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Farm worker Darren Broadley, who is dyslexic, was the only agriculture student to win a place in the finals of the prestigious Scottish Modern Apprenticeship Awards for 2009.
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Oatridge Principal David James revealed at the annual prizegiving in October that he had been forced to turn away hundreds of potential students after the College was excluded from extra funding.
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Teams of landscaping students from Oatridge College triumphed in the prestigious UKSkills competition, with one pair recording the highest scores in the advanced section and another winning the intermediate section.
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Future crops of agricultural students in Scotland could be more "home grown" than ever before thanks to a switch to work-based learning by Oatridge College.
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Big changes to the Higher National Certificate course in Countryside and Environmental Management opens up new career choices for students.
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.Top level diplomacy has defused a potential row over "weapons of grass destruction" between two of Oatridge's most popular departments.
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Oatridge looks for experts in the rural industries to work on international development projects.
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Success again for Oatridge at this year's Gardening Scotland, the country's biggest horticultural event.
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Scotland's three leading "landbased" vocational Colleges have signed a far-reaching agreement to work more closely together.
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Oatridge horticultural and landscaping students are called in to help rescue an historic orchard beloved by the late George Gray, a pioneer of modern farming in Scotland.