Nick Sparks
TrusteeNick has recently stepped back from serving as one of SRUC’s Deans, based at the Barony Campus near Dumfries and is now working as a consultant, supporting the land-based sector. Nick took up the role of Dean in 2018, having held a professorial position at the University of Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute and, prior to that, various academic roles in the West of Scotland Agricultural College and the Scottish Agricultural College (SAC). In his role as Dean, Nick had responsibility for SRUC’s academic activities in the region, including the Crichton Royal Farm, the work of which has been recognised in numerous ways, including in 2017, a Queens Anniversary Prize.
Nick moved to the region from Ayrshire, in 2016.