Seaton Hall Baxter,

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(born 1939) is an

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at the

Robert Gordon University Robert Gordon University, commonly called RGU (), is a public university in the city of Aberdeen, Scotland. It became a university in 1992, and originated from an educational institution founded in the 18th century by Robert Gordon (philanthrop ...

and Honorary Professor at the

University of Dundee The University of Dundee is a public research university based in Dundee, Scotland. It was founded as a university college in 1881 with a donation from the prominent Baxter family of textile manufacturers. The institution was, for most of its ...

where he acts as the head of the Centre for the Study of Natural Design and postgraduate supervisor. He has also taught at

Schumacher College Schumacher College was based on the Dartington Hall estate near Totnes, Devon, England, and offered ecology-centred degree programmes, short courses and horticultural programmes from 1991 until 2024. It was attended by students from all over t ...

. Baxter was born in

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. He worked for over twenty years in agricultural buildings research at the North of Scotland College of Agriculture's Scottish Farm Buildings Investigation Unit before joining the Robert Gordon University in 1983 as Head of the School of Construction Management, Property and Surveying. At the Robert Gordon University he acted as Assistant Principal, Dean and Reader where he established the Centre for Environmental Studies in 1994 and the first ever MSc in Ecological Design. Baxter has worked with several Scottish environmental NGO's including the Scottish Environment Link, Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland, Deeside Forest Advisory Group and was formerly a board member of

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and chairman of Scottish Outdoor Education Centres. He has academic qualifications in building technology and philosophy. He was appointed an OBE in 1998 for his services to Scottish Natural Heritage and to the Environment.

Significant publications

*''Intensive Pig Production'' Publisher: Granada (1984)

References

External links

VRC Research Staff Profile - University of Dundee
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