MSc Conservation Education and Engagement

Anglia Ruskin University

ARU is an amazing place to go to university with its every evolving infrastructure and it’s supportive staff. It has a lot to offer and can be the most beneficial component in getting a job after graduating

Cambridge is located in a wildlife conservation hub with multiple organisations on our doorstep. This provide multiple volunteer and job opportunities for those on the same course as me, and other animal biology/behviour courses. It would be nice if the university had more greenspace - limited given the size of the university - but it would be nice if there were benches on the green spaces and more trees planted. The facilities at the university are phenomenal. I came here for my undergraduate degree (finished in 2016) and the university certainly feels the students are in thier best interest now. The science building is well equipt with modern facilities. The vegan £1 lunches are used by so many of us and is appreciated when the cost of living is having such a negative impact on students currently.

It has lush lectures halls some are better than others the labs are really nice, the campus being in Cambridge means the nightlife isn't great and there's not loads to do when your not on campus

Huge amount of support with carerers from the Life Sciences department if you put the effort in, and a really interesting course with academics well-versed in their area of research. The library is quite dated in some respects but is still a very useful resource. Plenty of food options in and around the uni as it's in central Cambridge.

The course models were very practical in terms of applying to jobs in the ecology and research field. University social life was lacking but that may have been due to COVID