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Meeting of the Parliament 18 December 2025 [Draft]

18 Dec 2025 · S6 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
General Question Time
Scotland’s Rural College (Elmwood Campus)
Macpherson, Ben SNP Edinburgh Northern and Leith Watch on SPTV

I would be happy to engage with Alex Rowley and take up that correspondence, if he can facilitate that.

I had a good meeting with SRUC in recent weeks. I am aware that SRUC’s decision earlier this year to close its main building at Elmwood due to concerns about structural deterioration and long-term financial viability has raised questions. However, SRUC provides an important role for further and higher education students in Cupar—we are very aware of that—so it is welcome that it has stated its commitment to retaining a presence in Elmwood and that there are no plans to close the campus.

SRUC has also advised that its animal care provision will remain on offer at its other campuses, while horticulture and gamekeeping provision will remain on offer at Elmwood.

In the same item of business

8. Alex Rowley (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Lab) Lab
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the on-going reduction to both provision and facilities at the Elmwood campus of Scotland’s Rural College in Cupa...
The Minister for Higher and Further Education (Ben Macpherson) SNP
SRUC’s Elmwood campus continues to play an important role in delivering further and higher education in Cupar. Although SRUC is an autonomous institution wit...
Alex Rowley Lab
Since SRUC took over the Elmwood campus, courses and facilities have been gutted. There has been a college in North East Fife since 1953. Will the minister a...
Ben Macpherson SNP
I would be happy to engage with Alex Rowley and take up that correspondence, if he can facilitate that. I had a good meeting with SRUC in recent weeks. I am...
The Presiding Officer NPA
That concludes general question time.