{"id":15,"date":"2026-06-24T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:49:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T09:49:46","slug":"environmental-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/environmental-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are partly responsible for two undergraduate qualifications and fully responsible for one nested set of postgraduate qualifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate qualifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/environment\/certificates\/certificate-of-higher-education-in-environment-t16\">Certificate of Higher Education in Environment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/environment\/degrees\/bsc-environmental-science-environmental-management-q52-em\">BSc (Hons) Environmental Science (Environmental Management route)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These courses are for people who are looking to further their understanding of the factors involved in managing our environment whether for personal or professional (career) reasons. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds and are in employment. They are seeking career changes or career development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BSc (Hons) is accredited by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciwem.org\/accredited-courses\/\">Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of these courses we have prime responsibility for certain modules that can be taken as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\">standalone modules<\/a>&nbsp;for interest or continuing professional development for those with adequate prior knowledge and experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate modules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we contribute to relevant modules managed by other Schools<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>U116\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/u116\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environment: journeys through a changing world<\/a>\u00a0(60 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T213\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/t213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy and sustainability<\/a>\u00a0(30 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T220\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/t220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental Management<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T313\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/qualifications\/details\/t313?orig=q52-em&amp;setAcc=true\">Renewable Energy<\/a>\u00a0(30 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T330\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/t330\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental management: pathways to sustainability\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DST206\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/dst206\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environment: sharing a dynamic planet<\/a>\u00a0(60 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SDT306\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\/sdt306\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environment: responding to change<\/a>\u00a0(60 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postgraduate qualifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/qualifications\/k19\">Postgraduate Certificate in Environmental management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/qualifications\/e79\">Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental management<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/qualifications\/f65\">MSc in Environmental management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qualification Lead:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/stem.open.ac.uk\/people\/cpb247\">Carl Boardman<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Qualification Manager: Madelaine Pendrigh<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Environmental management programme is for people who are concerned with understanding and managing the impacts that organizations and individuals have on the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students are drawn from industry, commerce, local government, consultancies, non-governmental organizations and communities. They include people already involved in environmental management and those who wish to be &#8211; either personally or professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the PG Diploma and MSc are accredited by the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciwem.org\/accredited-courses\/\">Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management<\/a>, the leading international Royal Chartered professional body dedicated to the water and environment sector and also by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iema.net\/training\/university-register\">Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment<\/a>, a worldwide membership body for environment and sustainability professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of these qualifications we have prime responsibility for certain modules that can be taken as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/courses\/modules\">standalone modules<\/a>&nbsp;for interest or continuing professional development for those with adequate prior knowledge and experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Postgraduate modules<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>T891\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/modules\/t891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Making environmental decisions<\/a>\u00a0(30 credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T892\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/modules\/t892\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sustainable organisations: theory and practice<\/a>\u00a0(30 Credits)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>T868\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/modules\/t868\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Environmental monitoring and protection<\/a>\u00a0(30 credits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free courses and resources<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We actively contribute to The Open University\u2019s provision of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.ac.uk\/about\/open-educational-resources\/\">open educational resources<\/a>&nbsp;through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/\">OpenLearn<\/a>&nbsp;and other open media channels. We have provided many study units and rich media assets derived from current and discontinued modules with others arising from our research and scholarship work. These can usually be found under the Nature and Environment section of OpenLearn but we list some of them below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Free courses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/environmental-studies\/environment-treading-lightly-on-the-earth\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Environment: Treading lightly on the Earth<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/environment-understanding-atmospheric-and-ocean-flows\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Environment: understanding atmospheric and ocean flows<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/environmental-studies\/waste-management-and-environmentalism-china\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Waste management and environmentalism in China<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/science-maths-technology\/transport-and-sustainability\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Transport and sustainability<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/environmental-management-and-organisations\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Environmental management and organisations<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/energy-buildings\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Energy in buildings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/organisations-environmental-management-and-innovation\/content-section-0\">Organisations, environmental management and innovation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/financial-methods-environmental-decisions\/content-section-0\">Financial methods in environmental decisions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/effects-pollutants-on-the-aquatic-environment\/content-section-0?active-tab=description-tab\">Effects of pollutants on the aquatic environment<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/nature-environment\/introducing-environmental-decision-making\/content-section-0\">Introducing environmental decision making<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rich media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.open.edu\/openlearn\/science-maths-technology\/engineering-and-technology\/power-my-postcode\">Power My Postcode: compare energy sources in your own backyard<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are partly responsible for two undergraduate qualifications and fully responsible for one nested set of postgraduate qualifications. Undergraduate qualifications These courses are for people who are looking to further their understanding of the factors involved in managing our environment whether for personal or professional (career) reasons. Students come from a wide range of backgrounds [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"unity_related_person":[],"unity_sdg":[],"unity_research_theme":[],"unity_strategic_priority":[],"unity_enabler":[],"unity_general_category":[],"unity_stem_unit":[],"unity_related_project":[],"unity_related_archived_project":[],"unity_related_event":[],"class_list":["post-15","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15\/revisions\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"unity_related_person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_related_person?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_sdg","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_sdg?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_research_theme","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_research_theme?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_strategic_priority","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_strategic_priority?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_enabler","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_enabler?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_general_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_general_category?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_stem_unit","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_stem_unit?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_related_project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_related_project?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_related_archived_project","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_related_archived_project?post=15"},{"taxonomy":"unity_related_event","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.stem.open.ac.uk\/engineering-and-innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/unity_related_event?post=15"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}