Prepare for a career in environmental management with this vocational course that focuses on the key skills involved.

You’ll learn from international experts how to properly evaluate the potential impacts of proposed policies, plans or projects, drawing on best practice from around the world. Learn through doing, based on an approach of applying theory in practice on a weekly basis, and through a field course.

This course is ideal for anyone who values the socio-economic environment and wishes to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development.

You will develop your research, communication, teamwork, and analytical skills – giving you the necessary skills for a career in environmental consultancies, decision makers, regulators, statutory consultees, and NGOs, amongst others.

ABOUT

On this MSc course you’ll explore why and how we use environmental assessment, the consequences of good and bad practice and what different stakeholders expect from it.

You’ll investigate case studies to clearly illustrate how environmental assessment works to deliver more sustainable outcomes. These include (amongst others):

• Planning a strategy for a new deep coal mine

• Planning a stakeholder engagement strategy

• Working out the likely impacts of a biomass power station

• Conducting a phase 1 habitat survey

• Carrying out a sustainability appraisal of a land use plan

You’ll learn to connect the environmental process with the operational stages of development by examining environmental management plans to ensure the findings are implemented. And you’ll experience the challenges associated with developing and applying practical skills by conducting fieldwork in all weathers, interviewing members of the public, presenting findings in front of your peers, and writing environmental management plans allocating responsibilities and timings.

Whether your background is earth sciences, or social sciences, the course is still relevant. There are no specific prerequisites as the focus is on understanding and improving environmental assessment through the core modules, and a wide range of optional modules that offer additional employability skills associated with specific impact prediction practice.

This course is accredited by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) – the professional body for careers in this field. This gives you one year’s free IEMA membership. After your course you can upgrade to associate level. For more details visit www.iema.net

ACCREDITATION

This course is accredited by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) – the professional body for careers in the environment and sustainability field. Accreditation of the MSc Environmental Assessment and Management by IEMA provides FREE student membership for the duration of the course and on successful completion qualifies students for GradIEMA. Graduate membership is a launchpad for future leaders within environment and sustainability and offers a range of benefits to support them throughout their careers. This allows a “Fast track” to Practitioner Membership (PIEMA) following successful completion of the work-based assessment of competence. For more details visit www.iema.net

Our accreditation is valid between November 2020 and November 2021, renewably annually. Periodic reaccreditation is required (every three years).

The IEMA accreditation will be relevant to all of the career paths listed ‘After the Course’ if your employment is based in the UK. The accreditation is independent of the course provision so the outcome doesn’t have any implications for any learning outcomes or skills taught.

AFTER THE COURSE

This course is essentially vocational, but can lead to PhD level study if you wish to advance your academic skills in the subject area. Most of our graduates go into the environmental management field working either with environmental consultancy companies, regulators, developers or NGOs.

CAREER DESTINATIONS

• Environmental consultancy

• Non-governmental organisation (eg RSPB)

• Statutory consultee (eg Environment Agency or Natural England)

• Decision maker (eg local planning authority in the UK)