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Environment and GIS

Web resources for Developmental Geography

Using your Environment degree

The AGCAS booklet Environmental, Food Chain and Rural Sector gives an overview of the sector relevant to multimedia and includes key roles for graduates, case studies and further links and resources. Copies of these are available free from the careers service or you can view them online at www.prospects.ac.uk

Signpost sheets look at individual subjects of study and identify skills gained during your course,career options related to your subject, and graduate case studies.

Other career options

The Job sector information pages on this website have information on types of jobs available within sectors,where to look for jobs and placements, relevant resources in the careers service, specialist careers events and professional development and training information.

Prospects website has an explore types of jobs section which includes job profiles of over 800 occupations. Information for each job covers salary and conditions, entry requirements, training and career development, typical employers and vacancy sources, case studies and contacts and resources.

Other relevant pages on this website are what can I do with my degree? and what should I be doing now?

Graduate destinations from Environment courses

Click here to see national graduate statistics by subject on the Prospects website.

Organisations associated with Environment courses

Professional Bodies and Associations often have a careers section with job profiles, information, placements, jobs and advice for graduates.

Countryside Agency 
John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham, Gloucester GL50 3RA 
Tel: 01242 521381

Countryside Council for Wales 
Plas Penrhos, Ffordd Penrhos, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2LQ
Tel: 0845 1306229

English Nature 
Northminster House, Peterborough PE1 1UA 
Tel: +44 (0)1733 455000

The Environment Agency (EA) 
Visit website to check for details of local office 
Tel: 0845 9333 111

Field Studies Council 
Head Office, Montford Bridge, Preston Montford, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY4 1HW 
Tel: 01743 852100

Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (IEEM) 
45 Southgate Street, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 9EH 
Tel: 01962 868626

Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) 
St Nicholas House, 70 Newport, Lincoln LN1 3DP 
Tel: 01522 540069

National Grid (Environment)
National Grid House, Kirby Corner Road, Coventry CV4 8JY 
Tel: 024 7653 7777

Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) 
Erskine Court, Castle Business Park, Stirling FK9 4TR 
Tel: 01786 457700

Association for Geographic Information (AGI) 
12 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AD 
Tel: 020 7222 7000

British Association of Remote Sensing Companies 
c/o Mr David Morten - General Manager, Nigel Press Associates Ltd, Crockham Park, Edenbridge, Kent TN8 6SR 
Tel: 01732 865023

British Cartographic Society 
School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP 
Tel: 01865 483346

Defence Geographic and Imagery Intelligence Agency Headquarters (DGIA) 
Room 17, Watson Building, Elmwood Avenue, Feltham, Middlesex TW13 7AH 
Tel: 020 8818 2422 

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) 
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR 
Tel: 08459 335577

The Hydrographic Office (UK) 
Admiralty Way, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2DN 
Tel: 01823 337900

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute 
Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen AB9 2QJ 
Tel: 01224 318611

Met Office 
Fitzroy Road, Exeter, Devon EX1 3PB 
Tel: 0870 900 100

Ordnance Survey 
Romsey Road, Maybush, Southampton SO9 4DH 
Tel: 023 8079 2000

The Survey Association (TSA) 
Marine House, Thorpe Lea Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 8BF 
Tel: 01784 223760

Useful websites

Environment:

GIS/Remote Sensing:

Resources in the Careers Service

These are available at Newton Park and Somerset Place and are on reference only:

  • Agenda 21 for Bristol
  • Green Guide to Bath and Bristol
  • Countryside Jobs Review 2004
  • Rooting for a Career in Ecology or Environmental Management
  • An Ethical Career in Science and Technology?

These books are available for use in the Careers Service:

  • Green Index
  • Directory of Environmental Courses
  • AGI Source book for GIS
  • British Agricultural Consultants Directory
  • The Sustainable Careers Handbook
  • Working in the Environment
  • Environmental Careers
  • Careers Working Outdoors

Occupational files in the careers service most relevant to Environment would be:

  • Environment, Exploration and Extraction R
  • Environment, Management and Conservation R
  • Environment, Protection and Control R
  • Environment, Remote Sensing and GIS R

Information days, events and careers fairs

Look at the What's On section of this website for events and careers fairs.

Prospects website has a general careers fair section, searchable by type of event and location.

Postgraduate study in Environment & Remote Sensing

For more general information, refer to the postgraduate and further study section of this website.

For information on postgraduate courses at Bath Spa 
click here.

Prospects website has a searchable database of all UK postgraduate courses.

Course Discover is a searchable database of postgraduate and FE courses available in the Careers Service.

Further Training

Most professional bodies run courses and seminars for continuing professional development. Check the list above.

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