Training Directory Administrative and Office Skills Short Courses
This includes areas such as software training, eg GIS; guide to Planning; contract management skills; budgeting, wildlife legislation, fundraising techniques but not basic skills training (literacy and numeracy etc.).
08/06/2023 Social Media Training 1 Day
Online - Zoom, Talk Action 0203 488 7010 training@talkaction.org c-js.info/3tt8aVt
An introduction to creating great content! This session will challenge, inspire, and enthuse you to take action and go social. An interactive course that will help you understand the landscape of social media and plan an approach that empowers and excites the people you want to engage.
Cost £199+
13/06/2023 ArcGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/44x2ZFx
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
23/06/2023 UK Habitat Classification (online) 0.5 Day
Online, The Species Recovery Trust 01722 322539 bookings@speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk c-js.info/3SoX2oq
An online course giving participants an overview of the UK Habitat Classification system, and how best to carry out surveys with it
Cost £80
26/06/2023 QGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
28/06/2023 Mapinfo Intermediate Training - 2 sessions 2 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3Vv57ti
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
03/07/2023 What is QGIS? (Online)
Online, Field Studies Council biodiversity@field-studies-council.org c-js.info/3G53yN9
This introductory online QGIS course will introduce GIS and how it works, as well as an introduction to QGIS as an open software option. This is a 2-week course with live webinars.
Cost £35
04/07/2023 MapInfo Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3Vv57ti
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
10/07/2023 Discovering iRecord (Online)
Online, Field Studies Council biodiversity@field-studies-council.org c-js.info/3EBprRP
This course will introduce learners to biological recording, grid references, data flow and verification. It will give those new to iRecord (or those existing users that struggle with the platform) an introduction to the features of the platform and instil them with confidence when using iRecord to submit biological records.
Cost £60
10/07/2023 QGIS Intermediate Training - 2 sessions 2 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
12/07/2023 Developing Nature Writing (Online)
Online, Field Studies Council biodiversity@field-studies-council.org c-js.info/3ic63Dt
During this beginner course, you will build on your skills within nature writing and learn some practices and techniques, allowing you to develop as a writer, as you take inspiration from nature, art, and philosophy to hone your craft. This is a 4-week course with live webinars.
Cost £60
17/07/2023 QGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
18/07/2023 ArcGIS Intermediate Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/44x2ZFx
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
18/07/2023 Best Practice Stakeholder Participation 3 Days
Wye, Kent, Dialogue Matters 01233 813875 training@dialoguematters.co.uk c-js.info/2rIpObB
Dialogue Matters share over 20-years worth of experience and bring you up to speed on the cutting-edge methods and techniques for delivering best practice stakeholder participation in an environmental context. For more information and to book your place, download the flyer and booking form here: https://dialoguematters.co.uk/online-booking/
07/08/2023 QGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
10/08/2023 MapInfo Intermediate Training - 2 sessions 2 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3Vv57ti
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
15/08/2023 ArcGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/44x2ZFx
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
21/08/2023 QGIS Intermediate Training - 2 sessions 2 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
21/08/2023 Writing Successful Funding Applications 1 Day
Stirling, TCV Scotland 01788479697 scotland@tcv.org.uk c-js.info/3N9djNl
This one day course aims to help you turn your project ideas into effective funding applications. It will introduce beginners to the basics of fundraising and help those who are more experienced with further advice, support and inspiration.
Cost £55
23/08/2023 MapInfo Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3Vv57ti
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
01/09/2023 Ozone and Tropical Agriculture 1 Day
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/3sF3bl1
This online course introduces the threat posed by ground-level ozone pollution to tropical agriculture. You will get the knowledge, skills & confidence to identify when & where ozone is likely to pose a threat to tropical crops. You will gain the skills to identify ozone damage in tropical crop species.
01/09/2023 Climate data analysis with python 1 Day
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/3RRxizx
This on-demand course has 11 sessions with 6 exercises and 14 videos. It is an introductory level course to help you plot, manipulate and analyse NetCDF climate data using python. The course focuses on gridded climate model outputs. You can easily extend the concepts and techniques taught to other forms of NetCDF data (e.g. observations). Requirements: The total learning time is approximately one day.
01/09/2023 Evidence Synthesis (on-demand) 1 Day
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/39vYMKs
This self-paced on-demand ONLINE course gives you the knowledge, skills and confidence to carry out an Evidence Review Synthesis for an area of natural environment research. You will gain & improve skills in undertaking an evidence review. The training involves a min-QSR exercise, developing review questions & undertaking a review.
05/09/2023 QGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
06/09/2023 ArcGIS Intermediate Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/44x2ZFx
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
07/09/2023 Discovering QGIS (Online) 1 Day
Online, Field Studies Council biodiversity@field-studies-council.org c-js.info/3WQZcPt
In this course, we discover the basics of using QGIS in the context of environmental information. This course will take you through each step at an easy and accessible pace.
Cost £75
19/09/2023 Mapinfo Intermediate Training - 2 sessions 2 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3Vv57ti
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
27/09/2023 Water requirements of freshwater ecosystems 2 Days
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/3LhWP4H
Aquatic ecosystems are increasingly recognised as legitimate water users as they provide essential ecosystem services and support our quality of life. But how much water do they need? Through a mix of lectures and practical exercises, this one-day course will equip you with knowledge, tools and experience to assess the water requirements of freshwater ecosystems and understand the implications for water resources and flood management.
10/10/2023 QGIS Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
11/10/2023 Using drones to map habitats 2 Days
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/2v4TOwp
This two-day interactive online course gives you skills in taking images collected from a UAV platform, processing images into a scene for image processing, generating classified images. You will learn steps to produce high quality and accurate maps for mapping vegetation and land forms.
16/10/2023 QGIS Intermediate Training - 2 sessions 2 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3n4mhRJ
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
18/10/2023 MapInfo Foundation Training - 4 sessions 3 Days
Virtual Training, Idox formerly exeGesIS 03330146855 carol.bateman@idoxgroup.com c-js.info/3Vv57ti
Ideal for Environmental & Ecological Professionals
31/10/2023 Hydrometry: River Discharge Monitoring using ADCPs 4 Days
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/3vtMdVa
This practical live and interactive training is for new starters and moderately experienced ADCP users. It introduces you to how ADCP instruments work. You will learn how to collect river discharge measurements (Teledyne and Sontek). You will process and validate data. You will learn how to trouble-shoot problem data files.
07/11/2023 Managing Your Scientific Code: Version Control for Researchers 2 Days
Online, The Marine Biological Association 01752 426493 events@mba.ac.uk c-js.info/424FGBl
The course is designed to get researchers started with version control (GitHub & GitKraken Client), demonstrate how to collaborate effectively as well as introduce version control best practices, as practised by research software engineering teams. This course is approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD.
Cost £235 Full price; 210 Member price; 149 Student Member price
11/11/2023 The Art of Rewilding Guiding / Guide Training 6 Days
Glen Feshie, Cairngorms, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture stef@scotlandbigpicture.com c-js.info/3HDsD1N
The scale and success of rewilding relies on changing the way we relate to the landscapes we live in, and the species that share our space. Enabling such a shift in mindset rests with the ability to bring rewilding to life and make it relevant to people’s everyday experiences.
Cost £1195
18/11/2023 The Art of Rewilding Storytelling / Communications Training 6 Days
Glen Feshie, Cairngorms, SCOTLAND: The Big Picture stef@scotlandbigpicture.com c-js.info/416OZiO
Rewilding relies on changing the way we perceive and relate to the landscapes we live in, and the species that share our space. This course will explore the social and cultural barriers to rewilding, and the techniques to effectively communicate the complex messages associated with the restoration of living systems.
Cost £1195
20/11/2023 UK Wildlife & The Law (online) 0.5 Day
Online, The Species Recovery Trust 01722 322539 bookings@speciesrecoverytrust.org.uk c-js.info/3SoX2oq
A half-day online course getting participants to grips with UK Wildlife legislation and policy.
Cost £45
23/01/2024 Introduction to programming in R 3 Days
Online, The Marine Biological Association 01752 426493 events@mba.ac.uk c-js.info/3LUaW0g
In this course, we'll start with the basics of working in R including iteration, writing functions and controlling execution flow. We'll then dive into using R for data analysis, focusing on data wrangling. This course is approved by the Royal Society of Biology for purposes of CPD.
Cost £475 full price; 420 Member price; 325 Student Member price
08/07/2024 Freshwater Phytoplankton Identification 4 Days
Wallingford, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/40NnyLi
Over 5 days - 4 days learning from Monday lunchtime to Friday lunchtime. By the end of this four-day interactive course, you will have experience with various methods for sampling and analysing freshwater algae, and have acquired practice and knowledge about microscopic identification.
18/09/2024 Ammonia as an Air pollutant (introduction) 1 Day
Edinburgh, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/2Tqn0LJ
This 2-day interactive course (over three days) is an introduction to ammonia as an air pollutant and its role in air quality impacts. The course will cover an overview of the sources and effects of ammonia pollution, air quality policies and legislations targeted at reducing emissions and impacts of ammonia. The course will also explain how ammonia is measured and how to link concentrations to effects in local assessments.
Various Beginners Ecological Report Writing
Online, Ochil Ecological Training 07805705415 ochiltrainingenterprises@outlook.com c-js.info/3czgXk1
Ecological Beginners Report Training Join us to learn how to write environmental reports focusing on Preliminary Roost Assessments and Preliminary Ecological assessments. Learn how to analyse your survey data and how to write a consultant report with practical examples. Please drop a message to our email for further details.
Cost £50
Various Ecological Foundation Course
Online, Ochil Ecological Training 07805705415 ochiltrainingenterprises@outlook.com c-js.info/3czgXk1
Ecological Foundation Course Want a comprehensive course to get a head start at an environmental career. Our course covers species ID, legislation, mitigation and job application assistance. We have helped several ecologists get a head start at their careers. Please drop a message to our email for further details. Funding available.
Cost £300
Various Evidence Synthesis (on-demand) 1 Day
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/2eKgKwG
This self-paced on-demand ONLINE course gives you the knowledge, skills and confidence to carry out an Evidence Review Synthesis for an area of natural environment research. You will gain & improve skills in undertaking an evidence review. The training involves a min-QSR exercise, developing review questions & undertaking a review.
Various Using drones to map habitats 2 Days
Online, UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology 01491 69 2225 UKCEHtraining@ceh.ac.uk c-js.info/38uo5sF
This self-paced on-demand ONLINE course will give you the skills to take images from a UAV platform, process them and generate classified images. It will teach you the steps to produce high quality and accurate maps of vegetation and landforms. You will do exercises practising and consolidating your learning.
Various An Introduction to Wildlife Legislation and Planning Policy in the UK
Nationwide, Ecology Academy 01453 367450 hello@ecologyacademy.co.uk c-js.info/3TjAc1R
An introduction to International, European and domestic (UK) wildlife legislation and an overview of planning policy in the UK.
Cost £39
Various Ecology Essentials (An Introduction to Wildlife Legislation and Planning Policy in the UK & Report Writing for Beginners)
Nationwide, Ecology Academy 01453 367450 hello@ecologyacademy.co.uk c-js.info/3QOOgOZ
Two of our most popular beginner courses that will help provide a foundation to becoming an ecological consultant. Wildlife legislation and planning is the bedrock for why we provide services, whilst report writing is the end product.
Cost £65
Various Ecology Fundamentals (Bat Roost Survey Fundamentals & Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Fundamentals)
Nationwide, Ecology Academy 01453 367450 hello@ecologyacademy.co.uk c-js.info/3RaXRzv
Our two top courses sold as a package to give you better value for money. Our preliminary ecological appraisal and bat roost assessment fundamental courses will provide you with a solid understanding of how to undertake ecological assessments.
Cost £140
Various Introduction to QGIS for Ecologists
Nationwide, Ecology Academy 01453 367450 hello@ecologyacademy.co.uk c-js.info/3TkUCr1
This course is designed for anyone needing to produce habitat maps using GIS. After taking this course you will be able to produce a variety of maps and analyse data, to help you write accurate, evidence based ecological reports.
Cost £180
Various Preliminary Ecological Appraisal Fundamentals
Nationwide, Ecology Academy 01453 367450 hello@ecologyacademy.co.uk c-js.info/3ThPQKP
Learn about the methodologies used in this rapid ecological assessment. With the acquired knowledge you will be able to prepare for and undertake an ecological appraisal and recognise ecological constraints and opportunities for a site.
Cost £86
Various Report Writing for Beginners
Nationwide, Ecology Academy 01453 367450 hello@ecologyacademy.co.uk c-js.info/3Ttv0IT
This mini course is for those who are new to, or unsure of, the role of the ecological report and need guidance on what makes a great, good or bad report. This course also offers a live Q&A feature so that assisance from the trainer is on hand.
Cost £39
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