyer and agriculturist and
Liberal Party
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politician
Maitland Mackie. Agriculturist
Victor Hope, later
Governor-General of India
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, served as a president of the institution in the early 1930s. Chemist
William Gammie Ogg, later director of the
Rothamsted Experimental Station
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, worked as an advisory officer. Government agricultural adviser
Arthur Wannop was a director of county work. Academics
Ernest Shearer and
Stephen John Watson successively served as principal in addition to their role as professor of agriculture at the University of Edinburgh.
Margaret Farquhar, later
Lord Provost of Aberdeen, had been a clerk at the institution before entering local government.
Botanists who have worked at the institution have included
Green Party
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Green party platforms typically embrace Social democracy, social democratic economic policies and fo ...
politician
Martin Ford,
Noel Farnie Robertson (who ran the partnership between the institution and the University of Edinburgh),
William Gardner Smith and
Edward Wyllie Fenton.
Alexander Lauder and
Hugh Nicol were both chemists who lectured there. Mycologist and plant pathologist
R. W. G. Dennis researched oat pathology at the institution.
Allen Kerr, a professor of plant pathology at
University of Adelaide
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known for his study of
crown gall, worked as an assistant mycologist and
Alan Gemmell, the first professor of biology at
Keele University
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, as an agricultural researcher. Veterinary surgeon
William Christopher Miller lectured in animal hygiene and decorated
Scout
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leader
Alec Spalding MBE was an agricultural economist at the institution. Entomologist
Daniel MacLagan served as head of the zoology department and
William Whigham Fletcher as head of botany in
Glasgow
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. Academic
Allison Bailey worked at the institution before moving to New Zealand to become professor of farm management at
Lincoln University.
See also
*
List of agricultural universities and colleges
Notes
References
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