Key facts
| Types | Online and Distance Learning
Professional Development
Short Courses
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| Location | Online |
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| Dates | Fri 22 Mar to Fri 26 Apr 2013 |
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| Subject area(s) | Ecology
Environmental Sciences
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| Fees | From Ģ375.00 |
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| Application status | In progress - closed to new applications |
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| Course code | O12C065D2Y |
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| Course contact | If you have any questions about this course, please email est@conted.ox.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1865 286952. |
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Overview
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Field Techniques for surveying Fish and Amphibians is a short,
stand-alone training course which is taught entirely online. It
can be taken from anywhere in the world and is international in
its use of case studies. It will appeal to a variety of
students and practitioners in conservation and management who
want to improve their ability to conduct surveys.
This course can be taken with academic credit (assignment of up
to 2,000 words) or without academic credit. This page relates
to taking the course WITHOUT CREDIT. For information about
taking this course with academic credit, please click
here.
Description
Each topic is covered via guided reading, online activities,
and discussion forums. All the reading material is embedded
into the course, but students additionally have access to the
University's electronic resources and online journals, which
they are expected to use for some of the activities.
Participants are expected to study on, and contribute to, the
course for around 10-15 hours per week. There is a suggested
calendar of activity which students can use to assist them in
completing the course within the allocated five week duration
of the course.
Field Techniques for Surveying Fish and Amphibians is part of
the new
Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques.
Minimum IT Requirements
Please note that this course is taken online; to participate in
our online courses we recommended a
minimum computer specification.
Programme details
Topics covered by the course in Field Techniques for Surveying
Fish & Amphibians include:
- Introduction to fish
- Planning a fish survey?
- Protocols, sampling & data
- Fish survey methods 1: Observations
- Fish survey methods 2: Netting & trapping
- Fish survey methods 3: Electrofishing, hook & line,
& egg estimates
- Introduction to amphibians
- Amphibian survey: Planning & protocols
- Amphibian survey methods 1: Observations
- Amphibian survey methods 2: Netting & trapping
Staff
Dr Jocelyne Hughes
Role: Director
Biography
I am Programme Director in Ecological Survey Techniques. Since 1998, I have been a Departmental Lecturer in the Department
...more for Continuing Education responsible for directing a portfolio of environmental courses. Previously I was a college lecturer at St. Catherine's College, University of Oxford, a research fellow at University College London, and I have held University Lectureships at the University of Reading (1990-98) and the University of Melbourne, Australia (1987-89).
I am a Trustee of the Oxfordshire Nature Conservation Forum; member of the Institute of British Geographers and the British Ecological Society; Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society; member of the Commonwealth Scholars alumni network; organiser of my local Wildlife Conservation Group working with volunteers to carry out wildlife conservation projects.
Contact details
Telephone: +44 (0)1865 286948
Email: jocelyne.hughes@conted.ox.ac.uk
Teaching
I direct the Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques; previously I directed the two OUDCE Undergraduate Diplomas in Environmental Conservation; and I have organised and developed a variety of short courses for professionals and the general public in the Environmental Sciences and Biology, including the annual Oxford Energy Futures conference.
I teach and supervise on a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the University of Oxford, including the MSc in Water Science, Policy & Management in the School of Geography & the Environment, and the Postgraduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice in the Department of Zoology (WildCRU). I am an external examiner at the Open University.
Research interests
My research focuses on the ecology, hydrology and management of wetlands. I have a particular interest in the ecological importance of microflow environments provided by aquatic plants in rivers and wetlands; water and nutrient cycling in wetlands; wetland vegetation dynamics; constructed wetlands.
Currently I carry out field research and monitoring into plant-water relationships at Marley Fen in Wytham Woods, Oxfordshire. I have carried out field work in a diversity of wetland habitats in Tunisia, Australia, Antarctica, Guatemala and the UK. I am a research associate at the School of Geography & the Environment at Oxford.
Publications
Selected Publications:
Zhong, S & Hughes, JMR 2002 Laboratory flume studies of microflow environments of aquatic plants Hydrological Processes 16, 3279-3289
Zhong, S & Hughes JMR 2001 Turbulent structure of open-channel flow over aquatic plants: a laboratory flume study. In (ed LI Guifen) Proceedings of the 29th International Association of Hydraulic Engineering & Research, Beijing
Hughes, JMR & Heathwaite, AL (eds) 1995 Hydrology & Hydrochemistry of British Wetlands , John Wiley & Sons, Chichester. 486pp
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Dr Jon Shrives
Role: Tutor
Born and raised on the island of Jersey, Jon first became interested in marine ecology picking through the local rock pools with his grandfather
...more at low tide. As a teenager, Jon learnt to SCUBA dive in the local bays and coves, and became fascinated with exploring the underwater world. Whilst studying for his undergraduate degree at the University of Southampton, he was bitten by the field work bug, studying fish on the idyllic coral reefs of Indonesia. After university, he then went on to work for several NGOs and ecotourism companies, first as a dive instructor and then later as a lecturer, senior scientist and ultimately an expedition leader in Indonesia, Honduras and Oman.
Jon returned to academia to study for his D.Phil at the University of Oxford, splitting his time between the UK and the coral reefs of Honduras. Whilst at Oxford, Jon supervised undergraduate field work and tutored in both tropical and UK marine ecology and conservation. After graduating, Jon then returned to Jersey to work for the States of Jersey Environment Department as a marine biologist and fisheries officer. Here his work varies from conducting stock assessments to enforcement patrols at sea, advising politicians on marine issues and working with both local and French fishermen and scientists to sustainably manage and protect the local marine environment.
With his love for rowing, sailing and diving, Jon can usually be found near some form of water, either in it or on it in various forms. He is a research associate of the Zoology Department at Oxford.
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Certification
example certificate 
.
To successfully complete the course and receive a Certificate
of Attendance, participants are encouraged to contribute to
all the discussion forums. The pdf sample above is an
illustration only, and the wording will reflect the course and
dates attended.
Teaching methods
The course is taken entirely online but is tutor-led by an experienced mammal ecologist.
Scholarships
Details of funding opportunities, including grants, bursaries,
loans, scholarships and benefit information are available on
our financial
assistance page.
Fee options
- Programme Fee
- Fee: Ģ375.00
Apply for this course
If you have any questions about applying please email:est@conted.ox.ac.uk or phone: +44 (0)1865 286953.
Apply without academic credit
The fees for taking the course without academic credit are:
Sorry, this course is not currently accepting applications. If you have any questions about this course, please use the course enquiry form.
Programmes including this module
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