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Full-time Courses

he education world has got so much info on the internet you probably won't need our help to find it -it's everywhere. When we started listing these courses there were only a few - but now there are plenty to choose from, and even more that are not on our list. Many of the colleges and universities below offer first degree and postgraduate (usually BSc and MSc) qualifications, and may also have other (arguably) related subjects such as agriculture, golf, equine studies, gamekeeping, and so on. They also offer HND and HNCs. You can almost always do these courses part-time, too. For those who want a specific skill or who already work in the field, look at Short Courses.

Help! Which Course?

• Check out plenty of courses and places, because even if the qualifications are similar, what you actually do and where you do it will vary a great deal.
• Be sure it's in a location that is convenient for you - especially if you are not going full-time and living there.
• Be sure that you will enjoy the course - don't just do a course because you feel you ought to. It won't work - really.
• And finally, before you commit yourself, don't just talk to the admissions officers or office people, but try to get to talk to (or email) one of the lecturers, or better still, the students (the longer they've been there, the better), and find out what the course is really like.

If after all that you think the course sounds good - you're probably right.

There are many similar courses and institutions other than the ones shown below.

• University of Wales, Aberystwyth
• Barony College
• Bishop Burton College: Countryside Courses
• Brackenhurst, Nottingham Trent University
• Coventry University
• The University of East London
• Edge Hill College, Lancashire
• Forth Valley College
• Farnborough College, Hampshire: Environmental Management Courses
  
• University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
• Lews Castle College, Western Isles: HNC/D Rural Development
• Newcastle: Countryside Management BSc, Marine Sciences and Coastal Management
• Merrist Wood, Guildford, Surrey: Countryside and Habitat Management
• Moulton College, Northampton: Foundation degrees and BSc
• The Northern School of Game and Wildlife at Newton Rigg
• Otley College, Suffolk
• Reaseheath College: countryside courses
• Scottish Agricultural College: Countryside Recreation & Conservation Management
• Sheffield Hallem University
• Sparsholt College
• Warwickshire College
• Writtle College, Essex: Conservation & Environment.