Rural college to invest in veterinary skills centre

Scotland's Rural College is investing £850,000 to create a state of the art veterinary clinical skills teaching centre in Aberdeen.

The ten-room centre will be based at SRUC's Craibstone Campus and is scheduled to open in September. 

It will have dedicated space for hands-on experience with cutting-edge equipment, a clinical skills laboratory and an animal disease diagnostics lab. 

More than 100 students will learn and study at the centre and it will also offer short courses to veterinary professionals. 

Caroline Argo, Dean of SRUC’s North Faculty said: “Our new Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre will offer one of the best experiences for students of veterinary nursing and other animal-related programmes across the country.

"Rural veterinary practices are vital for farming and rural life and they face challenges when it comes to finding veterinary nurses and support teams.

"By focusing on the development of talented new professionals for rural practices, our graduates will have the skills, knowledge and opportunities for long, successful and fulfilling careers.”

The Veterinary Clinical Skills Centre has been designed by Aberdeenshire firm MAC Architects in partnership with SRUC’s staff and students.

To find out more about courses available at SRUC visit their website.