Detailed Description
This exciting 2-week field course opportunity enables Keele students to witness at first hand the challenges facing tropical systems and how humans are impacting on sensitive ecological niches. You will gain training in the importance of biodiversity in the tropics from experts in the field, as well as experience of international travel and of other cultures. The field course is hosted by the University of Sains, Penang, Malaysia (USM), whose expertise in a range of aspects of tropical biosciences, ecology and conservation will ensure that you gain cutting edge knowledge in the field.
The course is a final year module LSC-30066 comprising three assessments, i.e., a presentation, a field notebook and a report on a research project carried out whilst in Malaysia.
Deposit payment is refundable upon request but only to a certain time point - commonly until 1st of June depending when staff starts arranging hotels etc for students plus do other arrangements required to deliver the field course accounting for the number of students who accepted the place on the course and paid the deposit. After this time the deposit will become non-refundable because it will be most probably used for the organisation of the field course.
After the deposit payment (£100), you can pay the remaining monies (£970, the total default course fee is £1070 as mentioned in our course presentations, but individual adjustments for extras could be applied) in one lump sum prior to departure or in parts (eg 3 instalments - commonly June, Oct and Dec but if you struggle it could be amended on the individual basis if you discuss it with us). We will arrange payment pages/link in due course and send around). We will send you separate communications.
If you wonder what is covered by the field course fee: it includes hotel in the 1st week (commonly U Hotel at Penang), CEMACS accommodation during the 2nd week, full catering at CEMACS, transportation, USM staff and drivers costs during the course, admission / ticket costs for daily trips and USM admin charges.
