We are delighted to announce that we have officially achieved University College status!
Writtle College is celebrating having been awarded University College status and will now be changing its name to 'Writtle University College' from August.
This is the second milestone achievement in the space of a year for Writtle, who were granted Taught Degree Awarding Powers in March 2015 and means Writtle are able to provide their own degree courses from September 2017, instead of University of Essex validated degrees.
To read the full story click on 'More Info' below.
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Free in-house training for students joining us in September 2016
We're delighted to tell you that students who join the Writtle Conservation scheme this September will have the opportunity to undertake additional, subject-specific training up to a value of £1500 per year. These courses are offered in-house and will enhance your employability prospects by allowing you to select training suited to your own career ambitions. This means your tuition fee can now go even further in terms of making you sector-ready!
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Ukraine research
For a number of years Writtle Conservation students have been invited to join students from Eberswalde University in Germany on a ten day trip to Ukraine. The 2016 trip has just taken place and a group of ten first and third year students from Writtle took part. Eastern Europe holds some wonderful habitats and the students work on surveying and monitoring ancient beech forest. The trip is always exciting as this is a genuine wilderness area deep in the Carpathian Mountains. Having a good perspective on international issues is key to understanding the complexities of modern conservation and grasping opportunities such as this is important in developing an understanding of the issues.
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Student wins Summer internship position
We are delighted to report that Hadden, one of our Writtle Conservation first year students, has secured an internship this year with local consultancy MLM. We are grateful to MLM for offering him this opportunity to work alongside professionals this summer.
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First year study tour
Key to our students' success is understanding what attributes are required by professionals in the environmental sector. One of the best ways of gaining this understanding is to talk to sector professionals themselves and our recent study tour to Pembrokeshire gave our first years the ideal opportunity to do this - as well as add to that all-important list of contacts. The week gave the students a chance to talk to Natural Resources Wales, the Wildlife Trust for South and West Wales, the MoD and the Swansea Tidal Barrage Project.
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UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum (UKOTCF)
The Writtle Conservation Scheme has been lucky enough to see students contribute to vital work aimed at saving rare and often endemic species in the UK Overseas Territories, including Pitcairn, St Helena and Cyprus. Staff and students recently travelled to London to hear a talk from Stewart McPherson who, in collaboration with UKOTCF, has produced the recent BBC series ‘Britain’s Treasure Islands’ which explores the fascinating habitats and species found there. Stewart gave a fascinating talk with some truly stunning images and spoke to our students afterwards.
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Practical work to help rare invertebrates
The Writtle Conservation Scheme has enjoyed a close relationship in recent years with Buglife, the invertebrate conservation charity. Recently a group of students helped shift four tons of substrate to help create nesting habitat for the rare Sea Aster Mining Bee at Essex Wildlife Trust’s Thurrock Thameside reserve. This kind of multi-partner working is very much the rule rather than the exception in modern conservation and our students are encouraged to get involved in these types of projects whenever possible.
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Buglife B-Lines project
Buglife have recently been involved in a cross-sector strategic project to identify potential routes for pollinators to traverse our landscape. Writtle Conservation staff were involved in the planning discussions and the new B-Lines map for Essex (as well as other counties) has just been produced. This will help drive planning policy across the east of England with a view to helping restore our crucial pollinator populations.
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Interested? Visit us on an Open Day!
The next Open Day for Conservation students is on Saturday 2nd July. During our Open Days you will have the chance to tour the campus, view our specialist teaching facilities and chat to our expert academic and support staff about our courses. A complimentary buffet lunch will also be provided!
To find out more about our Open Days click on 'More Info' below.
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We hope to see you this coming September as you begin your career in Conservation!
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