Course Overview
The world is facing increasing environmental threats which are posing severe scientific, social and economic challenges to the human race. These challenges include: the depletion of natural resources, the loss of diversity and the need to develop new forms of energy generation whilst efficiently utilising existing energy sources.
About the course
Tackling these environmental problems and establishing a sustainable environment requires the adoption of appropriate policies and managerial strategies. The interdisciplinary nature of this postgraduate course provides a broad understanding of these 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.
Download a copy of our latest course brochure here: MScESGT Brochure.
Keele University Sustainability Hub
Keele University’s campus has unrivalled potential to form a unique hub for research, development and demonstration of a range of environmental and sustainable technologies.
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 & 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 to take a look around the Sustainability Hub and/or have an informal chat about the course, please send an email to Karen Babb, the course administrator, on k.a.babb@keele.ac.uk.
Dr Sharon George, Course Director
(Watch a video introduction from Dr Sharon George here)
Course Director Dr Sharon George speaks to CNN about UK plans to minimise plastic waste
"The design of the entire course, not just the content taught in the classroom, has been very helpful for my work."
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"Without doing the MSc ESGT I simply would not have achieved the studentship position. Not only did it give me a qualification in a higher tier of education, it gave me academic confidence, a more specialised knowledge and skill set, as well as a more rounded and wider scoped understanding of what sustainability means and how it can be achieved. I still use the skills developed on the course now and I expect they will make up the foundation of whatever skills I go onto develop from here."
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"Every bit of information you get on the MSc ESGT course comes in handy sooner or later; join or read of environmental discussions as much as you can…..the first question I was asked at my interview was on an environmental issue I read on the MSc ESGT’s Facebook page two days earlier!"
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"The MSc ESGT provided me with knowledge and understanding on key fields such as international environmental law, environmental diplomacy, sustainable technologies, research and project management. In the organizations I have worked in, I found these to be the most applicable fields mainly due to the changes Kenya is undergoing as a country and Africa as a continent."
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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."
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"The MSc ESGT taught me what I was capable of. It also taught me that working really hard on something you’re passionate about pays off. "
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"The course is multi disciplinary covering various issues on the environment and politics with an aim of achieving Sustainable Development."
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"MSc Environmental Sustainability & Green Technology"
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"I found the multi- disciplinary nature of the MSc ESGT was particularly useful when job hunting, because the wide variety of topics that I had studied qualified me to apply for quite a wide variety of jobs."
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"As well as providing an environment to learn about technology and aspects of policy, the course also allowed me to develop skills that are applicable to my role today."
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"The skills I learned for technical writing were invaluable. I also learned a lot of environmental concepts that gave me a well-rounded understanding of where the field is going."
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"One of the most useful aspects of the ESGT was that it opened opportunities in disciplines I would not have been able to go into had I not taken the course. "
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"Understanding the social side of environmental science is essential for sustainability due to the underlying political nature of environmental issues. This MSc offered the whole package. The course equipped me with the basic research skills required to move on to more advanced study. It also gave me the opportunity to find a research area which was right for me. "
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"The technical knowledge gained on the course is useful on a general basis. But more importantly was the knowledge gained through running your own project (thesis) and the lessons learnt in that such as problem solving, organisation and time management. "
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"The mix of modules provided me with an opportunity to learn about sustainability and clean technology from a variety of perspectives. It provided me with knowledge of the technologies available as well as the political and social elements involved in environmental decision making. I have a greater understanding of the complexities involved in achieving sustainability and deploying green technologies."
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"The Environmental Sustainability and Green Technology MSc provided flexibility to pursue my environmental interest in ecology, with expert support, teaching and direction from experienced lecturers and tutors, whilst providing the core knowledge necessary in to progress into the job market with confidence and ability."
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"On the MSc ESGT course I learned about the environmental considerations that are increasingly important in our everyday lives, and how technology can be used to reduce the human impact. It also highlighted the extensive regulatory systems that are in place in the UK which is the root cause of much of my work."
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"The MSc provided me with a foundation of knowledge about various energy technologies, and the social issues associated with these technologies. This facilitated my particular interest in the nuclear industry, which my MSc dissertation was based upon. "
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