Master of Science [M.Sc] [Primate Conservation - Lemurs and Nocturnal Primates] From Oxford Brookes University

For decades, Oxford Brookes University has been a world leader in the study of lemurs and nocturnal primates, and this pathway allows students to take advantage of this expertise. The MSc allows students to choose modules relating to the challenges and research opportunities revolving around Lemurs and Nocturnal Primates, including a tailored module to meet the studentÕs interests. The innovative and varied coursework provides students with direct training to work in conservation or ecology as a practitioner, advocate or academic. The MSc allows individuals working with night monkeys, lemurs, lorises and tarsiers to gain a focus on this evolutionarily important and highly threatened group of primates by completing an original piece of research.

Whether working in the lab, with local conservation or ecology groups (including zoos and NGOs), or in the field, you will find yourself in a collaborative and supportive environment, working with international scholars in primatology, biological anthropology and conservation biology and gaining first-hand experience to research on lemurs and nocturnal primates, and where relevant, to enact positive change.

This unique postgraduate programme trains new generations of conservation biologists, anthropologists, animal welfare specialists, captive care givers and educators concerned with the serious plight of non-human primates who seek practical solutions to their continuing survival. It provides the skills, knowledge and confidence to enable you to contribute to arresting and reversing the current devastating destruction of our tropical forests and the loss of the species that live in them.

You will be joining a supportive global network of former students working across all areas of conservation in organisations from the BBC Natural History Unit through to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and in roles from keeper and education officer in zoos across the UK and North America to paid researchers at institutes of higher education. Many of our students have even gone on to run their own conservation-related NGOs.