National School of Forestry
Welcome to the National School of Forestry
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The National School of Forestry, is located on the Newton Rigg Campus|, near Penrith| and on the northern edge of the Lake District National Park. Cumbria is our classroom|.
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Our academic staff| deliver courses| at Foundation, BSc and MSc degree level with full-time, part-time and distance learning options. Short courses| are also available. Each of our courses is designed to provide a diverse range of national and international students with the skills to enable them to contribute to the future sustainable management of our forests in their future forestry careers.
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We mix academically challenging coursework with an extensive range of practicals (often using the woods on our Newton Rigg estate or our other sites).To catch up with all our latest news read the National School of Forestry blog|.
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An overview of our provision in the National School of Forestry and Centre for Wildlife Conservation can be found at the following links:
NSF Course Overview|
CWC Course Overview |
Congratulations to our second year students who between them have obtained half of all the placement year opportunities offered by the Forestry Commission in 2009.
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Our staff also undertake research| into the economic, environmental and social aspects of forest ecosystem management.
Click here to find out what our students say|
Six reasons to study forestry courses at the University of Cumbria:
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Our students have a very high success rate in finding employment. Our alumni are spread across the forest industry.
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We completely revised our forestry programmes in 2007.
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Our courses are cutting edge.
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You benefit from individual attention in small classes and tutorials.
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Our staff come from a wide range of forestry backgrounds.
They have worked in the UK and overseas.
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We have full-time, part-time and distance-learning courses, allowing you flexibility in your learning.Our campus is small and friendly, has some great learning facilities, extensive woodlands and trials and is very close to the Lake District National Park and to forests in Northern England.
Further Information
Assignment Submission Procedures
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Extenuating Circumstances Procedures|
Claiming for extenuating circumstances|
The Extenuating Circumstances Panel meets on the following dates to consider applications:
19/10/2009
02/12/2009
01/02/2010
24/05/2010
21/06/2010
07/10/2010
Minutes of staff / student consultation meetings are available upon request, in writing, from the School office.|