Professor of Interprofessional Education

About

SRUC is home to 1,000 FTE further education students (representing some 2,500 learners), approximately 1,600 undergraduate students, 200 master’s students and 80 PhD students, undertaking study over a number of courses in the domains of circular economy, planetary health and science, society and business. In addition, SRUC delivered short course training to over 3,000 individuals in the last year, more than 8,500 knowledge exchange events (face to face, podcast, webinar, etc), and 600 apprenticeships.

The research power of Agriculture, Food and Veterinary Sciences at SRUC (joint submission with University of Edinburgh) has been ranked as number one in the UK based on the quality and breadth of work in REF2021.

SRUC has an annual turnover of £92.3 million and employs approximately 1,050 FTE staff operating from six campuses, eight farms, 24 consulting offices, six innovation centres and five veterinary surveillance centres located primarily across Scotland. SRUC’s main purpose is to advance education, science, research and environmental protection and improvement in the rural and land-based industries, both domestically and internationally. The commercial consultancy, and commercially focused aspects of skills training and some research activities are undertaken through SRUC Innovation Limited.

It is SRUC’s intention to become a new and unique kind of university college for the 21st century that is regional, accessible, market-focused and responsive to a diverse range of challenges in the emerging natural economy. We will remain a strong and unique anchor institution where research, skills and business converge. Such convergence will create new insights that deliver big strategic leaps and new propositions for business, society and government.

All of this activity is firmly rooted in our distinctive ethos of a Scotland-wide presence through regional centres of global excellence. Our objective is to deliver on shared goals with government, business and other partners to drive forward the natural economy through inclusive growth, job creation and generation of commercial opportunities. We will be a research-led organisation pushing on to fulfil higher, world leading goals aligned with the UN SDGs. We will maintain our regional presence in Scotland; essential to allow us to be responsive to local needs. The unique integration of our research, education and consulting specialisms is key to allowing SRUC to deliver an unparalleled service to our students and customers.

We have introduced a two-School model based on:

Veterinary Medicine and Biosciences

https://www.sruc.ac.uk/study-with-us/school-of-veterinary-medicine-and-biosciences/

and

Natural and Social Sciences

Our new Schools are designed to encourage integration (education, research, extension) over the activities of SRUC and be true to our tertiary model. The Schools operate throughout the entirety of SRUC’s geographical reach, leveraging recent infrastructure developments and maintaining a strong focus on growth.

The locations of all our campuses across Scotland can be found here https://www.sruc.ac.uk/study-with-us/student-life/campuses/