Researchers have discovered how to use smell to produce a positive emotional state in animals – by tickling rats.

More than 150 people attended a ceremony in Livingston to celebrate the achievements of students from the Oatridge campus of Scotland’s Rural College.

Students were urged to “attack their careers with a positive attitude” at the annual awards ceremony at the Barony campus of Scotland’s Rural College in Dumfries.

Countryside and environment students are being offered a grant of up to £200 for dissertations about rewilding in Scotland.

American students visited the Kelpies and Perth Races as part of a four-week equine studies programme at Scotland’s Rural College.