Food Security, Sustainability and Biodiversity
Institution(s): Royal Holloway University of London
Website: MSc Food Security, Sustainability and Biodiversity (royalholloway.ac.uk)
Contact e-mail: r.gianfrancesco@kew.org or mark.lee@rhul.ac.uk
Course duration: one year
Course start date (2022): 26/09/2022
Number of students admitted to course per annum and number/proportion studying plant health or crop science: 40+
Application deadline(s): 1 June 2022
Course description (max 150 words):
The MSc is an exciting new partnership between Royal Holloway and the Royal Botanic Gardens,
This one year course covers a range of topics at the intersections of environmental health and human health, addressing the crucial link between biodiversity, sustainable livelihoods and food security.
Through interdisciplinary learning and hands on activities in a range of associated topics, our graduates will be better equipped to become the next generation of scientific researchers, policymakers and business leaders, ready to solve global sustainability challenges
Potential Supervisors: Academic staff at RBG Kew and the School of Life Sciences at Royal Holloway
Five examples of career paths followed by graduates from this course:
- Science policy advisor
- PhD student
- Commercial research (food, plant health)
- Scientific Project Manager
- Science communications and engagement specialist
