Shear delight for Alex after Woolmen scholarship

A PhD student at Scotland’s Rural College has been awarded a scholarship from the Worshipful Company of Woolmen.




Crafting successful crofting succession

Crofters planning for the often daunting and complex process of passing their business on to the next generation are being offered the chance to register for a bespoke webinar. 




Students to gain ‘real world’ experience

A new partnership between SRUC and the James Hutton Institute will put practical skills into the hands of future farmers.




Good vibes in tickled rats are contagious

Just as laughter is contagious in humans, the positive mood induced in rats when tickled can be catching.




Whale’s entanglement wounds among ‘most severe’

A Sowerby’s beaked whale found on an East Lothian beach suffered some of the “most severe” entanglement wounds ever recorded by the Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme (SMASS).