Course Overview
This IEMA accredited interdisciplinary postgraduate course is for students from any undergraduate degree discipline and provides a broad understanding of environmental problems whilst embedding the appropriate specialist scientific, managerial and generic skills for a career in the environmental sustainability sector.
The course incorporates Keele University’s internationally recognised expertise in research and teaching on environmental issues. It is taught by a team of environmental specialists working in the fields of environmental technologies, biological sciences, chemical science, project management, and environmental policy and politics.
About the course
***As part of the SEND project at Keele University, there is an exciting opportunity to undertake a paid three-month project and is suitable for prospective students studying for an MSc during 2020. This opportunity is open to both UK and International students. Further information can be found below.***
Overview
The MSc in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology is designed to provide an interdisciplinary understanding of environmental challenges whilst giving you the opportunity to specialise in several sustainability themes related to geosciences, energy generation, ecology, green information technology, environmental policy and politics, and project management.
As a student on the course you’ll gain
- An understanding of knowledge in the areas of science, technology, policy and green political theory relevant to environmental sustainability
- Experience in analytical and computer techniques to equip you with the skills to contribute to the solving of environmental challenges
- A conceptual understanding to critically evaluate current research and advance scholarship in environmental sustainability
- A comprehensive understanding of experimental design, planning and scientific techniques within your research project
- Problem-solving and team-working skills relevant to the implementation of sustainable technologies and policies.
Your Research Project
Your research project is the time for you to focus on your own interests and to develop and expand your knowledge in areas that will help with your future career. You could have the opportunity to collaborate with an external organisation and work with them on a real life issue, giving you valuable experience and something really interesting to talk about at interview! Recently, the students organized their own incredibly successful Masters Research Conference to showcase their work and to network with potential employers, attended by project supervisors, external collaborators and other businesses. Students have written theses on diverse topics from nuclear energy development to community education.
KRISP Placements
Some of our students from the programme have collaborated and provided their expertise to local businesses as part of the Keele Research and Innovation Support Programme (KRISP). Click the links below to find out more about the types of projects our students have been involved with.
SEND Project
As part of the SEND project at Keele University, this is an exciting opportunity to undertake a paid three-month project and is suitable for prospective students studying for an MSc during 2020. This opportunity is open to both UK and International students, and there are three paid opportunities available.
This fixed term employment is open to students on the MSc Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology course starting in October 2019, working with a local Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) based in Staffordshire on a project related to smart energy and/or sustainability running from March 2020. Salary will be up to £8,000 for the three-month project.This will give the successful candidate(s) the opportunity to gain valuable experience in a rapidly growing field alongside studying for your MSc. If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to learn more, please contact to arrange an informal discussion: Dr Sharon George (MSc Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology Course Director)
About the SEND Project
A European first, this world-class demonstrator facility for smart energy research and development will enable the testing and evaluation of new and evolving energy technologies. Working collaboratively with local partner companies, the programme will provide the opportunity to assess the efficiency of these new technologies in terms of energy reduction, cost and CO 2 emissions.
The Smart Energy Network Demonstrator project (ref 32R16P00706) is part-funded through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of the England 2014 to 2020 European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) Growth Programme. It is also part-funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
For information on current SEND projects, please see the SEND Projects Tab.
Teaching facilities
The Keele Sustainability Hub site contains both academic buildings and buildings for technological companies. Renewable energy sources are integrated into these buildings, incorporating:
- Solar thermal
- Solar PV
- Climate control and underfloor heating
- Smart lighting systems
- Rainwater harvesting
- Ground source heat
- Bio-fuel woodchip burner
- Wind turbine
The main focus of the site is the specialist Hub for Sustainability building. The Sustainability Hub acts as a focus for the research into, teaching of, and management of sustainability and green technology that takes place at Keele University. It’s a means to bring all these different activities together and then to communicate the innovations and implications out to the rest of campus, schools, businesses and the wider community.
As a student on the MSc in Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology programme a lot of your teaching will take place at the Hub, and you’ll have direct access to these environmental developments first hand. The students use the Hub and its facilities as their base - a place to meet and to study - during their year at Keele.
For more information on the Keele Hub and Keele’s energy plans see here.
If you’d like an informal chat about the course, please send an email to Jamie Pringle, Senior Lecturer in Engineering & Environmental Geosciences.
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Grid Edge Estates are a sustainable property development company using modern methods of construction and renewable energy sources, developing affordable smart homes that strive towards being carbon neutral. The mission of 'Positive Energy Homes' is to prove that the homes of the future can be delivered with zero bills and not only this, that home owners (or housing managers) can generate income from the excess energy produced from each home as an individual 'power plant'. We will use sustainable off site modern methods of construction, i.e. Modular Homes, to achieve this.
This project will help to develop our renewable energy packages and will include examining the energy produced from Solar Tiles per home (& potentially Wind) throughout the year firstly on a typical home then site wide development, and to map how this can be stored during off peak periods in batteries and deployed during peak periods. It will also examine the income generated for the homeowner or development manager from the excess energy using integrated optimisation software to manage smart storage and deployment and look into how this can be traded on the Micro Grid on site between homeowners (AI and Block chain potentially required).
"Keele focuses greatly on interdisciplinary approaches to research, and the MSc is no different in this regard. I have used these interdisciplinary research skills to explore two distinct topic areas, which requires the “out-of-the-box” thinking that this MSc instilled in me"
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"Since I started the course in January, I had to integrate into the group of students who had started in September. The most valuable things I’ve learned in Keele are independence and how to cooperate positively with others. These skills also help me a lot now when I am doing my job."
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"Build relationships, get involved, participate in events, get to know and understand what is happening around the globe. Good grades can only take you so far!"
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