Personal profile
Overview
Philip has worked in the agricultural industry for over thirty years as a dairy herdsman and dairy herd manager working predominately with Holstein / Friesian and Jersey herds in the East Midlands. He has been lecturing in Further Education and Higher Education since 2010 and progressed into educational management in 2013.
Research interests
• Calf and heifer rearing and management: Use of calf jackets, milk powder concentration, dry matter intakes, cross breeding / heterosis, age at first service.
• Grass based dairy systems
• Public understanding of farm assurance schemes
• Continued presonal and professional development in agriculture post college/university
• Mental health and wellbeing in the agricultural industry
Education/Academic qualification
Anthrozoology, MRes, Impact of Working with Dairy Cattle on Farmer Wellbeing and Mental Health , University of the West of England (UWE)
2 Oct 2016 → 31 Jul 2018
Award Date: 1 Aug 2018
Teaching and learning in the lifelong sector, PGCE, Engaging FE Agriculture Students in Novel Teaching Approaches, University of Northampton
9 Sept 2010 → 31 Jul 2012
Award Date: 1 Aug 2012
Land Management with Agriculture, BSc, Relationship Between BCS and Dystocia in Primiparous Dairy cattle, University of Northampton
30 Sept 2009 → 31 Aug 2010
Award Date: 1 Sept 2010
Land Management, FdSc, University of Northampton
30 Sept 2007 → 1 Jul 2009
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
External positions
External Examiner, Harper Adams University
15 Jan 2025 → …
External Examiner, Scotland’s Rural College
2 Sept 2024 → …
Process Panel Member for Dairy Herd Management and Rural Business Management, The Open Universty
23 May 2024 → 31 Aug 2024
Curriculum Validation Panel Member , Askam Bryan College
9 Jun 2023
Critical Review and Validation Panel Member, Harper Adams University
4 May 2023
External Examiner, University Centre Sparsholt
10 Jan 2021 → 2 Sept 2024
Forum Member, Worshipful Company of Farmers
31 Jan 2010 → …
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Techniques to advance oestrus in ewes – a comparative study between the use of progestagen sponges and the ‘ram effect’
Batten, S., Watson, P. & Evans, B., Apr 2016, Advances in Animal Biosciences. Cambridge University Press, Vol. 7.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Open AccessFile51 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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External Examiner
Watson, P. (Examiner)
20 Jan 2025 → 20 Jan 2028Activity: Examination types › External Examiner
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Apprenticeship Assessment Reform Trailblazer Group
Watson, P. (Participant)
1 Sept 2023 → …Activity: Other activity types › Industry Links and Experience
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Embedding Sustainability in Teaching: Case Studies from Across the Curriculum
Bearman-Brown, L. (Speaker), Green, M. (Speaker), Thomas-Pino, C. (Speaker), Klinkenberg, B. (Speaker), Riley, I. (Speaker), Watson, P. (Speaker) & Watson, S. (Speaker)
17 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
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An investigation into the preferred disbudding procedure of beef and dairy farmers in the UK, how many farmers follow DEFRAs three codes of recommendations?
Jones, H. L. (Speaker), Haydon, L. (Speaker) & Watson, P. (Speaker)
27 Apr 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation at Conference
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Higher Education Academy (External organisation)
Watson, P. (Member)
2016 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of learned societies or subject associations
Press/Media
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Hartpury Agriculture within a Wider University / College
30/9/18
1 Media contribution
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