- Sparsholt College Hampshire
Infobox UK school
name = Sparsholt College Hampshire
size = 200px
latitude = 51.084756
longitude = -1.392444
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phone = 01962 776441
fax = 01962 776587
established = 1899
type =Further education college
head = Tim Jackson
street = Westley Lane
city = Sparsholt
county =Hampshire
country =England
postcode = SO21 2NF
LEA =Hampshire County Council
ofsted = 130698
staff =
enrollment =
gender = Coeducational
lower_age = 16
upper_age =
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website = http://www.sparsholt.ac.uk/Sparsholt College Hampshire is a Further Education (FE) and Higher Education (HE) college located at Sparsholt near
Winchester ,Hampshire , in the south ofEngland . The college provides courses fromsixth form to degree level and has recently taken overCricklade College ,Andover .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 nearBasingstoke in 1899. It moved to its present site at Westley Farm, Sparsholt in 1914. ["Sparsholt College Full-time Further Education Prospectus 2008 Entry"]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 took over
Cricklade College ,Andover in 2007. This is now known as Andover College.Alumni
Some prominent former students of the college include:
*Charlie Dimmock - T.V. presenter and gardener. [ [http://www.mirror.co.uk/archive/2003/06/12/mirror-works--my-cv--charlie-dimmock---the-tops-bra-none-89520-13059847/ Yvonne Swann, "My CV: Charlie Dimmock - The tops bra none", Daily Mirror, 12th June 2003] ]Trivia
The long-running
BBC Radio 4 programGardeners' 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
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