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FOOD
The food and drink industry is the UK’s biggest manufacturing sector. The growing opportunities in the sector for innovation, employment and enterprise combined with SRUC’s world leading research and vast experience of our academic staff gives you the latest knowledge and links to industry throughout your studies and the opportunity to excel in the field.
The food and drink industry is hugely diverse, offering employment to people with a wide range of skills and talents SRUC’s courses are designed to enable you to experience, develop and reflect on general and specific practical skills, knowledge and understanding together with employability skills and attitudes needed for work in the food and drink manufacturing industry The short courses delivered will provide you with an introduction to this exciting industry and an understanding of the journey from field to table, giving you a solid appreciation of how food and drink is produced within a manufacturing setting
SRUC represents the whole journey from “plough to plate”, from local provenance to global impact, and all the food miles in between The sustainable production of enough food to feed a growing global population, while minimising environmental impact, is one of the key and major challenges facing all of us today More locally, Scotland’s food and drink policy incorporates the impact of food not only on the environment and the economy, but on the nation’s health, education as well as social justice and tackling poverty
Using their well established and long running connections with the food sector, SRUC’s Food & Drink team will ensure you will receive a relevant and interactive experience that incorporates numerous site visits, guest speakers and real-life examples of what manufacturing food & drink looks like today Food and drink is a vibrant, exciting and enterprising sector which offers related careers in manufacturing, retail, product development, and agri-tourism as well as hospitality
The Scottish Government
