 Scholarships for International Students
What is this MSc about?
A fundamental characteristic of the natural environment is its dynamic nature. Environmental change, both natural and anthropogenic, impinges on our daily lives and presents challenges that range from the local to the global, and from the immediate to the long-term. Climate change, coastal erosion, soil pollution, river flooding, ecosystem degradation; these and many other dynamic environmental phenomena require increasing attention from scientists, managers and planners in academia, government and industry.
Understanding the processes that drive and control dynamic natural systems is imperative for solving immediate problems and developing truly sustainable management strategies for the twenty-first century and beyond. As a necessary first step to obtain such understanding, environmental changes need to be assessed through monitoring, analysis and evaluation.
This MSc therefore focuses on the dynamic nature of biological and physical environmental systems and teaches the practical and analytical techniques that science, government and industry increasingly need to in order to assess and manage dynamic environmental systems.
Why is this MSc different?
Our conviction is that environmental problem-solving and management must be informed by skilled scientists and technicians who are capable of asking the right questions, collecting the correct data, analysing it in an appropriate way and evaluating it in an applied context. The aim of this course is therefore to provide you with the necessary skills for measuring, analysing and evaluating environmental data. As practising environmental scientists with extensive and varied experience in pure and applied research in the UK and around the world, we know that this depends on hands-on experience in the field and laboratory.
The unique emphasis of this MSc is, therefore, the practical challenge of measuring, analysing and evaluating dynamic environmental data for environmental problem-solving and management purposes.
Who should enrol on this MSc?
What modules does the programme consist of?
A. Environment-specific theory and skills:
1. Tools for River Management
2. Lake Monitoring and Management
3. Wind Erosion, Management and Measurement
B. Generic skills:
4. Natural Hazard and Catastrophe Modelling for Environmental Management
5. Applied Environmental GIS
6. Hydroclimatological Monitoring and Modelling
7. Evidence-Based Environmental Management
8. Research Design
9. Professional Practice in Environmental Management
C. Research Project
10. Dissertation
(minor modifications to programme content may occur in any given year)
How is the programme assessed?
Student learning will be assessed almost entirely by coursework reports relating to field, laboratory and analytical module components. Exercises and assignments will focus on the development and assessment of problem-solving skills, scientifically rigorous approaches to environmental monitoring and critical interpretation of dynamic environmental data in an applied context.
What happens in each module?
In each module students will develop their theoretical understanding, learn new skills and practice new techniques. The relative importance of the different elements will vary between modules at the discretion of module convenors. Some lab work will rely on prior collection of samples in the field and in turn some analysis will rely on data generated in a lab, but lab and analytical exercises might also be entirely stand-alone. The dissertation module will begin with a series of workshops that distil what has been learned so far and facilitate the development of dissertation proposals. Modules may share data sets or field/lab components, and linkages will be stressed.
Scholarships
Scholarships are available to both UK/EU and international students who wish to register on a Full-Time basis. The scholarship will be used to offset the MSc tuition fees and will be deducted at source. For more information on Scholarships, click here.
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