Course Overview

The Woodland Ecology and Conservation programme has been designed to prepare you to be a new kind of graduate, one that the world desperately needs to meet the challenges of the 21st century. This degree will provide you with the ecological knowledge that underpins modern sustainable forest management. Graduates are able to manage trees, woods and forests to protect biodiversity and optimise the delivery of benefits to human society directly through timber production and space for recreation, but also to apply knowledge of essential ecosystem services; carbon, nutrient and water cycling, flood and erosion control amongst others. Graduates in Woodland Ecology and Conservation are equipped to contribute solutions to the twin environmental challenges of our times: climate change and biodiversity loss.

As an undergraduate in Woodland Ecology and Conservation at the University of Cumbria, you will learn how to sustainably manage trees, woods and forests at our National School of Forestry. Throughout the course, hands-on experience will back up the theory from ancient woodlands through to commercial forests, residential study tours to the upland and lowland habitats. There will also be an opportunity to take a one-year work placement in a related profession, bolstering your confidence and putting your knowledge into practice in the real world.

You’ll be living and studying in the ideal location to appreciate and value the conservation and ecology of woodlands, with the National School of Forestry based on our inspirational Ambleside campus in the heart of the Lake District.

You will also have the opportunity to take a one-year work placement in a profession related to woodland ecology and conservation, bolstering your confidence and putting your knowledge into practice.

General Eligibility

• GCSEs: Maths at C/4 or above.

• A-levels: CCC-BBC

• T-levels: P (C+) – M. All subjects are accepted for entry to this course.

• Access to HE: 45 Credits at Merit –  15 credits at Distinction & 30 at Merit.

• CACHE Technical Level 3 and Level 3 Extended Diploma: C

• OCR Cambridge Technical & Edexcel/Pearson BTEC Level 3 (National) Extended Diploma: MMM-DMM

• Scottish Highers: 96-112 UCAS Tariff Points preferably from 4 Highers.

• Irish LC Highers: 96-112 UCAS Tariff Points preferably from 4 Irish Leaving Certificate Highers.

• Alternative routes: If don't think you'll meet the criteria for direct application to this course, check out our Integrated Foundation Year.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

Language Requirement

• The IELTS score for international is 6 (with no less than 5.5 in each component).