Careers and employment
Through integral collaboration with key external agencies, this MSc ensures that the training you receive links directly to relevant employment opportunities within the UK and abroad. The programme also prepares you for research and it is expected that a significant proportion of graduates will go on to PhD study. Graduate destinations have included:
Non-governmental conservation
- Fundraising assistant, Flora and Fauna International
- Biodiversity policy officer, RSPB
- Marine turtle program co-ordinator, Dutch Antilles
Governmental conservation
- Desk officer, Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Environment officer, Environment Agency
- Conservation officer, Ascension Island Government
Environmental consultancy
- Graduate ecologist, Arup
- GIS technical officer, Cornwall Environmental Consultants Ltd
- Graduate ecologist, Malta
Funded PhD positions
- NERC funded PhD: Antioxidants and egg quality in green turtles
- NERC funded PhD: Mechanisms of food competition in farmland birds
- NERC/ESRC funded PhD: Invasive species impacts in the Galapagos
Our postgraduate employment and professional development webpages provide information on the range of careers support you can receive at the University of Exeter.
