Are you eager to enhance your skills and knowledge in conservation research and education, while developing leadership capacity? Join our customised 8-week online training course for conservationists, offering experiential learning for digital platforms.
In 2022, UNM conducted the first “Leadership in Wildlife Conservation” online course. Our serious games were transformed into digital versions in which participants collaborate to tackle real-world scenarios in a virtual adventure world. Many of them reviewed that the training increased their confidence in becoming leaders in their profession.
Over 200 participants from 20 different countries in Asia and Africa have graduated from the Leadership in Wildlife Conservation Course since 2014, while 170 conservationists have benefitted from the online version.
Taking successful elements from that course, our Leadership in Environmental Education and Conservation Course is curated for aspiring environmental leaders to learn valuable strategies for engaging communities, creating effective educational programs, and implementing successful conservation initiatives.
Cedric K.W. Tan
Assistant Professor in Conservation Education, University of Nottingham
Cedric has been the director of WildCRU’s Wildlife Conservation Courses from 2016-2020 and joined WildCRU after completing a postdoctoral research position and DPhil in Zoology at the Edward Grey Institute of Ornithology, University of Oxford. He is passionate about effective evidence-based applied ecology and education and has directed training courses in Southeast Asia, Africa, and China, nurturing future leaders in conservation.
PhD candidate, University of Nottingham Malaysia; Co-tutor of WildCRU’s Wildlife Conservation Courses 2018-2020
This course is open to early- to mid-career conservationists based in Asia, Africa and European Union.
Programme duration: 8 weeks beginning end of Sept 2023
Programme fee: MYR4,240/participant (fees inclusive 6% SST)
Early bird special: 10% off for applications submitted before 31 Aug 2023
Participant Prerequisite: At least a Diploma in any subject
Registration deadline: 11 Sept 2023
Programme breakdown:
To know more about the programme and its eligibility requirements, drop an email to Cedric Tan at cedric.tan@nottingham.edu.my.
Apply nowThe Programme will cover the following topics:
Upon course completion, you should be able to:
Open to limited seats only.
Apply nowThe best feature of the course is its gamified approach, it’s an avenue for us to express our creativity, competitiveness and teamwork while developing our technical knowledge.
Wildlife Conservation Course 2018 Participant
“I am grateful to Dr Cedric Tan for offering this course, it inspired me to incorporate games into my current environmental educations programmes. The teaching is engaging and relevant and the mind mapping outlines ways to raise awareness about conservation issues.
Founder and Head of Langur Project Penang
WCC 2018 was one of the most enjoyable experience of my academic year, I especially enjoyed the module on communicating research and environmental policymaking, overall, the course is fun and inspiring.
Wildlife Conservation Course 2018 Participant
Ultimately, the metrics of success is the journey you will take after the course to provide solutions to tackle environmental issues and to enrich the lives of the communities through your conservation project.
Biodiversity and Sustainable Landscape Specialist from Phillipines
