Employability
Our graduates have gone on to pursue careers in the
environmental and conservation sectors, as well as progressing to further study for a PhD. Our most recent destination data shows that 90% of our graduates were in employment or further study; 60% went on to work or study in the environmental sector.
The MRes covers a wide range of topics such as: theories of development; ecological identities and new social movements; global governance and international development policy frameworks; conservation and culture; gender and globalisation.
MRes in Science of the Environment
Director of Studies: Professor Nick Hewitt. Duration: 12 months full-time; 24 months part-time. Entry Requirements: At least an upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in an appropriate subject. Assessment: Combination of coursework, presentations, examinations and dissertation. IELTS: 6.5 Funding: NERC studentships – see also page 213. Further Information:
www.lec.lancs.ac.uk/postgraduate/
Work in the environment sector, be it research, consultancy or management, requires employing a wide set of skills ranging from process understanding to problem solving and decision making. The Masters of Research (MRes) in Science of the Environment was established in 1990 to address the training needs in this area at masters level by providing one year of full time training for people wishing to develop their careers in the environment sector.
On this programme you will receive different forms of training. You can develop subject areas of interest through your choice of subject specific modules and a research project. The opportunities to either specialise or generalise are offered by the breadth and depth of the academic portfolio of the Lancaster Environment Centre. You also develop key transferable skills in data analysis, project management, scientific writing and presentation. You also take one module on the interactions between society and the environment in order to develop an understanding of the importance of societal issues in environmental management.
Many of our MRes students go on to study for a PhD. Many others begin careers in the environmental consultancy industry. This programme is supported by full Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) studentships.
Dr Will Medd Lecturer in Human Geography
Will Medd’s work focuses on the social dimensions of sustainable water management. Through a diverse range of research council, government and private sector funding his research projects cover diverse areas such as drought, demand side management, public participation, flood recovery, and animal disease management. Common to all of them is an interest in the relationship between everyday life, governance structures and different forms of resilience.
“Core to my work is trying to make sense of the way that water is managed, as one example of human- nature interactions. Through my research and teaching I try and emphasise the social dimensions of our relationship to nature. In the case of water that means exploring how water comes to play a part in our everyday lives, the role of particular policies and management strategies in shaping our experience of water, and what we can learn through the example of water about what resilience to future stresses might mean. LEC provides an exciting place to do that partly because of the activities of the Environment and Society research group that brings staff and post- graduate students together, but also the opportunities LEC creates for interdisciplinary working.”
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