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  Oatridge Online - August 2010  
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Students help launch new qualification

Grant Pirie H&S

Two Oatridge students have had prominent roles in the formal launch of the new Level 2 Modern Apprenticeship in Agriculture at the Royal Highland Show. Read More…
 
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Apprentices boost ex-mining communities

Apprentices at work

A dozen horticultural apprentices are doing their bit to regenerate communities hit by the decline in coal mining, thanks to a unique partnership involving Oatridge. Read more…

 
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“Crop circle” mystery on College farm

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It’s a prank, Jim, but not as we know it: Aliens are discounted after a giant version of the Oatridge logo appears in a field on the College estate. Read more…

 
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Baa! Shear frustration for Ewan

Sheep

Student Ewan Wilson is pipped for a finals place in a sheep shearing competition at the Royal Welsh Agriculture Show. Read more…

 

 
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Hopetoun Estates draft in College experts

   

A team of experts led by Niall Evans, our Countryside Management team leader, is to be drafted in to help boost visitor numbers to the estate of Scotland’s finest stately home, while protecting its historical and environmental heritage. Read more…

     
   

Networking with a difference

   

Oatridge is to host a business networking event “with a difference” later this month when members of the smallbusinessclub visit for a morning of golf or a ramble around the College estate, followed by a sumptuous buffet lunch. Read more…

     
   

Showtime for Oatridge

   

Employers and potential students have two chances in the coming week to find out face-to-face what courses are available at the Scottish Countryside Colleges, when Oatridge and our partners attend the Black Isle and Perth Shows. Read more…

       
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