This one-year programme enables students to 'top-up' to a full bachelor’s degree. If you are looking to pursue a career related to land management, conservation and agriculture, this programme will equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills, with a focus on the sustainable management and exploitation of resources to meet the needs of a growing global population. Emphasis, where appropriate, will be placed on the understanding, regional, national and the international dimensions of land use. There will be particular emphasis on the global nature of, and internationalisation of food production and conservation. Hartpury has an established reputation in the field of agricultural education, offering highly experienced staff who have extensive subject/industry/research expertise and excellent facilities such as: Home Farm which has a 250 cow dairy unit, a pig unit and a small sheep flock; Hartpury Estate, which covers 200ha and comprises woodlands, pastureland, a trout lake and hedgerows; Centre for Rural Business, which offers employment related learning and short courses in the agricultural industry. Hartpury also has excellent working relationships with the full range of land based organisations in the UK, EU and beyond. These working relationships offer numerous opportunities to: Compliment formal studies through case studies, visiting lectures and field trips Provide student research projects

Example employment destinations for conservation students in last 5 years: Recreational Ranger with Forestry Commission in the Forest of Dean Assistant Rural Estate manager in Scotland Wetlands Project Manager with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Project Officer with Cotswold Conservation Board Reserves manager for Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust Assistant ranger with Gloucestershire County Council Community warden with Natural England in the Cotswolds MRes at Oxford Brookes University PhD student at the University of Worcestershire Graduate training internship with the National Trust in Exeter Placement at Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences (http://www.zbs.bialowieza.pl/) located in the heart of Europe’s best preserved lowland forest - Bialowieza primeval forest in Poland Paid position with 7Y Agriservices, Leominster Paid position with Countrywide, Worcestershire Assistant warden with RSPB, Forest of Dean Paid position with Barn Owl Centre, Gloucester Assistant warden with Essex Wildlife Trust Assistant keeper, Woburn estate