Education and Outreach

Please visit BIFoR Education, a free online learning platform for high schools that contains everything you need to bring BIFoR to a classroom near you! You will find an expanding set of engaging, curriculum linked activities have been developed. Our education resources are also available on STEM Learning.  We now offer a free STEM kit for high schools which includes the equipment needed to install a tree growth band (dendrometer) band on trees in your school grounds which is helping to build a citizen science-led database of tree growth nationally. 

Further information on careers in forestry can be found on the forestry careers website. There are a number of great videos to watch including interviews with a people involved in a variety of roles.  We do offer an opportunity to visit the BIFoR FACE facility to schools who are able to make the journey to the facility in Staffordshire.

There are now two Undergraduate / Masters degree programmes that are taught by and incorporate the research of BIFoR colleagues: MSci Human Sciences and MSci Environmental Change and Sustainability.

Current undergraduate students at the University of Birmingham might like to consider the module Critical Issues for 21st Century Ecosystems if they are interested in the work of BIFoR as there are clear links to the research in this module. More and more undergraduate students are also choosing to complete their dissertation topic with data from / samples from the BIFoR FACE Facility. This could be both primary and secondary data. 

Potential students interested in our research themes may like to consider some of the taught masters courses listed below. Students may also choose to complete their dissertation topic with data from / samples from the BIFoR FACE Facility. Some of the students enrolled in the following courses are using the BIFoR FACE facility for their end of year project.

• MSc in Applied Meteorology and Climatology
• MSc in Environmental Health
  
• PG Dip/ MSc in Air Pollution Management and Control
  
• MSc in River Environments and their Management
  
• MSc Toxicology
  
• MRes Molecular Mechanistic Toxicology

There are over 60 PhD students  completing research related to forested landscapes, 19 of which are working on research directly linked to the BIFoR FACE facility. 

BIFoR advertise doctoral research opportunities through the year. Opportunities are also listed on the University of Birmingham Doctoral ReSEARCHer Database and FindAPhD. Did you know there is now a "Forestry" filter?

CENTA

Opportunities are advertised annually through the Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA). CENTA is a consortium of Universities and research institutes that are working together to provide excellence in doctoral research training. CENTA is funded by The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

MIBTP

Opportunities are advertised annually through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership Doctoral Programme (MIBTP). MIBTP is a consortium between Universities of Aston, Birmingham, Harper Adams, Leicester and Warwick. Studentships focus on the research areas of Sustainable Agriculture and Food, Understanding the Rules of Life, Renewable Resources and Clean Growth and Integrated Understanding of Health. MIBTP is funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

Dual Award with University of Western Sydney

BIFoR has opportunities for Dual Award PhDs with the University of Western Sydney. Academic staff from BIFoR and University of Western Sydney work together to develop projects and identify potential supervisors from each institution. Students can split their research between BIFoR FACE and EucFACE.