Marine Conservation

The Marine Conservation program fromUniversity of Hullwill help you gain hands-on experience with fieldwork, coastal site visits, and practical sessions at local facilities, including The Deep, where you’ll work directly with marine conservation experts.

In this Marine Conservation program from University of Hull , you’ll dive into essential skills for marine conservation, such as designing biodiversity monitoring schemes for ocean ecosystems and assessing environmental threats to marine life. You’ll also explore the critical socio-political dimensions of conservation in coastal and ocean environments, exploring issues such as overfishing, habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, and emerging conservation challenges. This is expertise that employers in marine conservation urgently seek - positioning you miles ahead in your journey to a meaningful career in protecting our oceans.

You’ll explore how marine conservation is influenced by human communities, uncovering the challenges posed by these interactions and their effects on aquatic health. Alongside this, you’ll examine the legal and policy structures at both national and global levels that govern and guide conservation practices across the world’s oceans.

Future prospects

There is an urgent global need for skilled and area-focused marine conservation professionals who possess not only a solid understanding of ecological and management principles but also the ability to navigate the complex socio-political landscapes inherent to conservation work. Graduates from this program will be equipped to pursue diverse careers, for example as a:

Marine Conservation Manager, Aquatic Ecologist, Research Scientist, Project Manager, Policy Advisor, Campaigns Officer, Academic and many more.

Courses include

• Global Conservation

• Ecology for Conservation

• People and Conservation

• Marine Biodiversity and Assessment

• Practical Marine Conservation