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CAREERS: SRUC welcomes first vet degree students to generate 'home-grown talent'

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) announced earlier in the year it would be opening its first new vet school in over 150 years and has already welcomed more than half of its first intake of students from rural or remote Scottish locations

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CAREERS: SRUC welcomes first vet degree students to generate 'home-grown talent'

45 students have begun their studies at the college's School of Veterinary Medicine in Aberdeen, with the course providing the new cohort of young minds a chance to progress from HND courses into the veterinary...

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