Our new course in Wildlife Conservation will provide you with the skills and knowledge you need to understand complex issues associated with conserving endangered species and ecosystems. This course covers the many aspects of Wildlife Conservation including:
- Why wildlife conservation is important
- Threatening processes such as habitat fragmentation and degradation, pollution, climate change, invasive species and genetic isolation
- The process of recovering threatened species
- Habitat Conservation - Understanding how species use habitat and how this directs habitat conservation planning
- Surveying for endangered species - flora surveys and fauna surveys
- Conservation of marine species and ecosystems
- Planning for wildlife on farms and in urban areas
- The importance of GIS (Geospatial Information Systems) to the conservation of threatened species
- Managing threatened wildlife populations
Click here to read more about the course.

Graduate News: ACS would like to congratulate the following students:

Lars Karlsson – Advanced Certificate in Counselling
Marzena Kucharska – Certificate in Nutritional Counselling

We wish you all the best for the future.

Dennis Ting left his life as a Business Analyst behind, and recently completed a Certificate in Garden Design. His perspective on ACS study vs. university is interesting, as well as his reasons for being drawn to the creative field of Garden Design. Click here to read his profile story.

We would like to pass on our congratulations to UK based tutor Anna Sylvester who was recently married.
Anna graduated with a degree in Human Biology from Loughborough University and then went on to complete an MSc in Equine Science at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and this is where her speciality lies. She has since spent time in managerial, research and lecturing positions within the equine field.

As well as our ACS Distance Education general group (click here to see), we have another two groups:
ACS Distance Education Media Group (Click here to view)
and
ACS Distance Education Horticulture Group (Click here to view)

We have developed a new Animal Courses Page on www.acsedu.co.uk that is a useful directory to all of our Animal Courses. Please click here to view.

ACS student Victoria Kruse has just completed Marine Studies 1, and ACS has published some of her work in the Student E-Zine. Pictured to the right is Victoria diving with a Manta Ray in the Maldives.

Click here to read the full article.