Environmental science field trip to the Marine Station
Our fieldwork programme is taught by a cross-disciplinary team of academics whose world-leading research explores and addresses a range of environmental challenges.  
Students gain experience of hands-on research, investigating critical contemporary challenges of environmental and human impact in a wide variety of environments in the UK and/or overseas.
Field trip locations for the 2022-2023 academic year include Sweden, Greece and a diverse range of environments in the UK. Students will learn about issues including threats to and the importance of peatland, managing environmental risk, marine pollution, the impacts of wild fire, and addressing the climate and biodiversity crises. 
You will have the opportunity to get hands on fieldwork experience and gain professional skills including project design, data collection and analysis, and teamwork skills. 
Our main residential fieldwork takes place just after Easter in the second year of study. Non-residential fieldwork also features in many core and optional modules across all stages, and makes use of the stunning and varied local environments of south west England.
We believe that worthwhile and responsible international travel provides an important context for learning in-situ about different landscapes and environments. Our field trips comply with the British Standard (BS 8848) for educational activities abroad. 
A supplementary cost may apply to some destinations. More details of any additional costs associated.  
Dr Angela Milne 
Environmental Science Programme Leader
Students testing soils in Greece
Students testing soils in Greece
Student sampling in Greece
Student sampling in Greece
Sweden fieldwork
Sweden fieldwork
Students sampling in Sweden
Students sampling in Sweden

Student fieldwork at the University’s Marine Station in Plymouth

Environmental science fieldwork at the Marine Station
Environmental science fieldwork at the Marine Station
Environmental science fieldwork at the Marine Station
Environmental science fieldwork at the Marine Station
Environmental science fieldwork at the Marine Station

Environmental science students monitoring tree health

collecting samples in Drakes Gardens
collecting samples in Drakes Gardens
collecting samples in Drakes Gardens
 
Paul Lunt teaching on Dartmoor
Dr Paul Lunt, a field class on Dartmoor
Wiseman's Wood
Wistman's Wood: Two Bridges, Princetown
Feeding sheep, Slapton field trip October 19
Feeding sheep: Slapton
River Dart



Slapton field trip October 19
River Dart, Devon