Education Awards
The Texel Sheep Society Educational Awards are awarded to the students who attain the highest mark on a sheep production related Honours Research Project.
The awards of £250 are offered to students at four Universities representing Northern Ireland – Greenmount, Scotland – SRUC, Wales – Aberystwyth University and England – Harper Adams.
2025
SRUC – Sophie Cameron’s dissertation looked at ‘The Factors Affecting Crossbred Hill Lamb Horn Phenotypes and the Resultant Relationship with Valuable Performance Traits’.
Aberystwyth – Nia Fflur Williams ran an investigative project examining ‘Wool Fibre Diameter as a Potential Indicator of Resilience in Performance Recorded Lambs’.
Harper Adams – Anna Herbert – conducted a research project which looked at ‘Integrating Sustainability into Sheep Enterprises: Reducing Carbon Emissions’.
Greenmount – Thomas Kerr – investigated ‘The Factors Affecting the Periparturient Rise of Faecal Egg Count in Ewes’.
Sophie Cameron
Nia Fflur Williams
Anna Herbert
Thomas Kerr
Previous Years
SRUC – Lyndsey Brown – dissertation entitled ‘Is the Scottish Government target of a 31% reduction in agriculture emissions by 2032 possible in cross-bred ewe flocks?’.
Aberystwyth – Logan Williams – sought to understand the factors affecting store lamb systems with a dissertation on ‘What is the most efficient system of finishing store lambs for the food chain, by maximising performance and
reducing production costs?’
Harper Adams – Molly Bampton – dissertation took in the subject of colostrum with the subject being ‘An evaluation of on-farm and laboratory analysis to assess colostrum quality of UK dairy ewes’.
Greenmount – Beulah Nesbitt – a study which focussed on the start of life ‘Investigating factors influencing colostrum quality of lowland breeding ewes and subsequent effect on lamb mortality’
SRUC – Leigh Bell – an investigation into the impact of simultaneous infections on the productivity of lambs.
Aberystwyth – Carys Vaughan – her dissertation on the ‘Perceptions and attitudes of UK farmers towards Iceberg Diseases. Is there an opportunity for an iceberg disease screening scheme to enhance the market value of breeding ewes and ewe lambs?’
Harper Adams – Martha Racey – a research project looking at rearing methods employed by sheep farmers across the UK when it came to rearing orphan lambs.
Greenmount – Danielle Connelly – investigation into ‘The effect of storage conditions on immunoglobulin, bacterial and nutritional properties of ovine colostrum and colostrum substitutes’ which sought to determine how best to store colostrum and subsitutes to maximise their effectiveness.
SRUC – Georgina Milne – Georgina’s dissertation titled ‘The Effects of Forage Type on the Growth and Profitability of Indoor Fattened Shetland Ram Lambs’.
Aberystwyth – Michelle D’Costa – Michelles’s investigation examined the effect of oxygen scavengers and temperature on nematode faecal egg counts in stored faeces.
Harper Adams – Claire Thompson – Claire’s dissertation entitled ‘A systematic literature review: Does Catalase improve the function of frozen-thawed ram sperm?’
Greenmount – Luke Norris – Luke’s report looked into the factors which would reduce the level of lameness within the UK Flock.
SRUC – Abbie McGillvray – Abbie’s dissertation titled ‘Ovine Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma and its threat to the sustainability of hill farming in Scotland’.
Aberystwyth – Ffion Mair Havard – Ffion’s investigation examined the effect of Farm Type on antibiotic usage within sheep flocks in Wales.
Harper Adams – Emily Turner – Emily’s dissertation entitled ‘The effect of cryopreserved semen quality on implantable embryo recovery rates in sheep and embryo transfer programs’.
Greenmount – Jennifer Devlin – Jennifer’s report looked into the factors which determine the number of lambs weaned per ewe in a commercial lowland sheep flock.
SRUC – Jack Adkin – investigated the performance of different pure and crossbred animals in terms of lamb survival and growth in an extensive environment.
Aberystwyth – Dafydd Roberts – his research project titled ‘Assessing the impact of adapting drug administration strategies on anthelmintic efficacy and use in lambs.’
Harper Adams – Rebecca Rainey – her dissertation delved into the relationship between ewe foot health, body condition score and scanning percentage.
Greenmount – Rachel Jordan – project investigated faecal egg counts in sheep dung samples in relation to anthelmintic treatment and the lifecycle of Calicophorn daubneyi.
SRUC – Rachel Gateley
Aberystwyth – Leisa Tudor
Harper Adams – George Ellis
Greenmount – Ellen McClure
SRUC – Elizabeth Bauld
Aberystwyth – Eiry Williams
Harper Adams – Aimee Ash
Greenmount – Ryan Davies
SRUC – Kirstyn Blackwood
Aberystwyth – Daniel Stout
Harper Adams – Laura Tucker
Greenmount – Kathryn Clingen
SRUC – Molly Beattie
Aberystwyth – Kathryn Morris
Harper Adams – Elizabeth Harris
Greenmount – Joshua Thompson
SRUC – Daniel Stout
Aberystwyth – James A Broom
Harper Adams – Joseph Parry
Greenmount – Niamh Woods
Aberystwyth – Sally Alice North
SRUC – Ping Zhou
Harper Adams – Miss Gwenllian Haf Thomas
Greenmount – Kyle Boyd
SRUC – Jenna Kyle & Jennifer Brown
Harper Adams – John Brocklehurst
CAFRE – Kathryn McKeown