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Outdoor Environmental Education at University of Hertfordshire - UCAS

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Course summary

The climate emergency and global pandemic have highlighted the importance of spending time in natural environments. Our intrinsic link to the world around us is unbreakable. It demands care, respect and creative solutions. To keep ourselves safe, we have seen all aspects of life, from social, recreation, education, transportation and even employment, benefit from taking a nature-centred approach. Educators have moved away from stationary classrooms and utilised outdoor education more and more. There is a growing need to learn in and from our local environment. There is an urgent need to care for it. The environmental education sector is flourishing. This course will empower you to enrich and radically transform educational practices, across a multitude of sectors. We’ll teach you underlying theories and how to apply them to practice. We’ll analyse sustainable development issues, biodiversity loss and the climate emergency. Together, we’ll examine equality of access to environmental education. You’ll develop a critical awareness of the impact of race, gender, disability, economics and government policy on the lives of learners, educators and organisations. Every step of the way, we’ll guide you to become a reflexive and inclusive educator. To foster environments and activities where everyone can join in. To learn, you must experience. To teach, you must first inspire. What greater inspiration is there than the natural world?


Entry requirements

2:2 (or equivalent) classification in any undergraduate degree or international equivalent qualification GCSE or equivalent English Grade 4/Grade C and above. Applicants from non-English speaking countries must provide evidence of English language proficiency equivalent to overall IELTS. Academic score 7.0 with 6.5 minimum in each band OR credits achieved through other education or allied programmes of study. Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning is not available for this course; applicants should apply for the PgCert OEE and on successful completion of their modules will be offered an opportunity to upgrade to the PgDip and then the MSc OEE.


Fees and funding

Tuition fees

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Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

Fees for Postgraduate Study 2023/24: https://www.herts.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/fee-information/how-much-are-my-fees
Outdoor Environmental Education at University of Hertfordshire - UCAS