Accredited by the Institution of Environmental Sciences and a pathway accredited by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management. Department of Biological and Medical Sciences In the last decade, environmental industries have experienced massive growth, creating exciting opportunities globally. From climate change to biodiversity preservation and environmental change, our graduates get involved in changing our world for the better by identifying, assessing and managing the impact of human activities on the environment. This broad-based course explores the nature of natural environmental processes, the role of living things, and the impact and management of human activities. It provides an understanding of the science that explains how the world works, how environmental challenges arise and how we can address them.

The rapid growth of the UK and international environmental industry has created a wealth of diverse, rewarding and well-paid employment opportunities for our graduates. A recent woodland officer post for the Forestry Commission England starts at £24k, for example. Our students have a very good record of gaining employment relevant to their degree subject with employers valuing the knowledge and transferable skills gained from our degrees. A large majority of our graduates are employed by environmental consultancies such as the locally based but globally operating RPS Group plc. Others have joined the Environment Agency, the Met Office, the Soil Association, local authorities, and governmental and non-governmental conservation organisations such as DEFRA, Natural England, the RSPB and other wildlife trusts. There are additional opportunities in environmental research organisations, including charities, as well as in business and industry. Some of our graduates go on to further study while others go into teaching. Some choose not to pursue their subject specialism but use their degree to gain degree-level employment in a wide range of contexts including management, journalism and the media, finance and other areas of commerce, law, computing and the leisure industry.