APRIL 1997 entry

This new modular PgDip/MSc programme has been developed by the Department of Environmental Sciences, validated by the University of Hertfordshire (UK) and registered under the Institute of Environmental Management's Signature of Commitment Scheme.

The programme comprises eight modules covering six environmental management topics which are studied over eighteen months by distance learning in the workplace. Each module is supported by a comprehensive study pack and a two-day short course (Friday and Saturday) designed to focus on the practical applications of environmental management. An individual project in the workplace, equivalent to four modules, completes the requirements for the MSc.

The course uniquely combines environmental and management skills for business, vital for responding to the expanding regulatory framework as well as the implementation of voluntary environmental management standards. The modules are CATs accredited and can be taken individually for Continuous Professional Development purposes.

Topics covered include:

• Environmental management and business issues
• The environmental review
• Environmental effects assessment
• Development and implementation of an environmental policy
• The environmental audit process
• The public sector
• The business and commerce sector

The MSc is intended for graduates and professionals who have environmental management responsibilities. This MSc was offered for the first time in April 1996 and the students ranged from senior and middle managers to newly appointed trainees from the pharmaceutical industry, food manufacturing, local authorities, government, the construction industry, metal recycling, paper manufacturing and heating service industry.

Visiting speakers on the two-day short courses have included: Professor Richard Welford, Richard Hall (Renlon), Chris Sheldon (ex British Standards), Professor Geoffrey Steeley (ex Head of Environment and Planning, Hertfordshire County Council), Professor Charles Duff (World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Mark Smith (Open University), Dawn Pope (Lucas Industries), Michael Sturgiss (PIRA International), Colin Green (Middlesex University), Dr David Brown (Envirologic), Trevor Smith (National Semiconductor), and David Shillitoe (David Shillitoe Associates).

The Department of Environmental Sciences is distinguished by being awarded an excellent in following the recent Teaching Quality Assesment.

If you are interested in the course or can contact students who may be interested please email the Scheme Administrator, Vera Jones, at the address below for further details.

Vera Jones
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Unviersity of Hertfordshire
College Lane, Hatfield
Hertfordshire AL10 9AB
UNITED KINGDOM
tel.: +44.1707.284 590
fax: +44.1707.284 514
E-mail: v.g.jones@herts.ac.uk



Details of the programme and course dates can be found on the
World Wide Web: http://www.herts.ac.uk/natsci/Env.Postgrad/MScEnvManBus.html