Sparsholt College

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Sparsholt College
Sparsholt College Hampshire.jpg
Address
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Westley Lane

Sparsholt
,
Hampshire
,
SO21 2NF

England
Coordinates51°05′05″N 1°23′33″W / 51.084756°N 1.392444°W / 51.084756; -1.392444Coordinates: 51°05′05″N 1°23′33″W / 51.084756°N 1.392444°W / 51.084756; -1.392444
Information
TypeFurther education college
Established1899
Local authorityHampshire County Council
Department for Education URN130698 Tables
OfstedReports
Head teacherJulie Milburn
GenderCoeducational
Age14+
Websitehttp://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/

Sparsholt College is a Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) college located at Sparsholt near Winchester, with a secondary campus in Andover, both in Hampshire in the south of England. The college provides courses from sixth form to degree level.

The college covers primarily countryside-based subjects including Agriculture, Engineering, Fishery Studies, Equine Studies, Forestry and Woodland Management, Game and Wildlife Management, Horticulture, Sport and Outdoor Education and Animal Management. There are currently more than 1900 full-time and 3000 part-time students including around 450 at HE level.

Origins and history[]

The college originated as Hampshire's first Farm School, set up by the County Council at Old Basing near Basingstoke in 1899. It moved to its present site at Westley Farm, Sparsholt in 1914.[1]

Higher Education at the college began in 1983 at HND level with Fishery Studies. Current BSc(Hons) degrees include Animal Management and Garden Design.

The college merged with Cricklade College, Andover in 2007. This is now known as Andover College.

In August 2015 it was announced with partner Ecotricity they will be building an Anaerobic digester that will take grass-cutting from local farms and supply the resulting gas to the grid[2] with an overall aim of training students in the technology.

Alumni[]

Some prominent former students of the college include:

  • Charlie Dimmock - T.V. presenter and gardener.[3]
  • Tom Hart Dyke - horticulturist, plant hunter and designer of the .[4]

Trivia[]

The long-running BBC Radio 4 program Gardeners' Question Time has a base at the college known as the Potting Shed, and a demonstration garden. It runs annual open days at the college.

References[]

  1. ^ Sparsholt College Full-time Further Education Prospectus 2008 Entry
  2. ^ "Plans announced for green gasmill at Sparsholt College".
  3. ^ Yvonne Swann, My CV: Charlie Dimmock - The tops bra none, Daily Mirror, 12 June 2003
  4. ^ Sale, Jonathan (20 April 2006). "Passed/Failed: an education in the life of Tom Harte Dyke, orchid hunter". independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2009.


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