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Welcome to Environmental Sciences BSc 2023.

Welcome to BSc Environmental Sciences. We are looking forward to meeting you all in September and hope that this welcome pack gives you some insight as to what to expect.

During your first week at the University, you will be bombarded with yet more information but don’t panic – the course team are more than happy to talk you through it all. We will meet you all as a group at the start of the first week and we will also meet you individually to talk through the course, University and pretty much anything else you need to discuss.

You will also be assigned a Personal Academic Tutor who will be your main point of contact throughout your first year. Please feel free to email me at any point prior to your induction week with any concerns or simply if you want to chat about the course.

You will be enroling on a topical and globally relevant degree in a post COVID-19 world where focuses are shifting to the maintenance of resources (inc. water), pollution, climate change and the links between wildlife and emerging diseases. The natural environment is of vital importance to all of us with its future and sustainability being high on both the political and public agendas. Human impact is placing increasing stress on the environment but at the same time there is a growing awareness of the problems and of the need to find solutions.

Join us on this inter-disciplinary programme where we will provide you with a science-based degree focusing on important concepts and principles for understanding the natural environment. There is lots of field and lab work, and you will have the opportunity to go on residential UK trips as well as getting involved in research and undertaking skill development. As the subject of environmental science is very broad the programme is structured with several specialist modules available through the programme.

We can’t wait to meet you in September, see you soon!

Your Programme Leader

Ruth Copeland-Phillips, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences

Ruth Copeland-Phillips

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences
Ruth.copeland-phillips@northampton.ac.uk

 

Welcome and Induction Sessions

To welcome you to the Environmental Sciences BSc course, we have arranged a number of welcome and induction session before the start of term.

  • This is your induction timetable for the week commencing 18 September, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact induction organiser Ruth Copeland-Phillips: ruth.copeland-phillips@northampton.ac.uk

    Monday 18 September

    • Session: Introduction and Welcome to UON: Welcome and Orientation to the campus and the week
    • Time: 10am-1pm
    • Location: Room LC105, Institute of Creative Leather Technology (ICLT)

    This session will operate as a drop in for Environmental science students to say hello, meet tutors and familiarise themselves with the week ahead.

    Tuesday 19 September

    • Session: Introduction to Environmental Sciences: About your course/ meet to tutors
    • Time: 1pm-3pm
    • Location: Room LC101, Institute Creative Leather Technology (ICLT)

     

    • Session: Laboratory Induction: an induction to the wet chemistry labs in ICLT
    • Time: 3pm-4pm
    • Location: Room LC107, Institute Creative Leather Technology (ICLT)

    Wednesday 20 September

    • Session: Campus Orientation and Field Trip: a walk around campus followed by a walking trip to Delapre Abbey, guided by field ecologists and biodiversity experts. Please ensure that you wear appropriate footwear for paths and trails (which could be muddy) and appropriate clothing for the weather, potentially waterproofs
    • Time: 10am-3pm
    • Location: Meet outside the Learning Hub main entrance at 10am
    • Also on Wednesday 20 September Students’ Union activities will be running across the campus. Please see the Students’ Union website. It will be updated in advance of Welcome Week with further information.

    Thursday 21 September

    • Session: Meet your Personal Academic Tutor. If you would like to meet your tutor you will have the opportunity to do so on this Thursday. If not, appointments will be arranged with individuals in the weeks commencing 25 September and 2 October.
    • Time: to be confirmed during the week
    • Location: To be confirmed during the week

     

    • Students’ Union activities will also be running across the campus on Thursday 21 September. Please see the Students’ Union website. It will be updated in advance of Welcome Week with further information.
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