Living Landscapes in the West of Ireland

This programme is designed to encourage a multi-disciplinary approach to studying ecology by looking at all aspects of how these habitats are created and maintained through natural processes and anthropogenic activity. It will also consider conservation and sustainability issues and how a sound understanding of these ecological processes is used to combat the challenges facing the environment. The summer school is an intensive three week course. The teaching is largely field based and takes place in a range of habitat types in the east and west of the county. Students will visit the karst limestone habitats of the Burren and study it's unique habitats such as limestone pavement and turloughs. Connemara offers the opportunity to visit the seashore, blanket bogs, uplands and freshwater habitats of County Galway. Course comprises of seminars, fieldwork and assessment. Assessment will be in the form of group and individual presentations, self-assessment and learning journals.