Hi again everyone, I was wondering if anyone could help me out, i'm looking to study conservation or some sort of enviroment,naturey type corse from home. I work full time () and at the minute am only looking to complete a HND or something, not a full degree yet, just to get me on my way and see if i can do it, i havent studied seriously for a while now and need to get to grips with it again. has anyone done anything similar or could recommend a way of going about it. any help would be brilliant. Thanks guys.
I was looking at conservation a while ago because the idea of just working full time scared me! I think the open university do a few courses, but the choice is limited, but still some good options. A friend graduated from there last year and she really enjoyed it and felt supported. I'd go for it if you found something you were interested in.
yeah i looked at the OU but its not really the corse i wanted. Ive found this: http://www.learning-at-home.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=293&products_id=1933 do you think it would be any good. i dont have a clue about qualifications really Thanks for the advice Moon_Beam.
well they say their qualification is equivalent to A-level. Is that the level you're looking for? I'm a little sceptical of the claim that you'll have "unlimited access to a personal tutor" by phone, fax, or email. Do you really believe someone's going to be sitting by their phone 24 hours a day to attend to your every need?
I'm doing a conservation degree next year. My careers advisors told me that pretty much the most important thing in the field is practical experience and that i should go for the degree which has the most outdoors time. Are there any agricultural colleges near you? I did habitat conservation/countryside management course which was amazing, 60% of the course was practical outdoors work, but there was a lot of detailed science involved too. I know my college offered it as a part time course and there was one lady who came in 1 day a week.
shirley, thanks for the advice, im enrolled on the diploma now and got all my coursework through, but ur right i would like to do practical too, i dunno if there are any colleges like that near me but i will look into it, im also looking into doin sum voluntery work with the wildlife trust so that could be cool. cheers for the advice all.
