Around 160 students from Scotland’s Rural College were in Glasgow today (Friday) for SRUC’s winter graduation ceremony.

A total of 509 students have achieved HNDs and HNCs in a variety of subjects, including agriculture, animal care, countryside management, horticulture and professional golf.

In his address to graduates at the University of Glasgow’s Bute Hall, Professor Wayne Powell, principal and chief executive of SRUC, said: “While today we are celebrating the success resulting from your recent hard work, it is also a time to look forward – to think of the future and the limitless opportunities that lie ahead for each of you. The same can be said for SRUC as we develop our exciting future plans.

“I want you to go away today with a sense of pride. On behalf of everyone at SRUC, I can tell you that we are proud of how far you have already come and of how far you will go. We want you to be proud of SRUC. This is just one step on your journey – and who knows where it might lead?”

* (A selection of pictures from the ceremony will be printed in this week’s edition of The Scottish Farmer.)

Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Graduation 2018, November 2, Bute Hall, Glasgow

Higher National Certificate in Agriculture

Pass with distinction – Angus McMillan Liston, Louise Main, John Andrew McMillan.

Pass with merit – Maria Bernadette Atkinson, Rachel Louise Brett, Ross Campbell, Meghan Carson, Harry William Christison, Alan James Lindsay, Craig Thomas Marshall, Calum McIntyre, Beth Menzies, Claire Morrison, Craig James Smith, Alistair John Torrance, John Wireko, Callum Robert Wylie, Jack William Young.

Pass – David Walker Adams, Mhairi J Bell, William Angus Bryce, Adam Stuart Burgoyne, Claire Cannon, L Caulfield Brown, Jamie Clark, Emma Louise Cobburn, Andrew Connon, Scott Cruickshanks, Amy Alice Douglas, Eilidh Duncan, James Fleming, Rachel Hamilton, Yvonne Erin Kennedy, Lawrence Christopher Martin, Ben Alexander Miller, Kieran Barclay Milne, Kiera Paterson, Louise Frances Pittendrigh, Fraser Robert David Robb, Amy Russell, Edward Mitchell Carlton Scott, Craig Sloan, Ross Weir, Callum Russell Wood, Rachael Wood, Olivia Young.

Higher National Certificate in Animal Care

Pass with distinction – Emma Adair, Kate G Balnave, Kirsty-Louise Bell, Lauren Blair, Siobhan Campbell, Morgan Lynn Coakley, Sara Teresa Cummings, Martin William Dowie, Joanne Drysdale, Rachel Roberta Ewan, Nina M Fleming, Daniella Giudice, Rachel Erin Hamilton, Mia Harley, Nathan Kirwan, Caroline Marshall, Laura McKechan, Rachael Mary McNeill, Joseph McNutt, Leah Muirhead, Dionne Louise Murray, Shari Neil, Ryan Fraser Pearson, Natasha Margaret Philp, Keri Jean Rafferty, Jade Ramsay-Kerr, Emma Elizabeth Reid, Katja Slupina, Shannon Misha Smith, Jade Jacqueline Sweeting, Michelle Toal, Vineta Varava, Gabriella-Lavinia Dietlind Woolley.

Pass with Merit – Ashleigh Bell, Kathryn Blackley, Melissa Brain, Briony Brown, Rachael Victoria Cockbain, Hayley Louise Colbert, Stephen Crookston, Cailin Davie, Kara Grace Dunn-Wilkie, Aaron Harkness, Hannah Hepburn, Yazmynn Sarah-Jayne Johnstone, Ellen Marianne King, Rebecca A Lamb, Emily Jane Lister, Lisa Alexandra Mather, Danielle Elizabeth Murphy, Aleksandra Nellies, Jessica Ann Robinson, Finlay Anne Sloss, Amanda Jean Strachan, Mary-Anne Thomson, Tiegan Walker, Kayleigh Caldwell Watson.

Pass – Wiktoria Miroslawa Apanasiewicz, John Armour, Karis Lisa Blackstock, Natasha Browne, Karis Jayne Burcham, Alex Carey, Louise Cathro, Nicola Grenfell, Rebecca M Hughes, Natalie Jarvis, Natasha Kidney, Rachel Page Lond, Lorna C Lovie, Jenna McDermott, Rebecca O’Neill, Deni Charlotte Shorthouse, Caitlin Sneddon, Declan Hughes Steel, Caitlin Thomson, Ethan Tran, Kayla Buchanan Wallace, Ashley Whyte.

Higher National Certificate in Animal Nursing

Pass with merit – Jennifer Louise Haig.

Higher National Certificate in Biosciences

Pass with Merit – Natalie Bresland.

Higher National Certificate in Countryside and Environmental Management

Pass with distinction – Michael Burke, Siobhan Cantwell, Kenneth Cushnie, Jen Gates, Thomas Michael Gelling, Peter Green, Nicholas J Hall, Peter Callum Hamilton, Keith Honeyman, Kevin Andrew Hunter, Leanne Kirkpatrick, Allan Duncan MacAskill, Fiona Catherine Macleod, Dareen Massie, Nicola Louise Murray, Marion Reid, David Russell, Ram Nandana Salafia, Katherine Scott, Andrew Sommerville, Rachel Stanesby, Fraser Wilson.

Pass with merit – Joshua Andrews, Gregor George Brebner Curtis, Ciaran Joseph James Doyle, Gillian JaneYoung Johnstone, Craig Alexander McGhee, Anna Spang.

Pass – Bradley Burrett, Caley Dalziel, Lewis Taylor Hampson, Kira Nerys Thomson.

Higher National Certificate in Countryside Management

Pass with distinction – Christopher Brannigan, Lauren Graham, Alastair Hogg, Eleanor Rose Lawson, Gregor W McLeod.

Pass with merit – Joseph Mangham-Brown.

Pass – Kayleigh Allen, Joe Robson.

Higher National Certificate in Equine Studies

Pass with distinction – Patricia Aylett, Roddy Blackie, Morgan JC Clarkson, Murron McInnes Gilmour, Julie Christine Isherwood, Hazel Helen MacLeod, Gemma Louise McMorran, Samantha Muir, Rebecca Prempeh, Emily Stewart.

Pass – Eily Anne Andrews, Fiona Young Lockhead.

Higher National Certificate in Garden Design

Pass with distinction – Jill Anne Campbell, Lesley Innes, Mari E MacRitchie.

Pass with merit – Valerie Joan Flockhart, John Paul Lappin, Carol Whelan.

Pass – Walter Charles McArthur

Higher National Certificate in Golf Course Management

Pass with distinction – Gudbjartur Asgeirsson, Sam Barclay, Aaron Bell, Craig Alexander Berry, Hendrik Stephanus Buitendach, Leonard Callaghan, Christopher Roy Calvin, Neil Charles Cameron, Ross Christie, Ismael De la Antonia Gonzalez, Stuart Diamond, Scott Douglas, Christopher Dowdell, Niclas Ericson, Sean Gilmour, Jack David Hawkes, Gregg Hood, Mats Lundby Jorgensen, Mattias Kolborg, Neil Latto, Marc Daniel Lewis, Niall MacDonald, Tomas Micheal MacGearailt, Andrew P McIntee, Paul Peter Mills, David Perdisatt, Sean Reilly, Juri Saparov, Kristian Summerfield, Christopher Svendsen, Adam Victory, Michael Charles Walker, Victor Wood Escutia.

Pass with merit – Andrew WG Brandie, Michael Dawson, Pablo Lizano Miguel-Sin, Brendan McGrath, David Mar Vilhjalmsson.

Pass – Liviu Marian Berar, Cameron James Campbell, Michael Kettrick.

Higher National Certificate in Horticulture

Pass with distinction – Phoebe Ruth Batham, Gordon James George Douglas, Scott Galloway, Douglas Heed, Charlotte Honesty Knox, Gemma Kroegler, Graeme MacDonald, Colin Orr, Colin L Palmer, Julie Watson.

Pass with merit – Sheena Macgregor, Texa Chesed MacIndeor, Sam William Pagett, Lisa Swift, Euan Gordon Wood.

Pass – Tracy Elrick, Sean McCarter, Gordon David Murray, Christine Reid, Ryan Savage, Maarten Stevenson, Craig Stewart, Tony Wood.

Higher National Certificate in Landscape Management

Pass with distinction – Victoria Eadie, John Francis Fallens, Thomas Finlay.

Pass – Ismail Elshani.

Higher National Certificate in Poultry Production

Pass with distinction – James Barrett, Anne Dunlop, Darren Smith.

Higher National Certificate in Professional Cookery

Pass with distinction – Alison Elizabeth Allen, Chantelle Louise Creighton, Liga Sprukte, Chelsea Alexandera Wilson.

Pass with merit – Hannah Beattie.

Pass – Callum Barker, Amy Hardie.

Higher National Certificate in Professional Golf

Pass with distinction – Thomas Boyd, Ewan David Brown, Craig Stuart Jackman, Nathan McCulloch, Ewan James Milligan, Michaela Patzeltova, Matthew Joseph Ranson, William Squires.

Pass with merit – Kieren Alexander Beauchamp, Jason Taylor Conway, Arran Hastings, Liam Ratcliffe, Matthew Wilson.

Pass – Cameron Gilzean, Joshua Grahame, Stewart Philp.

Higher National Certificate in Rural Business Management

Pass with distinction – Kirstyn Louise Duff, Toby W Ross.

Pass with merit – Rachel Barclay Blyth.

Pass – Katie Annie Mcfarlane Cameron.

Higher National Diploma in Agricultural Science

Pass with distinction – Zoe Margaret Bryson.

Higher National Diploma in Agriculture

Pass with distinction – Jack Timothy Adkin, Stephanie Anderson Cassie, Anna IT Duncan, Eilidh J Kennedy, Sarah Maxwell, Kayleigh Tamara Mitchell, James Gordon Scott.

Pass with merit – Ewan William Barr, Daniel Black, William Cumming, Anna-Louise Danielle Fraser, Logan Gammie, Alison Kennedy, Megan Kerr, Stuart Limond, Thomas Lindsey Melville, Robert Ramsay, Findlay Reade, Alastair James Rhind, James Bowie Mitchell Ronald, Keira Karen Sannachan, Adam Thomas Smellie, Hamish Whyte.

Pass – Andrew Alan Adam, Sarah Bateman, Benjamin Charles Douglas, Alistair Frobes, Donald MacAskill, Rory Marshall, Emma Mary McAlister, Ryan Greggan Parker, Callum James Reid, Lewis Karl Smith.

Higher National Diploma in Animal Care

Pass with distinction – Claire Burns, Phoebe Rose Cagle, Morgam Louise Curtis, Euan Douglas, Christopher Douse, Holly Ferguson, Samantha Lucy Gardner, Laura Elizabeth Hopton, Caitlin Keith, Bethany Lyon, Laura Newton, Natasha Russell, Amy Phyllis Wilkie Torrance.

Pass with merit – Megan Bruce, Abbi Hilary Gallagher, Lauren Johnson, Alana-Cassandra May, Katherine McDermott, Kerry Ann Warden.

Pass – Elly Joanne Burgerhout, Charlotte Anne Cookson, Sophie Elder, Joanna Forsyth, Megan Jean Griffiths, Lois Elisabeth Henderson, Kerry Woodward.

Higher National Diploma in Applied Animal Science

Pass with distinction – Thomas Cawley.

Higher National Diploma in Applied Bioscience

Pass with distinction – Jessica Baganz, Callum McCallie.

Pass with merit – Daisy McElroy.

Higher National Diploma in Countryside Management

Pass with distinction – Andrew D Campbell, Rory Dempster, Paloma Espindola, Ellie Fenwick, Neil Kenneth Hutson, Lucy Hutton, Amber Lane Jardine, Anya Norrie, Ellen Oakley, Jasmin Mae Thornton, Christopher Greg David Walker, Alexandra Mae Weir.

Pass with merit – Hannah Isabella Jenkins, Rhae DG Lobban, Charlotte Hazel Paterson, Amy Jean Wilson.

Higher National Diploma in Environmental Management and Sustainability

Pass with distinction – Dante Joseph Sosa.

Pass with merit – Glen Gordon Dickson, Andrew James Gilmore, Claire Murray.

Pass – Megan Kerr McInnes, John Muir, Paul Randall.

Higher National Diploma in Environmental Resource Management

Pass with distinction – Euan Connell, Lisa Dettmer, Michael Andrew Kidd, Ryan James McCallum, Alexander Paterson.

Pass with merit – Loren Mowbray.

Pass – Oliver Onslow.

Higher National Diploma in Equine Studies

Pass with distinction – Sophie Alexandra Hatton, Hollie Sarah McQueen, Tomas Zuffa.

Pass with merit – Elizabeth Megan Hotson, Cassandra Wallace McIlwraith, Kirsty Helen Symon.

Pass – Katie Megan Bell, Morbhan Anderson Orr, Amy Preston.

Higher National Diploma in Garden Design

Pass with merit – Cristina Gonzalez-Martin.

Higher National Diploma in Golf Course Management

Pass with distinction – Michael Browne, David Grant Burgess, Derek Brendan Daly, Gavin Jones, Stephen Timothy Lawlor.

Pass with merit – Rudolfs Vaivods.

Higher National Diploma in Green Technology

Pass with distinction – Stefanie Lade, Aaron Nuhi, Calum Ramage.

Higher National Diploma in Horticulture

Pass with distinction – Aidynn Allison Ballard, Lewis Ian Girvan, Hayden Halley, Thomas Stephen Johnston, Sarah Jane Kirton, Daniel Miller, Sky Milne, Neil Murray, Ruairi Nicol Peden, Elizabeth Weir.

Pass with merit – Jodie Nicole Brotherton, Jed Thomson-Cramer.

Higher National Diploma in Horticulture with Plantsmanship

Pass with distinction – Isabel Cayon-Fernandez, Laura Keddie, Keith Macdonald.

Pass with merit – Callum Carson, Thomas McFadyen.

Pass – Aidan Leask Hesse, Andrew Melvin Hinson, Connor Smith.

Higher National Diploma in Professional Golf

Pass with merit – Charles Ridley Cameron, Andrew William McColl, Craig McKenzie, Alexander Lyall Melrose.

Pass – Graeme Greer.

Higher National Diploma in Rural Business Management

Pass with distinction – Alessandra Lucy Harper, Katie Insch, Kyle Paterson, Megan Jane Thomson.

Pass with merit – Rupert Grainger, Bradley Kyle Manktelow, John George Sinclair.

Pass – Craig Ian Ross Mackay.

Higher National Diploma in Veterinary Nursing

Pass with distinction – Z Clark, Grace Cruickshanks, Rachel Anne Drysdale, Nicola Gibson, Hannah R Gillan, Caitlin Megan Hodge, Casey Plain, Anna Elizabeth Ramsay.

Pass with merit – Zoe Marie Campbell, Claire Daisy Cartlidge, Caitlin Frances Coyle, Abbie Elizabeth Dubber, Hannah Louise Grant, Lauren Hall, Lara Irene Macpherson, Morven Anne Meston, Jennifer Margaret Radigan, Abbie Ramsay, Emma Allison Jane Rattray, Melanie Simpson, Gillian White.

Pass – Lauren Elizabeth Purdie.