MSc Sustainability and Adaptation Planning

Centre for Alternative Technology

Master

Blended learning in Machynlleth

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Methodology

    Blended

  • Location

    Machynlleth (Wales)

  • Duration

    18 Months

  • Credits

    180

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Personal tutor

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

Environmental Planning and Policy

This is a masters degree focuses on the key strategic and leadership challenges brought about by climate change and broader environmental issues. From spatial master-planning to politics and economics, this MSc gets to the heart of the how the environment must be brought into decision-making. It is among the first such programmes in the UK to put adaptation transformation at the heart of the teaching.

Future environmental change and the effectiveness of solutions are both uncertain. We teach students to integrate risk assessment into decision-making. Theoretical concepts are reinforced with applied projects in landscape planning, design and case studies. The MSc course covers a variety of themes including land use, cities and communities, politics and economics, ecosystem function, water and waste management. Optional modules in the built environment, energy, sustainable materials and renewable technologies can also be taken.

Taught either by distance learning or through residential blocks in one of the most imaginative environmental buildings in the UK (or a mixture of the two). The programme draws on our expert staff and a wide selection of specialist guest lecturers; people who have made exceptional contributions to thinking and action in the environmental and built environment sectors.

The Sustainability and Adaptation Planning masters degree gives you the knowledge and skills to plan for adapting to environmental change. It also gives you the tools to drive sustainability strategy and transformation across a range of organisations and government. This includes skills for incorporating risk assessment into decision making and dealing with uncertainty.

Important information

Government funding available

Facilities

Location

Start date

Machynlleth (Powys)
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Sy20 9az

Start date

On request

About this course

The Sustainability and Adaptation Planning masters degree gives you the knowledge and skills to plan for adapting to environmental change. It also gives you the tools to drive sustainability strategy and transformation across a range of organisations and government. This includes skills for incorporating risk assessment into decision making and dealing with uncertainty.

The MSc Sustainability and Adaptation Planning programme provides the opportunity to develop confidence, aptitude and critical thinking. Graduates use their masters degree to put in place sustainability and adaptation principles in public, private and third sector organisations.

The programme combines theoretical knowledge with practical and research experience. MSc students develop into rounded, self-reflective learners who can work with others with confidence and clarity.

A good undergraduate degree in any discipline. Students who do not possess formal qualifications but who can demonstrate that they have gained appropriate knowledge and skills equivalent to degree standard and that they will benefit from and contribute to the programme, may be accepted. UEL and CAT are strongly committed to widening participation and equal opportunities for all. For international students: TOEFL at 550 or an IELTS score of 6.0 in English language.

Studying at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is a truly unique experience. For the past 40 years CAT has been at the forefront of the environmental movement, pioneering low-carbon living and renewable technology. At the Graduate School of the Environment (GSE), students benefit from our extensive practical and academic knowledge, graduating with the skills needed to become leading players in the sustainability sector. Find out more about our facilities here: https://gse.cat.org.uk/index.php/postgraduate-courses/msc-sustainability-and-adaptation/sa-site-and-facilities

You will be contacted by the Graduate School Marketing Officer (who is also a graduate of the CAT) who can answer your questions.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Planning
  • Climate
  • Climate Change
  • Land Use
  • Design
  • Materials
  • Built Environment
  • Environmental Impact
  • Environmental Science

Teachers and trainers (5)

Jane Fisher

Jane Fisher

Lead Academic

Ruth Stevenson

Ruth Stevenson

Senior Lecturer

Frances Hill

Frances Hill

Senior Lecturer

Louise Halestrap

Louise Halestrap

Senior Lecturer

Tim Coleridge

Tim Coleridge

Joint Programme Leader

Course programme

Modules
  • September – Sustainability and Adaptation Concepts and Planning, Part 1 (core): 10/09/17 - 16/09/17
    Topics covered: environmental change and adaption, introduction to core module themes, future challenges and solutions, local to global.
  • October – Energy Flows in Buildings, Part A (option): 9/10/17 – 14/10/17
    Topics covered: complex nature of the relationship between occupant comfort, energy flows in buildings and energy efficient design. Heat flows, thermal comfort, ventilation, impact of moisture on building and occupant health, natural lighting, climate influence on design.
  • November – Sustainability and Adaptation Concepts and Planning, Part 2 (core): 13/11/17 – 18/11/17
    Topics covered: environmental change and adaption, future challenges and solutions, local to global, i.e. ‘futuring’.
  • December – Environmental Politics and Economics (core): 11/12/17 – 16/12/17
    Topics covered: introductions to economics and politics from the sustainability perspective, climate policy, local social change, perspectives, future scenarios.
  • January – Energy Flows in Buildings, Part B (option): 15/1/18 – 20/1/18
    Topics covered: Energy and mass flows in buildings with regards to orientation and climate conditions, energy transfer calculations, building simulation modelling, analytical and critical appraisal of passive and energy efficient design.
  • February – Cities and Communities (core): 12/2/18 – 17/2/18
    Topics covered: urban environments, energy use, transport, green infrastructure, planning, mobility and access, urban food, diets.
  • March – Energy Provision (option): 12/3/18 – 17/3/18
    Topics covered: environmental and social benefits and limitations of energy provision options, including technology and energy reduction choices.
  • April – Ecosystem Services, Land-use, Water and Waste Management (core): 16/4/18 – 21/4/18
    Topics covered: ecosystem science, resources, water issues, food security, land use, flooding, carbon, sanitation.
  • May – Sustainable Materials in the Built Environment (option): 14/5/18 – 19/5/18
    Topics covered: environmental impacts, wider social and health implications, in-use performance and usability of materials. Hands-on practical experience of building materials.
  • June – Applied Project or Practice Based Project (core): 11/6/18 – 16/6/18
    A practical student-led project and report that will include statistical analyses of ongoing projects. The specialist area of study is chosen by each student.
  • Dissertation (core)

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  • Environmental Science Postgraduate Degrees
  • Environmental Impact Postgraduate Degrees
  • Climate Change Postgraduate Degrees
  • Environmental Management Postgraduate Degrees
  • Distance learning Environmental Management Postgraduate Degrees
  • Environmental Management Postgraduate Degrees in Wales
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MSc Sustainability and Adaptation Planning

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