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TOM BARKER PREPARE TO MAKE GIS Graduate “Without my masters, I would never have had the opportunity to work in the geospatial area and pursue a career that I am.” A DIFFERENCE A WORLD CLASS REPUTATION FOR PIONEERING TEACHING INFORMED BY THE LATEST GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH. BRAND NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART PHYSICAL Our problem-based GEOGRAPHY LABORATORIES, approach to learning WORLDWIDE FIELDWORK will inspire you to OPPORTUNITIES, CONTEMPORARY, think critically and INTERDISCIPLINARY RESOURCES creatively, cultivating ACROSS ALL SUBJECTS AND THE your independence UK’S BEST UNIVERSITY LIBRARY and making you more WITH OVER 4 MILLION BOOKS attractive to recruiters. MAKE MANCHESTER AN IDEAL BASE TO STUDY.

CONTENTS INTRODUCING MANCHESTER 8 THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER 10 OUR CAMPUS 12 GEOGRAPHY AT MANCHESTER 14 TAUGHT MASTER’S COURSES 16 APPLYING FOR TAUGHT MASTER’S COURSES 28 RESEARCH PROGRAMMES 30 APPLYING FOR RESEARCH PROGRAMMES 36 CONNECT ONLINE 38 CONTACT DETAILS 39 GEOGRAPHY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

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million investment£650 in university facilities for research and study. of our research output was ranked as world % leading or internationally excellent*. (in most recent Research Assessment Exercise - RAE 2008).

Our city’s marriage of the historic with the modern – Manchester was voted the best city in the UK to live in, 65 in the 2013 Global Liveability Survey

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INTRODUCING MANCHESTER With so many cultures rubbing A bustling commercial centre, of commerce in the UK, while shoulders with each other, it’s Manchester works as hard as it there’s a thriving digital sector, no surprise that Manchester has plays. Creativity complements as well as well-regarded WELCOME TO MANCHESTER a great reputation for food and industry, and burgeoning services and knowledge-based drink. You’ll find cuisine from entrepreneurs thrive industries, and much more. practically every nation and to alongside established Manchester’s unique character But it is not all about industry. With events, facilities and Manchester is the perfect suit any budget, from high-class multinational businesses. comes from its pioneering past Manchester nurtures creativity attractions to suit every lifestyle, spot for you to connect with dining to top-notch takeaways. – this is the place where the and hosts international sporting Manchester is lively, culturally More than 200 businesses are potential future employers Industrial Revolution really took events. Never content to live on diverse and easy to enjoy on a Restaurants, bars and clubs can based at nearby MediaCityUK, from all sectors, gaining an hold. The city grew dramatically past glories, this is a place that student budget. In fact, about a be found in most parts of the which has become an insight into possible careers. important base for many in the 19th century on the looks to the future with a passion quarter of our students love it here city centre, from the bustling You may also have the chance Deansgate Locks and The BBC departments. The city is wealth created by cotton, and its for progress. so much they make it their home to work with commercial giants Printworks to the upmarket home to the largest chamber on collaborative research amazing Victorian civic buildings, after they’ve finished their studies. Spinningfields and the bohemian opportunities. mills and factories shout: ‘This is Northern Quarter. Manchester. We’ve arrived.’ We have the UK’s second biggest Chinatown, where ART AND CULTURE you’ll find Asian supermarkets and great restaurants, and the From artistic masterpieces The Hallé and BBC Philharmonic neon-lit ‘Curry Mile’ begins to the history of football, orchestras both perform just a short walk from the University campus. Manchester has an impressive at the Bridgewater Hall. SHOPPING range of museums and galleries, Leading chamber orchestra There’s also plenty of choice many of which are free. The Manchester Camerata can also near campus on Oxford Manchester is a shopper’s Museum of Science and Industry be seen there, as well as at Road and surrounding the paradise. It’s home to the brings innovation to life in the the Royal Northern College of student halls of Fallowfield. Trafford Centre, the second world’s oldest railway station, Music, which stages a diverse A little further afield, the largest shopping centre in while the Imperial War Museum programme of music. neighbourhoods of West the UK, bringing countless North asks how war shapes You’ll find everything from Didsbury and Chorlton shopping and leisure names people’s lives. Manchester opera to comedy to offer an equally impressive under one roof. is also home to the National range of places to eat experimental theatre at the In the city centre, Market Street Football Museum and the Palace Theatre, Royal Exchange, and socialise. People’s History Museum. is a modern British high street Contact Theatre and The Lowry. and a good starting point for Important classic and Our own venues play an any shopping trip. Premium contemporary art is on show at equally important role in the department stores such as the Manchester Art Gallery, while city’s cultural life. Discover Harvey Nichols and Selfridges, you can find a plethora of smaller ancient worlds at Manchester and top designer stores sit galleries all over the city. Museum, peruse our impressive alongside shops more suited to Manchester attracts some of the collections at the John Rylands a student budget, like Primark world’s biggest bands and DJs, Library, enjoy exhibitions at the and TK Maxx. at venues such as the MEN Arena Whitworth Art Gallery or listen The Northern Quarter is the and the Apollo. You can catch to touring bands at our place to go to find independent new acts and smaller shows at Academy venues. and specialist traders, selling venues such as Soup Kitchen, everything from vintage Deaf Institute, Gorilla, and Band clothing and second-hand on the Wall. music to artwork and FIND OUT MORE craft supplies. www.visitmanchester.com www.timeout.com/manchester www.creativetourist.com www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk www.manchestersfinest.com

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At WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WE GIVE YOU EXCELLENT PROSPECTS Join our We turn enthusiasm into achievement and groundbreaking theory into Whether you’re a committed researcher wanting to further the Manchester cutting-edge practice. That’s why we’re at the forefront of the search human quest for knowledge, a career-focused professional seeking a postgraduate for solutions to some of the world’s most pressing problems – from specialist qualification, or an enquiring mind with a burning enthusiasm you’ll reap cancer to climate change, from poverty to sustainable energy. for higher learning and understanding, a postgraduate degree at community We’ve been accomplishing feats of global significance for more than The University of Manchester will help you to realise your ambitions. the benefits 180 years, from inventing the modern computer to splitting the Our problem-based approach to learning will inspire you to think and begin atom, and from founding present-day economics to giving the world critically and creatively, cultivating your independence and making you of being graphene – the two-dimensional ‘wonder-material’ that is one atom more attractive to recruiters. Our graduates are consistently among a career of better thick, but 200 times stronger than steel. the most targeted in the UK by leading employers. limitless connected. WE KNOW WHERE WE’RE GOING WE OFFER MUCH MORE THAN A DEGREE possibilities. Already ranked third in the UK for research power, we’re on the way to At Manchester you’ll find the broadest range of opportunities We work closely with achieving our target of becoming one of the world’s top 25 universities, outside of your studies for developing your interests and broadening Part of the prestigious organisations ranging having risen 38 places in the last eight years. your experience. Russell Group of from government bodies Our plans are backed by the biggest investment programme ever These include outstanding sports facilities, community volunteering, universities, we enjoy an to global businesses, from seen in UK higher education – we’ve already invested £750 million in skills-development programmes, mentoring and much more. international reputation local health services to buildings and facilities since 2004 and now we’re putting an additional for our pioneering research registered charities. and innovation. £1 billion into further teaching and student facilities. WE’D LOVE YOU TO JOIN US These connections We’re influential and inform our taught courses WE’VE GOT THE PEOPLE TO DO IT Choose The University of Manchester and discover your own path to forward-thinking, and give our research future success. down-to-earth and programmes greater, We have more Nobel laureates on our staff than any other UK friendly, and we’ll give more immediate impact. university, and count 25 Prize winners among our current and former you an amazing university staff and students. experience that’s rooted in a rich heritage. Could you be number 26? Above: Alan Gilbert Student Learning Commons and the Whitworth Building at The University

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LIBRARIES AND LEARNING FACILITIES

LIBRARIES

The University of Manchester Library is one of the best-resourced academic libraries in the UK. Widely recognised as one of the world’s great research libraries, the Library provides over 4 million printed books, more than 500,000 ebooks and access to 41,000 electronic journals and hundreds of online databases. The needs of taught and research students are served by a dedicated team who provide specialist advice on such diverse topics as bibliometrics, impact analysis, research data management, open access publishing and literature reviews. The Library also offers a high-quality skills programme specifically aimed at researchers and their needs. For those times you are unable to visit, the vast majority of our electronic resources can be used remotely online. Across campus several specialist libraries offer subject-specific and tailored services. You can make use of the John Rylands Library, a magnificent neo-Gothic building housing one of the world’s finest collections of rare books and manuscripts, which is also a thriving visitor WELCOME attraction, with exhibitions and events taking place throughout the year. TO OUR CAMPUS www.manchester.ac.uk/library

The University of MADE FOR STUDENTS, BY STUDENTS IT SERVICES Manchester is large, yet compact enough to Our ultra-modern Alan Gilbert Learning Commons was designed in The University’s teaching and research activities are supported by give the best of both consultation with our students. This eye-catching £24 million building is extensive IT services. The fact that we’ve got the largest server farm worlds: city life and a home to the most up-to-date IT facilities, lots of flexible learning spaces in the north-west of England should give you an idea of the breadth campus community. and a host of student-centred services. and scale of our technologies. Our facilities and services include: Getting around the The Learning Commons is open all day and night, and can accommodate • more than 3,200 student PCs accessing a huge range of software, campus is easy. Everything more than 1,000 students. There are 30 bookable rooms and a variety of academic data and resources from across the world pods and spaces, making it great for group study or independent learning. is within walking distance • extensive Wi-Fi coverage across campus, including access to the or connected via a free The building is designed to the highest standards of sustainability – even international eduroam network bus service. the lighting adjusts automatically according to the level of natural light and • fully networked University halls of residence, providing high-speed the occupancy of the rooms. Our campus occupies a Internet access from your room large area close to the city centre, allowing students, CULTURE ON CAMPUS • 24/7 access to computers at the Alan Gilbert Learning Commons staff, businesses and and in the Owens Park halls of residence the wider public to come We aim to inspire as well as educate, with cultural attractions open to • a University email account and a personal file storage area; students and the public alike. together, share ideas and • specialist research support services for academics and researchers, collaborate. • Manchester Museum: bringing ancient worlds to life and hosting a offering access to national datasets, visualisation and high- It is dominated by grand constantly rotating programme of exhibitions performance computing Victorian buildings, • John Rylands Library: home to one of the world’s finest collections of • dedicated IT Service Desk support, including a 24/7 telephone helpline alongside modern facilities, rare books and manuscripts but also has quiet corners, • downloadable iManchester smartphone app for mobile devices. landscaped gardens, cafés • Whitworth Art Gallery: one of the city’s premier art spaces located in the and common rooms where nearby Whitworth Park* you can relax and spend • The Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama: a performance space for *The Whitworth will be closed for a £12 million refurbishment until February 2015. time with friends. music, drama and other arts • Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre: on the site of the iconic Lovell Telescope Left above: Students discussing group work in the Manchester sunshine Think of it as a village Right top downwards: within a city. in the beautiful Cheshire countryside, the centre offers fun and engaging The John Rylands Library exhibitions and activities on astronomy and space physics. Student studying in one of the worlds great research libraries University Place and the Whitworth Building at the University Recently opened Arthur Lewis Building with state-of-the-art laboratories

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GEOGRAPHY

AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

reputation in the spheres of culture and sports. In the taught components, we will lead you through the including specialist software for the Geographical Taught at Manchester Such a richness of landscape, heritage and cultural wide range of geographical theories and methods by Information Sciences, such as image processing, GIS, vibrancy cannot help but inspire the geographical providing a structure around which to read, together with GPS and cartographic representation. for over a century, imagination of those who come to study here. seminar discussions on key areas of debate. We provide this structure through a set of compulsory methods SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT Geography today MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEACHING AND RESEARCH and theory course units, comprising some formal presentation of material by staff, and class debates on We pride ourselves on having a particularly friendly encompasses a wide range Our postgraduate programmes (including taught pre-determined themes. You undertake tasks both in atmosphere in Geography. A weekly series of academic master’s and research PhDs) are integrated into our groups and individually and have to learn to use a range of seminars and a weekly informal reading group not only of teaching and research overall research ethos, which focuses on producing different media to present your work. form vital components of academic training, but also both theoretically and policy-relevant contributions to generate an ease of atmosphere in which you can feel interests, and embraces a knowledge in both human and physical geography. OUTSTANDING FACILITIES comfortable. We build our taught master’s degrees around broad We hold small parties at the beginning and end of lively community of staff The University and Geography itself have excellent themes, within which a number of geography staff are semesters to welcome new postgraduates. Further resources for postgraduates. Our main library, known as active researchers, which often combine with policy social, sporting and academic events are organised and undergraduate and The University of Manchester Library, is acknowledged as applications. On the human geography side, we have a by the student society, MUGS (Manchester University one of the finest in the country, offering you a wide range strong reputation in the areas of economic geography, Geographical Society), whose activities include an annual postgraduate students. of relevant publications and a unique map collection. urban geography and social geography, while on the charity ball, theatre trips, bowling, field trips and sport physical geography side we have a long tradition of Laboratories for physical geographers are all housed events such as mixed soccer, netball and hockey. A FRUITFUL REGION research in environmental change, geomorphology and within our Arthur Lewis Building, and include facilities As a division of the School of Environment, Education for water chemical and sediment analyses, as well as We are fortunate in being situated within a particularly human-environment interactions. and Development (SEED), joining colleagues in Planning advanced magnetic and optical microscopy facilities. We interesting region of the UK. The focal point of the At the same time, the variety in the content and and Environmental Management, MARC (the Manchester also have access to laboratory facilities in other related Industrial Revolution, Manchester is surrounded by a methodological approaches across all our staff Architectural Research Centre) and IDPM (Institute for schools, such as the School of Earth, Atmospheric and landscape that mixes industrial heritage with a huge research interests affords a wide range of opportunities Development Policy and Management), Geography can Environmental Sciences. diversity of scenery. Its history is associated with for you to undertake the more specialised research call upon an expanded and strengthened administrative technical innovation, such as the first railways and the degree of PhD. The educational approach of the We are housed in a spacious and well-equipped modern team to support research, teaching programmes, and first computer, and with political innovation, through Geography postgraduate programme emphasises building complex, with a dedicated suite of computers international partnerships. We also have strong links figures such as Emmeline Pankhurst and Friedrich student-centred learning, in which our role is to guide, for postgraduates that are networked into the University with other disciplines in the Faculty of Humanities, Engels. The modern city has added to this international rather than to instruct. system and allow access to a wide range of applications, including Archaeology.

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TAUGHT MASTER’S COURSES

PREPARE Environmental Monitoring, TO MAKE A Modelling and DIFFERENCE Reconstruction MSc

Environmental Governance MSc

Geographical Information Science MSc

FT: 12 months PT: 27 months*

*Part-time study is not organised on a day-release basis; however, we try as far as possible to ensure that most or all taught classes are timetabled to require attendance on one day per week. Be aware that there can be occasional instances where classes are scheduled at different times. You should also be aware that private study is likely to involve work at various times of the week, sometimes in a group context. It is therefore important that you recognise the need for some flexibility with regard to the timetabling and management of your study.

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Teaching focuses on training in theory, concepts Students are allowed to take up to 2 of the following and research skills in the first semester, and practical level 4 options: applications and research experience in the second • GEOG 63011 Hydrochemical Modelling semester. • GEOG 60131 Ice Age Earth We teach course units in small-group interactive styles with a mix of lectures, tutorials, seminars, • GEOG 70221 Managing the Uplands practicals and presentations. A range of physical • GEOG 60182 Climate Change and Carbon Cycling geographers provides training in their specialised • GEOG 61952 Coastal Processes fields, covering both content and practical research methods. • GEOG 61262 Frozen Planet, Satellites & Climate Change. In a typical week, expect to spend time in the library, preparing for seminars; in the laboratory, completing Typical course units comprise a minimum of a practicals; in the dedicated postgraduate computer one-hour lecture per week, or seminar supported laboratory, or writing reports; and in the classroom. by supervised laboratory time. The exact balance varies, depending on the requirements of particular Duration: The second semester in particular gives you units. Additional contact time is arranged on an ad Full-time: 12 months, Part-time: 27 months increased opportunities to go out into the field, hoc basis by students to discuss assignments and both for practicals and to gain research experience other matters. by doing field research with members of staff. We By the end of the course, you will have an advanced These skills are highly relevant if you wish to maintain an intensively monitored catchment on the This master’s course moors near Snake Pass in the Peak District and this level of theoretical knowledge and practical pursue a career in environmental management, or experience in: consultancy, and also provide a firm grounding for is the focus of several practical exercises, as well focuses on the analysis of research in the environmental sciences. as a source for data to support dissertation work. • Field/laboratory monitoring techniques for analysis of environmental processes dynamic environments: Dr Jason Dortch directs the course, with input Field and laboratory research are essential to your from other physical geographers working on a wide learning process in environmental monitoring, and • Advanced techniques for analysis of environmental past, present and future. variety of aspects of environmental change. Current these form integrated parts of both the taught units materials field and laboratory techniques for research includes: and dissertation work. palaeoenvironmental reconstruction based on Concerns over human impacts on the environment stratigraphical studies of sediment cores, including • Measurements and predictions of climate change CORE COURSE UNITS have stimulated demand from governments and microfossil and pollen analysis • Glaciers and ice sheets (past and present) • GIS and remote sensing and advanced statistical industry for the monitoring, analysis and modelling These typically cover: of natural processes in environmental systems. • Biogeography methods • Environmental Change and Reconstruction This is essential if we are to improve understanding • Palaeoecology • Designing, planning, funding and executing • Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Concepts of the interrelation of environmental variables in • Environmental pollution research projects in environmental monitoring, order to predict and manage their responses to • Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Practice modelling or palaeoenvironmental reconstruction anthropogenic perturbations. • Upland geomorphology (low relief, e.g. British uplands, and high relief, e.g. Himalayas) • Dissertation Support. • Processing/analysing results logically, using objective statistical methods and/or mathematical You will acquire: • Remote sensing for environmental management OPTIONAL COURSE UNITS modelling techniques objective, unbiased, and • Advanced theoretical knowledge and practical • Moorland erosion control impartial reporting of analytical results and their Choose three from the following: expertise in order to collect, interpret, and analyse • Hydrology interpretation, both oral and written, particularly contemporary and past environmental data • Applied Study Unit scientific report writing. • Water resource management • Modelling skills, in order to investigate the • Climate Change, Disasters and Urban Poverty Normally taken full-time, the course is also well suited • Fire management interrelationships between environmental • Digital Image Processing and Data Analysis to part-time study over two years. • Tectonic geomorphology. variables, and to predict their responses to • Environmental Impact Assessment changing internal and external conditions We also make use of the proximity of Manchester to • Environmental Remote Sensing • Intellectual and practical skills, in order to the upland areas of the Peak District; several past • GIS and Environmental Applications design and undertake field and/or laboratory MSc students completed dissertation work in close experiments in contemporary environmental collaboration with various organisations responsible • Issues in Environmental Policy process-monitoring, or palaeoenvironmental for land management in the Peak District, giving • Planning for Environmental Change. reconstruction, and to design and test appropriate their work direct policy relevance. Availability of course units may vary from year environmental models with the data you collect. to year.

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ASSESSMENT

Taught units comprise two-thirds of the degree and are assessed by a wide range of project work, essays and presentations. There are no formal examinations. The remainder of your course consists of the dissertation.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

In the second semester, various speakers from environmental employers visit the department to give a flavour of their work and advice on employment. To date, the MSc in Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Reconstruction has an excellent track record in providing a springboard for students to go on to careers in environmental industries, consultancies and government agencies, or to further research for higher degrees. Recent graduates have found employment in agencies such as the UK Atomic Energy Authority, The Environment Agency, Natural England, and a range of environmental consultancies. Others have moved on to undertake full-time research for a PhD.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

You should hold an Upper Second class Honours degree, or its equivalent, in Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, or Geography. Graduates in Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Engineering, or a cognate discipline are also welcome. We particularly welcome applications from geographers already working in research or policy related fields.

Students whose first language or language of instruction is not English may be asked to provide evidence of fluency in English by achieving scores in English language tests as follows: • IELTS 6.5 overall, 6.5 in writing, no sub-section below 6.0 • TOEFL iBT overall score of 90 with a minimum score of 22 in writing and 20 in the other subsections • Pearson PTE overall score of 59 with a minimum score of 59 in the written section and 51 in all other subsections or • Cambridge CAE or Cambridge CPE grade C (Please note that the Cambridge First Certificate in English is not acceptable).

Image of research conducted in our School into climate change in the developing world

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4 The course is highly interdisciplinary, exposing • Issues in Environmental Policy – Links theory you to ideas and practices developed in a range and practice by focusing on different types of of subject areas, rather than one alone environmental policy measures (their logic, 5 Our range of ‘real world’ practitioners gives you the operation and outcomes), and is taught by way opportunity to liaise with external organisations of real world case studies drawn from the research on live policy problems and enhance your literature and the work of policy practitioners locally, employability. nationally and globally We teach our degree in such a way that you develop • Doing Environmental Research – Provides advanced a wide range of generic, practical and subject- research skills and encourages you to plan and design specific skills. your dissertation/research review projects. The degree draws upon the expertise of the The course introduces you to a range of both research internationally renowned Society-Environment and career options appropriate to the skills acquired on Research Group (SERG). This group involves more the course, including: planning and budgeting research than ten researchers from SEED and our School projects; writing research proposals; preparing a of Social Sciences, with distinguished records of detailed proposal for dissertation/research review. theoretical, empirical and applied research in a range Duration: of geographical and environmental settings. These OPTIONAL COURSE UNITS Full-time: 12 months, Part-time: 27 months include work on mining in the South Pacific and French Guyana, on land rights in southern Africa, on You may choose 4 amongst a very broad range of bio-prospecting in central America, on conservation course units offered across the Faculty of Humanities to study as your options for the MSc in Environmental COURSE AIMS AND OBJECTIVES projects in central Africa, on GMOs in Britain, and on The MSc in water management in Ecuador and Spain – to name Governance. Examples of the most popular course Climate change, over-fishing, energy crises, famines, but a few. units are: Environmental water shortages, organic food, the loss of rare animal • Doing Geographical Research 1 and 2 – Introduces the species, fair trade coffee, deforestation, geopolitical COURSE CONTENT basics of research design and leads into your summer Governance is taught struggles over oil and gas supplies, and desertification: dissertation these are among the signature issues of our time. Governance is a broad concept that refers to the • Environment and Democracy – Explores issues and by world leading They raise important questions about how we currently principles and techniques – as well as the actors and mechanisms in ensuring democratic decision making – and should in future – organise the relationships institutions – involved in managing a sphere of human about the use of the environment experts on between societies and the natural resources and activity (eg the economy). Our syllabus covers theories • Valuing the Environment – Takes a wide-ranging look environments upon which they depend. and practices of environmental governance and offers at the ways the non-human world is and can be valued, environmental This course addresses these questions, providing you a comprehensive introduction to how human use of the non-human world is organised, and what the covering economic and non-economic modes of training in the principles and practices of environmental valuation, plus cognitive, aesthetic and ethical issues governance and governance. It is targeted at three audiences: effects of this are. We combine training in theory and • An Introduction to Environmental Economics – those wishing to pursue a career in environmental concepts with practical and applied elements. Explains and critically assesses the principles and political ecology. regulation and management; those wishing to conduct The MSc in Environmental Governance is a highly practices of market-led approaches to environmental further research on these topics; and environmental flexible course, with three compulsory taught units governance Teaching staff include: professionals wishing to deepen their knowledge. and five optional taught units. The flexibility allows you Stefan Bouzarovski, to pursue particular research interests throughout the • Environment and Development – Examines the role OUR MSc IS DISTINCTIVE IN FIVE WAYS: course and tailor the degree to your needs. that particular resources and environments can play Noel Castree, James in the contested process of ‘development’ in poorer 1 We consider the whole spectrum of approaches to CORE COURSE UNITS countries worldwide Evans, Maria Kaika, regulating human use of the non-human world, from • Concepts in Environmental Law – Introduces market-based to non-market approaches These typically include: you to the main legal frameworks employed in Saska Petrova and 2 We cover environmental resource questions using • Key Debates in Environmental Governance environmental governance case studies from the ‘first’, ‘second’ and ‘third’ – Introduces the main (and often competing) • International Environmental Politics – Examines Erik Swyngedouw. worlds approaches to environmental governance in play the challenges, factors and agreements involved in 3 We make the connections between the different today, ranging from ‘free market environmentalism’, transnational environmental governance. environmental modernisation and ecological social spheres where environmental governance Availability of course units may vary from year to year. occurs, such as production, distribution and economics, to the ‘risk society’ perspective and consumption green governmentality

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PRACTITIONER DIALOGUE ASSESSMENT

Taught units (eight) comprise two-thirds of the course. The remainder We combine consists of a 12,000 word dissertation on an approved topic. Typical academic rigour course units comprise two hours a week of seminar or small-group work. Together, these units involve a range of formative and summative with practical assessments, including individual and group work, oral presentations and long essays, project work and reports. Coursework is designed to allow relevance, and you to pursue your particular areas of interest. provide a range In the summer semester, you work independently to undertake dissertation work based on primary and/or secondary data, or else of opportunities a more philosophical/theoretical dissertation. We encourage you to for you to develop research in collaboration with members of the Society and Environment Research Group and external organisations. develop ideas and enhance your CAREER OPPORTUNITIES employability Our degree responds to a growing need for social, economic and political experts in the environmental field, and our graduates are through highly employable in what is an expanding sector. Graduates of this course possess theoretical knowledge, political understanding and dialogue with practical research skills, preparing you for careers in either the public, professionals private or voluntary environmental sectors, or for further research on environmental governance within a university or think-tank environment. working at the You will be equipped to work for organisations like the Environment cutting edge Agency, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Soil Association, and the Department of Environment Food and Agriculture, of policy and among many others. Our students have been particularly successful in obtaining funded PhD places and gaining employment with private practice. consultancies and international NGOs. This can include professional seminars, workshops tackling ENTRY REQUIREMENTS ‘live’ policy problems, and the possibility for developing You are expected to have a First or Upper Second class Honours degree dissertation research in (or its international equivalent) from a recognised research university. collaboration with local and We welcome applicants from a range of degree backgrounds, especially regional organisations. Geography, Politics, Anthropology, Sociology and Philosophy. You are expected to work very hard while studying for the MSc, and may need Highlights from previous years to undertake additional study on your own if you do not understand include: work placements with basic knowledge presupposed in some of the taught units. Natural England’s Low Carbon Economy initiative; a policy Students whose first language or language of instruction is not English workshop with academics may be asked to provide evidence of fluency in English by achieving and professionals on the scores in English language tests as follows: value of the environment in • IELTS 6.5 overall, 6.5 in writing, no sub-section below 6.0 the North West; a debate • TOEFL iBT overall score of 90 with a minimum score of 22 in writing on environmental justice in and 20 in the other subsections the UK with the head of the • Pearson PTE overall score of 59 with a minimum score of 59 in the Environment Agency’s written section and 51 in all other subsections or Social Policy unit; and a walking tour of environmental • Cambridge CAE or Cambridge CPE grade C (Please note that the regeneration in the Hulme Cambridge First Certificate in English is not acceptable). area of Manchester.

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COURSE CONTENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

You must accumulate 180 course credits to achieve You will have the opportunity to learn from staff with the required standard for recommendation to the advanced and practical understanding of GI Science. degree of MSc. The dissertation, based on an The taught component of the course, together with original research project of your own design, the experience of carrying out a postgraduate-level accounts for 60 credits. Dissertation topics can dissertation project, provides you with an excellent focus on any aspect of GI Science. The remaining foundation for PhD research in numerous fields that 120 credits are based on eight 15-credit course involve geospatial data analysis, including physical units, (four in each semester). and human geography, planning, development, Both semesters include two core course units. and the environmental and earth sciences. There is a high demand worldwide for individuals with COMPULSORY UNITS these skills. We provide you with the background knowledge • Environmental Remote Sensing and experience needed for employment in many • GIS and Environmental Applications sectors, especially GIS consultancies, environment • Digital Image Processing and Analysis agencies, financial services, marketing, the oil Duration: and gas sector, agriculture and forestry, water • Dissertation Support. Full-time: 12 months, Part-time: 27 months authorities, health authorities, and retail. OPTIONAL UNITS ENTRY REQUIREMENTS GI technologies are increasingly applied in everyday • Analysis and Monitoring of Spatial Policy This master’s degree life, with, for example, the introduction of the Global You should have a First or Upper Second class focuses on the Positioning System (GPS) and Google Earth. • Applied Study Unit Honours degree (or its international equivalent) Core GI technologies, including geographical • Environmental Monitoring and Modelling in Practice from a recognised research university. multidisciplinary information systems (GIS) and remote sensing (RS), • Environmental Monitoring and Modelling Concepts We welcome applicants from a range of degree have had a long history of application in industries • Fundamentals of Information and Information backgrounds, especially Geography and science concerned such as planning, agriculture, forestry, utilities, Systems Environmental Sciences. Graduates in biological transportation, and various government and private sciences, mathematics, engineering, or a cognate • Information Communication Technologies in Practice sector environmental agencies. discipline are also welcome. You are expected to with the development • Introduction to Software Development in Java The application areas for GI technologies are very work very hard while studying for the MSc, and (online learning) and application widespread, but our course in Manchester focuses may need to undertake additional study on your particularly on environmental applications in areas • Neighbourhood Planning own if you do not understand basic knowledge presupposed in some of the taught units. of geographical covered by current staff research interests. • The Frozen Planet: Satellites and Climate Change. If your first language is not English, you should also Please note that availability of options may vary This course provides you with the theoretical meet one of the following language requirements: information (GI) foundation and practical skills that are relevant for from year to year. pursuing a career in a GI Science related field. Students whose first language or language of technologies. ASSESSMENT instruction is not English may be asked to provide You will develop an advanced knowledge of and evidence of fluency in English by achieving scores in practical experience in: Assessment is primarily coursework-based and English language tests as follows: • GIS and remote sensing theory and practice includes a variety of project work, essays and • IELTS 6.5 overall, 6.5 in writing, no sub-section • Advanced techniques for GIS development presentations. This enables you to gain a significant below 6.0 amount of hands-on experience of applying GI Science and image processing • TOEFL iBT overall score of 90 with a minimum skills to real world environmental applications. • Spatial analysis score of 22 in writing and 20 in the other You select your remaining four course units from • Computer modelling subsections a wide range of options offered by Geography, • Pearson PTE overall score of 59 with a minimum • Computer mapping Planning and Environmental Management, and the score of 59 in the written section and 51 all other Institute for Development Policy and Management • Scientific communication of analytical results subsections or and their interpretation. (IDPM), all within the School of Environment, Education and Development. These optional • Cambridge CAE or Cambridge CPE grade C (Please course units enable you to tailor the course to your note that the Cambridge First Certificate in English unique interests and can provide the foundation for is not acceptable). dissertation research.

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PREPARE Environmental TAUGHT COURSE APPLICATIONS – HOW TO APPLY FEES AND FUNDING Monitoring, TO MAKE A We advise you to apply early. Your applications should include the following, in either digital or hard Modelling and UK/EU students copy format: DIFFERENCE Reconstruction Typically, prospective postgraduate students will (per annum): MSc apply between ten and twelve months before they • Completed application form £6,500 full-time. intend to take up their place. • At least one reference – preferably academic Overseas students Therefore, although applications for September • Copy of degree certificate for completed bachelor’s degree (per annum): Environmental entry are open until the last week of August, do not £14,500 per annum Governance MSc leave applying to the last minute. • Copy of academic transcript for any academic qualification in progress full-time. It is also important to consider how you will finance • Brief personal statement (maximum 500 words) outlining your your graduate studies at the same time as you make reasons for pursuing the course and what benefits you hope to Part-time fees are Geographical your application. derive from it equivalent to 50% of the Information • Curriculum Vitae. full-time fee, per annum. Science MSc APPLY ONLINE Once your application has been received, our admissions team will contact you. We may ask you to submit additional information, www.manchester.ac.uk/study/masters/ if necessary. admissions/apply Ensure that you enclose all the necessary documents, as the delay Here, you will also find more information on caused in having to seek any missing documents from you might alternative application methods, and will be able adversely prejudice your application. to download the relevant documents. You should provide all documents in the original language. Documents in languages other than English must be accompanied by certified translations into English. If you decide to accept your offer, when you arrive in Manchester you will be required to show to us the original documents which demonstrate your academic qualifications and your English language ability.

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RESEARCH PROGRAMMES

PREPARE PhD in Human Geography at Manchester Geography TO MAKE A has risen to become one of DIFFERENCE PhD in Physical the top tier institutions for Geography its size, with our staff widely recognised for the quality FT: 36 months PT: 72 months of their contributions to the international research community.

30 // Postgraduate Geography www.manchester.ac.ukwww.manchester.ac.uk /geography /planning // 31 32 //Postgraduate Geography HUMAN GEOGRAPHY Kevin Ward. Recognising economic life Bouzarovski, MartinHess, Saska Petrova and Doucette, JamesEvans, BillKutz, Stefan Noel Castree, Federico Cugurullo, Jamie of thisgroup includeErik Swyngedouw, as well asenvironmental change. Members in analysing spatialand temporal unevenness a common commitment to politicaleconomy of Manchester.Members ofthegroup share geography research group attheUniversity research group isthelongest-standing The Geographical PoliticalEconomy OPPORTUNITIES: KEY RESEARCH AREASANDPRIMARY and activistorganisations. government agencies, research institutes policy environments through theirwork in others now shapenationalandinternational North AmericaandtheFarEast, while positions atleadinguniversities inEurope, PhD graduates havebeenappointedto and Progress inHumanGeography. Recent Journal ofUrbanandRegional Research, Geography Compass, Geoforum,International major journalssuchasAntipode,Area, leading research publications, including staff members holdeditorial positionswith world-leading. OurHuman Geography judged to beinternationally-excellent or with anexceptionally highproportion (65%) considered internationally-recognised, exercise 2008,94%ofouroutputswere rankings. IntheUKresearch assessment world bythe2014QSworld university in Manchesterwas ranked 8thinthe reputations for research quality. Geography world-leading academics withverystrong in theworld. You willbesupervisedby best placesto study HumanGeography The University ofManchesterisonethe the UrbanTransformations research groups. are theGeographical PoliticalEconomy and in HumanGeography atManchester.These There are two research groups specialising and urbantechnologies. The group’s and crisis, urbanlandandinfrastructures, change, policymobilities, financialisation political ecology, urbaneconomic andsocial ways ofunderstanding andtheorisingurban group our research develops innovative the Geographical PoliticalEconomy research Ward andHelenWilson.Inclosesynergy with Jayne, ChrisPerkins, Kevin FionaSmyth, Darling, MartinDodge,JamesEvans, Mark Erik Swyngedouw, Saska Petrova, Jonathan Members ofthisgroup includeMariaKaika, across different geographical territories. urbanity andtransform citiesovertimeand political andcultural processes thatproduce and substantiatingempirically thesocio- group focuses ontheorizing critically The and theEuropean Union. the Office fortheDeputy PrimeMinister the RGS-IBG, theRockefeller Foundation, Trust, theNationalScienceFoundation, Social Research Council, theLeverhulme by theBritishAcademy, theEconomic and Economy research group hasbeenfunded The research oftheGeographical Political • Work andemployment. • Nature andresources • Governance • Corporate networks Research areas include: possibilities to whichthey giverise. the social,politicalandenvironmental economic geographies are produced, and examines theconditions underwhichnew interconnected actors, ourresearch corporations, labourand‘nature’ as processes. Conceptualising states, world are integral to economic andsocial space, place,scaleandthebiophysical differentiated system, we focus onhow capitalism asahighly variegatedand as geographically constituted, and UrbanTransformations research Leverhulme Trust. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, andthe DFID, ESRC, European Commission, been supportedbytheBritishAcademy, and climatechange.Ourwork hasalso the builtenvironment, environmental policy, agenda setting work onthelinksbetween collaboration, andpromote highimpact, our networks ofnationalandinternational (Prof. Stefan Bouzarovski) furtherexpands a European Research Council Fellowship Urban Resilience andEnergy, fundedvia of PoliticalEcology. CURE, theCentre for 18 researchers intheinter-disciplinary field the MarieCurieactionofFP7andsupports Turkey andPalestine.ENTITLEisfundedby institutions andNGOs across Europe, Chile, Network whichincludes10other academic Prof. Erik Swyngedouw) anEU-funded Political Ecology (Prof. MariaKaika and ENTITLE, The European Network for group include: in theUrbanTransformations research Our current fundedresearch projects Environmental Governance. contributes teachingto theMSccourse in Ed Soja andNeilSmith.The group also leading academics suchasProfessors as guestlecture’s from someofGeography’s events withtailored PhDworkshops aswell share theirwork, andhostannualacademic interdisciplinary forum where PhDstudents The group alsorunsOpenSpace, an and theGlobalUrbanResearch Centre. critical urbanism(e.g.cities@manchester) the widerUniversity’s strategic initiativeson developed bytheUrbangroup complements and articlesintop journals.The agenda output comprises highly citedmonographs www.manchester.ac.uk /geography //33 There are two research groups specialising KEY RESEARCH AREAS AND PRIMARY Arctic, British Isles, Mediterranean, Himalaya, in Physical Geography. These are OPPORTUNITIES: North America as well as both northern the Environmental Processes and and southern Africa. Research is funded by the Quaternary Environments and The Environmental Processes research various bodies, including the Leverhulme Geoarchaeology research groups. Research group comprises Clive Agnew, Tim Allott, Trust, NERC, the Royal Society and the Royal is done at a variety of timescales, from Gareth Clay, Martin Evans, Claire Goulsbra, Geographical Society. Angela Harris, Sarah Lindley, Julia McMorrow the present day to the Pleistocene ice The group’s expertise spans: ages. Themes include future prediction and James Rothwell. Work includes the and modelling, present-day observation, analysis of environmental processes at a • Quaternary climate change monitoring and modelling, and also range of spatial scales and geographical • Geochronology (OSL, cosmogenic exposure reconstruction of past environments locations, but particularly in upland and dating, U-series, tephrochonology) and environmental changes. You will be urban environments. Fundamental and • Glacial geomorphology and glaciology supervised by world-leading academics with applied research is supported by the very strong reputations for research quality. Research Councils (particularly NERC and • Fluvial geomorphology EPSRC) and a range of government and non- Geography in Manchester was ranked 8th government agencies (DEFRA, DTI, UKCIP, • Dryland environments in the world by the 2014 QS world university Environment Agency, Natural England and • Palaeoecology and palaeoenvironmental rankings. In the UK research assessment Moors for the Future). reconstruction (including a range of exercise 2008, 94% of our outputs were proxies: pollen, chironomids, diatoms and Specialisms include: considered internationally-recognised, geochemical analyses) with an exceptionally high proportion (65%) • Geomorphology and earth system judged to be internationally-excellent or processes • Geoarchaeology. world-leading. • Peatlands and soils Our Physical Geography staff members hold editorial positions with leading research • Geographical information sciences, publications, including major journals including terrain analysis and terrestrial such as Journal of the Geological Society, remote sensing Geoarchaeology and Transactions of the • Hydrology and freshwater environmental Institute of British Geographers and also sciences serve on various panels of the UK Natural • Urban climatology, climate adaptation and Environmental Research Council. urban air pollution. Recent PhD graduates have been appointed The Quaternary Environments and to positions at leading universities Geoarchaeology research group is around the world, while others now work particularly interested in the analysis of the in government agencies and research response of geomorphological systems and institutes as well as conservation ecosystems to global climate change. This organisations. includes the study of glaciers, rivers, lakes, Many graduates have gone on to work in deserts and high mountain terrains as well environmental consultancy in both the as palaeoecology, geochemistry and a range public and private sector. Our graduates also of geochronological applications. We also have a strong track record in the energy and have interests in geoarchaeology. The group mining sector (including renewable energy, comprises Tim Allott, Jason Dortch, Laura oil, gas, aggregates and minerals). Edwards, William Fletcher, Philip Hughes, Christine Lane, Peter Ryan, Abi Stone and Jamie Woodward. This research involves

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY PHYSICAL work throughout the world including in the

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Your completed application should include the WRITING YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL following documents: • Completed application form PhD applications should be accompanied by a research proposal approximately of 1000 – 2000 words, • Two references, one of which should be familiar explaining what you wish to research, how you intend on with your academic work, on headed paper from doing this and why. the institution, signed, dated and stamped Ideally a research proposal should cover and be • Degree certificate for completed Bachelor’s degree structured around the following: • Degree transcript for completed Bachelor’s degree • Thesis title • Degree certificate for completed postgraduate • Literature review - how the proposed research qualification relates to previous research/literature in this field • Degree transcript for completed postgraduate • Argument - justification of your questions or qualification hypotheses as worthy of investigation and main • Research proposal questions or hypotheses to be addressed • Evidence of your English language proficiency, • Method - overview of the proposed research if applicable methodology, sources and types of data, including methods of collection and methods of analysis • A personal statement outlining your reasons for wishing to study on the programme and the • Draft timeframe - main stages in the conduct of APPLYING experience and skills you will bring to your research the proposed research with time allocation • A detailed CV is helpful, but not essential. • References. Please note: It is possible to change the focus of a IDENTIFYING A SUITABLE SUPERVISOR Admission to PhD in our School is highly For applicants whose first language is not English, thesis at a later stage, but it is essential that there competitive. In reaching a decision on applications, evidence of English language proficiency must be is a firm indication of the direction of your research Providing clear details of your research area or we review a number of criteria, including: supplied via a Secure English Language Test (SELT). interests before an offer can be considered. group within your research proposal will make it Our English language proficiency requirements are: • Your academic standing and relevant professional easier for us to identify suitable opportunities for TIME SCALE experience • IELTS 7.0 overall, 7.0 in writing, 6.0 in the other you. Please check our website for relevant research • The relevance and strength of your research subsections or groups to find a potential supervisor and include Research degree projects should also be sufficiently proposal • TOEFL (internet based) 100 overall, 25 in writing, this in section 6 of the application form under limited in scope to be capable of being tackled within • The availability of two appropriate supervisors 22 in the other subsections or ‘proposed programme of study.’ You can apply a reasonable time. While extensions are possible, without identifying a preferred supervisor, but we you should plan to complete in the duration of for PhD programmes. • Pearson Test of English (PTE) 66 overall, 66 recommend that you contact potential supervisors full-time study specified – usually 3 to 4 years in writing, 59 in the other subsections or ENTRY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL for advice on developing your research proposal in depending on your programme. An appropriate and • Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English OF ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION AND advance of submitting your application. Although manageable subject is a prerequisite to successful Grade C or DEVELOPMENT (SEED) guarantees cannot be made, we will do our best to research. • Cambridge Certificate of Advanced English match your area of research to the most suitable WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? In order to apply you are expected to have: Grade A. supervisors within the field. • A First or Upper Second Class Bachelor degree Please note: The Cambridge First Certificate in When you submit your application you will receive (or its international equivalent) English is not acceptable. notification that your application has been received. • A relevant postgraduate qualification, generally Please apply online at the University of Manchester We will contact you to let you know if we require a Master’s degree, with Merit and a minimum website: any further information from you. We aim to average grade of 60% in both the taught modules www.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgraduate- process all applications within 6 weeks of receipt and your dissertation (or international equivalent research/admissions/how-to-apply of a completed application We may be able to make of 60%). a decision on your application in a shorter period of time, for example where you have requested a specific supervisor. We will contact you with a decision as soon as possible.

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