Environmental Conservation

• FdSc Environmental Science for Conservation
• BSc (Hons) Environmental Systems Management (Top-Up)
• FdSc Countryside Resource Management (part-time)

Where could your career take you?

The nature of our courses mean that your career progression options are truly diverse. Many of our students choose to further their studies at university whilst others go straight into employment in the industry.

You could find yourself investigating the importance of UK ecology to support conservation through improving wildlife habitats and recording species numbers across the UK.

Your career options with an environmental conservation qualification are as diverse as the British countryside you will be working in! A number of key roles you could progress on to include:

• Ranger
• Conservation assistant or officer
• Environmental ecologist
• Forest Schools practitioner
• Countryside contractor
• Environmental project manager

Your Reaseheath Experience

It’s non-stop action for our conservation students. From working on campus to getting involved in community-based projects, there’s so many opportunities to gain valuable experience that will stand you in great stead to get a job or go onto further studies once you’ve finished your course.

The focus of this course is on the UK countryside, but if you’ve got your sights set on working further afield, you’ll gain lots of transferable skills, so you’ll be well equipped to work anywhere in the world!

Study tours will give you the chance to socialise with your classmates, make industry connections and explore the countryside in more depth,
like our most recent trips to Anglesey and the Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Students took part in surveys and lots of other practical conservation work, all adding to their practical skills and knowledge while exposing them to some of the most beautiful landscapes in the UK.

Our environmental conservation students also enjoyed an overseas study tour to Tenerife. The focus of the trip was marine conservation with students undertaking important research into the islands’ dolphin and whale populations.

Industry links

We have strong training partnerships with key environmental organisations including the National Trust, the Forestry Commission and the Wildlife Trusts. As part of your course you will complete an industry relevant work placement giving you valuable experience for your CV. Last year one of our students did their work placement on the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales!

You’ll also do additional industry qualifications such as chainsaw handling and safe use of brushcutters, all to help complement your core studies and further enhance your employability.

Working in the community

Birdwatching, bush craft and campfire cooking were among the Forest School activities led by our environmental conservation students at St John’s CE Primary School in Sandbach.

Our students also redeveloped woodland in the school grounds to make it more accessible for both pupils and wildlife. They selectively felled trees, built habitat piles, designed and installed a bird screen and renovated a fire pit.

A local Rainbow Girl Guiding group also enjoyed working with our students building bat boxes to place around the church site where they meet.

Where you’ll be studying

Studying amongst 330 hectares of farms, parklands, lake and woodland means you’re never far from the environment we love! Our beautiful campus provides plenty of opportunities for you to develop your practical skills and you’ll be close to some of the best countryside the UK has to offer – with Cannock Chase, The Roaches, the Peak District and North Wales right on the doorstep.