{"id":380,"date":"2020-02-06T10:16:52","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T10:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/?p=380"},"modified":"2021-06-15T22:03:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T21:03:31","slug":"msc-biodiversity-conservation-and-ecosystem-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/2020\/02\/06\/msc-biodiversity-conservation-and-ecosystem-management\/","title":{"rendered":"MSc (Biodiversity) Conservation and Ecosystem Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are four Newcastle University Ecology\/Conservation\/Biodiversity MSc &#8211; plus <strong>Marine Consultancy<\/strong>. All of which are designed to put you in a good position in the job market, to improve contacts or to prepare you for a PhD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>(Biodiversity) <strong>Conservation and Ecosystem Management<\/strong> &#8211; for which I am DPD :<ul><li>This is the most practical of the courses, developing ecological knowldege alongside field and research skills (Field ID, GIS, NVC survey)<\/li><li>Statistics are taught in R but assuming less confidence than the other programs<\/li><li>Links with local ecological and conservation employers are strong with talks and visits We encourage dissertations that respond to topical questions from these employers<\/li><li>We welcome people from other disciplines but who wish to change career and students from overseas who wish to enjoy UK ecosystems<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> <strong>Ecology and Biodiversity<\/strong><ul><li>Ecology and biodiversity is strong on global wildlife conservation policy and practice. Data management and analysis are emphasised with modules on meta analysis and data visualisation. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Wildlife Management<\/strong><ul><li>Wildlife Management provides the links between theory and practice of wildlife management, developing practical skills in tracking, surveying and licensing and experimental skills to support evidence for policy.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Ecological Consultancy<\/strong><ul><li>This gives you all the skills you need to be an ecological consultant. GIS, Phase1 and Phase2 survey, EIA. The dissertation is a consultancy project with a client.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Please check the websites too as these are my summaries<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2-1024x497.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2-1024x497.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2-300x146.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2-768x373.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2-1536x746.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2-500x243.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/files\/2020\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-01-31-at-21.59.46-2.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are four Newcastle University Ecology\/Conservation\/Biodiversity MSc &#8211; plus Marine Consultancy. All of which are designed to put you in a good position in the job market, to improve contacts or to prepare you for a PhD. (Biodiversity) Conservation and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/2020\/02\/06\/msc-biodiversity-conservation-and-ecosystem-management\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7536,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380\/revisions\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/helenadamson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}