Study Details: MSc 1 year full-time, two years part-time
Understand the issues we face when conserving the natural habitats and ecosystems upon which human communities depend on, and gain the practical and methodological tools you need to achieve success at the interface between conservation and rural development.
Study different natural and social science approaches to conservation through formal academic training and practical field conservation. Benefit from our links with The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), a leading research centre, that develops highly employable graduates within government, NGOs and the private sector.
You will gain an interdisciplinary perspective on conservation issues drawing on over 30 years of DICE expertise on what it takes for effective conservation where local communities also rely on natural resource use. You’ll have the chance to specialise in managing protected areas, ecotourism and rural development, population and evolutionary biology, and international wildlife trade.
A first or second class honours degree in a relevant subject; a good honours degree in other subjects together with relevant practical experience.
In exceptional circumstances, DICE admits applicants without a first degree if their professional career and experience shows academic achievement of a high enough standard.
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The School has a very good record for postgraduate employment and academic continuation. DICE programmes combine academic theory with practical field experience to develop graduates who are highly employable within government, NGOs and the private sector.
Our alumni progress into a wide range of organisations across the world. Examples include: consultancy for a Darwin Initiative project in West Sumatra; Wildlife Management Officer in Kenya; Chief of the Biodiversity Unit – UN Environment Programme; Research and Analysis Programme Leader for TRAFFIC; Freshwater Programme Officer, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN); Head of the Ecosystem Assessment Programme, United Nations Environment Programme-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC); Community Based Natural Resource Manager, WWF; Managing Partner, Althelia Climate Fund; and Programme Officer, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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