Davy McCracken, Head of SRUC’s Hill & Mountain Research Centre, recently spoke at a conference in the west of Ireland about the need for innovation in hill farming systems.

Women have an important role to play in the future of farming but it is ultimately about everyone working together to generate new ideas for the good of the industry.

The Executive Leadership Team at SRUC are set to brave the cold during a mass sleep-out in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens to raise money for charity.

Scotland’s Rural College, and its Students’ Association SRUCSA, are taking the lead when it comes to tackling mental health issues.

An Edinburgh-based scientist who– in the words of Bill Gates– has helped turn the city into “a world capital for livestock health and genetics”, has been presented with an honorary fellowship by SRUC.