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Nick Littlewood is a Senior Lecturer at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), based in Aberdeen. He specializes in wildlife conservation and ecological management, with a focus on species and habitat conservation. His roles include Programme Leader for the part-time MSc in Wildlife and Conservation Management, Director of Studies for first-year students, and supervision of PhD candidates across multiple institutions.
Education: PhD in The Response of Plant and Insect Assemblages to Heather Moorland Restoration (University of Aberdeen, 2001–2005). Prior roles include research at the James Hutton Institute and the University of Cambridge’s Conservation Evidence group. He also served as a nature reserve warden and freelance ecologist.
Research Interests: Biodiversity responses to land management, conservation policy, and species interactions. Key areas include moorland restoration, impacts of tree diseases (e.g., Ash Dieback), and endangered taxa like the Scottish Wildcat.
Teaching: Campus-based courses include Wildlife Management, Ecological Surveying, and Habitat Management. Distance learning modules cover Advances in Land Management and MSc dissertation supervision.
Supervision: Current PhD students focus on topics like mixed farming systems, peatland restoration, and predator-prey dynamics. Completed students now work in postdoctoral roles at institutions like Umeå University and Forest Research.
Grants/Projects: Active projects include ‘Natural Carbon Stores In The Uplands’ (SRUC-led) and ‘Sustaining Biodiversity Through Mixed Farming Systems’ (funded by EastBio DTP).
