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Ecological Management and Conservation Biology

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EDUCATIONAL AIMS

To prepare graduates in the life sciences and other relevant first degrees for careers in research, industry and other areas of professional scientific employment.  Examples of target employers: environmental consultancies, museums, conservation charities, government bodies (e.g. nature conservancies, Environmental Protection Agencies).

COURSE ELEMENTS

Biodiversity action plans
Conservation genetics
Invasion biology
Environmental economics
Environmental impact assessments
Accessing and storing species-related information
Species identification units

Students benefit from interaction with Quercus, a partnership between Queen's University and the Environment and Heritage Service.

FUNDING

Republic of Ireland students may be eligible for continuation or mature student grants from their Local Authority (County Council or Corporation).

North - South Masters bursaries are available to students currently registered at an Irish or Northern Irish university or Dublin IT (or who have graduated within the past five years) proposing to take up a place on a Master's course which would require them to relocate to the other Irish jurisdiction.

Applicants from developing Commonwealth countries may be eligible for support from the DFID Shared Scholarship Scheme.

Further information on applications, funding opportunities and fees:
may be obtained from the Admissions Service.

For specific enquiries: 
Professor C. Maggs  Tel: +44 (0)28 9097 2265
School of Biological Sciences
Queen's University Belfast
97 Lisburn Road
Belfast,
BT9 7BL, UK.

This course offers students with appropriate backgrounds the opportunity to expand their knowledge of ecological management and conservation biology.

MSc:  one year full time or two years half time
Diploma:  nine months full time

The School of Biological Sciences at Queen's University Belfast has a wide range of interests in ecological management and conservation biology, including environmental economics.  Staff have expertise with organisms from algae to mammals in marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments.  Students benefit from interactions with Quercus, a partnership with Government departments responsible for nature conservation, and with the university's Institute for a Sustainable World.  The department acts as a base for students’ field and laboratory studies.  Additional facilities are available at the University Marine Laboratory in Portaferry.