Dr K.C. Clemitshaw. It provides graduates with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to analyse, assess and predict the extent of inorganic, organic and radiochemical contamination in the aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric environments. The course is based in new teaching and research facilities at Silwood Park, an attractive campus near Ascot where several T.H. Huxley School staff and students work. The course is well established and is currently into its second year with a cumulative total of 19 students. Prospective candidates should possess at least a second class Honours degree in a science or engineering subject.
Students often have first degrees in chemistry, biology or environmental sciences.
Other formal qualifications may be acceptable when combined with work experience that extends and complements the course content, together with strongly supportive references. Term 1 Two terms of teaching are followed by a five-month research project. Teaching is based on small groups. It includes large components of practical work designed to reinforce key concepts introduced in three teaching modules that address the aquatic, terrestrial and atmospheric environments. Specialist knowledge and transferable skills essential for a professional environmental scientist are presented.