Course summary

What Makes This Course Unique? Exceptional facilities, industry connections and immersive learning environment:

• Our living laboratory – 183‑hectare estate with diverse habitats including semi‑natural ancient woodland, ponds and reedbeds, and a nationally important butterfly transect survey, providing opportunities for hands‑on learning and research

• Proven legacy – with almost 50 years of expertise, we are well‑established in wildlife conservation, supported by partnerships with top local employers

• Extensive access to fieldwork

• In a world shaped by environmental challenges, this course offers the skills, insights and networks to lead the way in your future career.

• Conduct wildlife surveys and habitat assessments, develop habitat management plans

• Participate in fieldwork on campus or at externally managed conservation sites

• Contribute to live research projects, such as monitoring butterfly populations, avian species richness and diversity monitoring, dormouse and other small mammal monitoring, habitat surveying and assessing and aspects of pollution monitoring and impacts.

• Research dissertations that address real‑world ecological problems

• Field‑based assignments allow you to showcase your skills to employers

• A range of presentation types and written assignments that develop key graduate skills such as communication expertise.

• Working with NGOs (Non‑Government Organisations) like the RSPB and local Wildlife Trusts to protect endangered species

• Joining governmental bodies like Natural England, advising on sustainable land use, or working with a range of public bodies and local authorities with activities such as rangering, education, and community engagement

• Self‑employed or employed within ecological consultancies assessing the impact of development on ecosystems

• Pushing the frontiers of ecological research by working in postgraduate education on Master’s and Doctoral level degrees.