Wildlife Biology Degree

[Guest Countryboyo]

Hi all Im after applying for a degree course in Wildlife Biology. It is a four year course and Im just wondering if anyone here has done the same or a similar course and if so what kind of employment opportunities are available on completion. Thanks.

 

CB

[labsnlurchers 39]

Hi all Im after applying for a degree course in Wildlife Biology. It is a four year course and Im just wondering if anyone here has done the same or a similar course and if so what kind of employment opportunities are available on completion. Thanks.

 

CB

 

Ive done a bsc honours degree in animal science, a bit about wildlife in that but mainly about how it effects farmers and farm animals.

I start my new job tomorrow with the welsh assembly government in their farming/countryside section

[Guest Countryboyo]

Hi all Im after applying for a degree course in Wildlife Biology. It is a four year course and Im just wondering if anyone here has done the same or a similar course and if so what kind of employment opportunities are available on completion. Thanks.

 

CB

 

Ive done a bsc honours degree in animal science, a bit about wildlife in that but mainly about how it effects farmers and farm animals.

I start my new job tomorrow with the welsh assembly government in their farming/countryside section

 

Congratulations. Im nervous enough about starting the course like im twenty three. I know id love the course but at the same time id want to be sure enough that I could get a job out of it after four years of study.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

i began a degree course at Salford Uni in Wildlife Conservation 2 years ago. i can 100% NOT reccomend this course at the uni. for a course to be classed as full time, it has to run for a certain amount of hours per week. at salford they didn't seem to have enough modules to fill the time slot, so had 4 hours of maths and statistics each week, pure algebra type maths.... on a wildlife course.... yeah!!

 

if You want to do a course like this, i'd reccomend one of the specialist colleges (harper adams, bishop burton etc)

 

labsnlurchers - congrats! hope you can get some sense across to the people who aren't quite in charge of this great country of Cymru.

[Guest Countryboyo]

i began a degree course at Salford Uni in Wildlife Conservation 2 years ago. i can 100% NOT reccomend this course at the uni. for a course to be classed as full time, it has to run for a certain amount of hours per week. at salford they didn't seem to have enough modules to fill the time slot, so had 4 hours of maths and statistics each week, pure algebra type maths.... on a wildlife course.... yeah!!

 

if You want to do a course like this, i'd reccomend one of the specialist colleges (harper adams, bishop burton etc)

 

labsnlurchers - congrats! hope you can get some sense across to the people who aren't quite in charge of this great country of Cymru.

 

Thanks lad im over in Ireland myself and there is only one college running the course over here as far as I know.

[Jayd 0]

I know it's not a wildlife degree, but a college pretty local to me, Myerscough has a lot of outdoorsy type courses, from gamekeeping, making warrens, looking after lambs and cattle etc. to tree work, landscaping, tractor maintenance etc.

 

http://www.myerscough.ac.uk/Pages/Short_Co...Courses-Leisure

 

I'm quite fancying the Beekeeping

Edited January 26, 2009 by Jayd

[Guest Countryboyo]

I know it's not a wildlife degree, but a college pretty local to me, Myerscough has a lot of outdoorsy type courses, from gamekeeping, making warrens, looking after lambs and cattle etc. to tree work, landscaping, tractor maintenance etc.

 

http://www.myerscough.ac.uk/Pages/Short_Co...Courses-Leisure

 

I'm quite fancying the Beekeeping

 

Nice one

[Jayd 0]

Where are you? Not local to Myerscough are you? They do a lot of full time courses to do with the countryside aswell, I was just looking at the short courses as I can't tie to a long term commitment.

[Guest Countryboyo]

Where are you? Not local to Myerscough are you? They do a lot of full time courses to do with the countryside aswell, I was just looking at the short courses as I can't tie to a long term commitment.

 

Munster, Ireland

[Jayd 0]

Ah right, no problem. I don't know much about anything outside my local area, sorry about that.

 

All the best

[Sighthound 49]

After getting f**ck all at school I did an access course followed by a degree in Ecology (2:1)- then a post grad. Loved the degree but very few jobs then (late 90's)

One week after graduating (mature student) back driving lorries on the continent as I had a wife and kids to support.

Now self-employed gardener - love it.

BenBhoy, statistics is a vital part of a science degree.

[labsnlurchers 39]

Hi all Im after applying for a degree course in Wildlife Biology. It is a four year course and Im just wondering if anyone here has done the same or a similar course and if so what kind of employment opportunities are available on completion. Thanks.

 

CB

 

Ive done a bsc honours degree in animal science, a bit about wildlife in that but mainly about how it effects farmers and farm animals.

I start my new job tomorrow with the welsh assembly government in their farming/countryside section

 

Congratulations. Im nervous enough about starting the course like im twenty three. I know id love the course but at the same time id want to be sure enough that I could get a job out of it after four years of study.

 

I started uni when i was 23, i was a single mom to a 3 year old! loads of hard work but worth it in the end. Just finished my 2nd day at the welsh assembly and i looooovvvveeee it! lol

[Guest Countryboyo]

Hi all Im after applying for a degree course in Wildlife Biology. It is a four year course and Im just wondering if anyone here has done the same or a similar course and if so what kind of employment opportunities are available on completion. Thanks.

 

CB

 

Ive done a bsc honours degree in animal science, a bit about wildlife in that but mainly about how it effects farmers and farm animals.

I start my new job tomorrow with the welsh assembly government in their farming/countryside section

 

Congratulations. Im nervous enough about starting the course like im twenty three. I know id love the course but at the same time id want to be sure enough that I could get a job out of it after four years of study.

 

I started uni when i was 23, i was a single mom to a 3 year old! loads of hard work but worth it in the end. Just finished my 2nd day at the welsh assembly and i looooovvvveeee it! lol

 

Fair play to you for going for it. well done.

[BenBhoy 4,706]

glad to see your enjoying new job - what does it involve exactly? i'm looking for new job myself.