Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Is a hagfish more closely related to a human than to an eel? And what are primates, rodents or carnivores, really? This online module explores animal classification and evolutionary relationships. 

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Popular culture is all about the vertebrates. Cute pandas and foxes will always steal the limelight. But what about invertebrates?

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Field survey is a core skill for anyone pursuing a career in the environmental sector. This course introduces students to a range of commonly used techniques in field ecology and nature conservation, providing both theoretical knowledge and practical experience. 

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Knowing grasses, sedges and rushes.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

1 x 2hr optional in-person field trip to the beaches in Aberystwyth - Saturday 13/12/2025

Britain’s coastlines are dynamic landscapes shaped by time, energy, natural processes and human activity. In today’s climate of extreme weather, environmental degradation and socioeconomic instability, it is increasingly important to consider the factors that create and reshape coastal areas, as well as current pressures, solutions and future possibilities for ‘life on the edge'.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Wales is very fortunate in having several world class peatland sites plus considerable upland areas covered in blanket peat, a rarity away from the western seaboard of northern Europe.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

This Rocky Shore Ecology course focuses on the effect of tides and wave action on the rocky shore environment.  

Delivery method: Blended; Online learning with a two day in-person session. 

This course is one in a series on British mammals and focuses on insectivores, rodents and lagomorphs. It gives a thorough introduction to these mammals including shrews, moles, hedgehogs, mice, voles, rats, squirrels, beaver, rabbits and hares. This course also covers non-native and invasive species. 

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Spectacular flocks, wild places and incredible migrations: waterbirds have it all. Whether it is colourful ducks, elegant waders or chip stealing sea gulls, birdwatchers are drawn to waterbirds as they are always exciting.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

This module has been updated to reflect current concerns, methodological approaches and technological developments in pollution monitoring.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

During this module we will discuss how bird populations are surveyed and monitored over a period of time, using various techniques.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support.

Learners will familiarise with plant features and relate to evolution of the Plant Kingdom. Learners will develop skills to meticulously record observed features using classical floras, keys, AI tools and use open data and other resources.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Through this course the learner will research some concepts behind the modern approach to sustainability by looking at topics such as waste and resources, energy and our management of our most precious natural resources, our land, water and air.

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

Learn to identify key plant species which help to define plant communities, from the mountains to the coast. 

Delivery method: Online learning with tutor support. 

This course will introduce students to the fundamentals of flowering plant identification, using floras and keys. These are essential and valuable skills for all field and conservation ecologists. Students will get to know basic terminology in field botany and key characteristics of flowering plants, which are the largest and most diverse group in the plant kingdom.