Work-like Experience in the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences
Whether you've always yearned to be a zoo keeper, want to feed the world, or dream of protecting wildlife and habitats across the globe, see what work-like experience our courses offer.
Find out more about the types of experience you can get on your course
Work-Like Experience — RSPB
Discover how NTU Wildlife Conservation students gain real-world skills and experience through placements with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.
Work-Like Experience — Shades of Hope
Discover how NTU Zoo Biology students gain real-world experience through an international wildlife rehabilitation placement at Shades of Hope in Ontario, Canada.
Work-Like Experience — Zoos
Discover how NTU students gain real-world experience by working in zoos across the country.
Work-Like Experience — The British Horse Society Project
Find out more about the work-like experience project that Equine Sciences students delivered for The British Horse Society as part of their degree.
Work-Like Experience — Dropworks Distillery
Find out more about the work-like experience project that Artisan Food Production students having been working on with Dropworks Distillery as part of their degree.
Work-Like Experience — McCain Foods
Final-year student Summer Hibberd spent 14 months with McCain Foods in Scarborough, working at the heart of their Research & Development (R&D) team.
Work-Like Experience — Kew Gardens
What’s it really like to work at one of the world’s leading botanical research institutions? Ecology and Conservation students worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew for a year.
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