Environmental Stewardship (Dumfries Campus)
Crichton Work Placement
The combined approach of a broad based education with specialist input provides students with a wide range of skills attractive to any employer including the critical evaluation of complex issues, the presentation of structured, logical arguments supporting a viewpoint, both oral and written, and the production of, and participation in, team based initiatives. The applied, practical approach taken in Environmental Stewardship, coupled with experiences gained through the work placement, will equip students with essential qualities for working in public, commercial or voluntary environmental organisations.
2013 Environmental Placements include:
- Scottish Rural University College: working with a laser methane gun on greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farming
- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust: habitat management and Barnacle geese studies
- Royal Society for the Protection of Birds: Galloway Red Kite Trail
2014 Environmental Placements may also include:
- Edinburgh Zoo
- Jersey Zoo
- Scottish Wildlife Trust
- Dumfries and Galloway Council
Examples of previous Crichton Placements for environmental students
- Barony College: Carse of Ae Fish Farm Project - development of information boards for visitors
- Eco-Schools: Teaching resource development on the topic of water; Development of a website
- SNH/SEPA: Galloway Forest Park