LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY EMBRACES THE GREAT OUTDOORS
Liverpool Hope University celebrates over twenty-five years of outdoor courses with a £280,000 cash injection
Liverpool Hope University is investing £280,000 in its outdoor education centre at Plas Caerdeon, North Wales and officially launching a new undergraduate degree, Outdoor Recreation Management: People and Environment.
For a quarter of a century the university has run a wide variety of courses at Plas Caerdeon, a former Victorian mansion house set in twenty acres of the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. The planned investment will allow it to improve its educational facilities and increase capacity from its current 8,000 visits per annum.
Hope's BA (Hons) Outdoor Recreation Management course is designed and delivered by Hope's academic and vocational staff creating a cohesive experience, ideal for those graduates seeking employment in this lively sector.
The degree comprises modules including outdoor leadership, understanding the environment, health and safety, and principles of leisure all of which are taught through a combination of traditional lectures, workshops and in particular, practical projects and fieldwork for students looking for a career in outdoor adventure and the environment.
For 2008 entry, students will also be able to opt for a new pathway in Outdoor Recreation as part of a Combined Subjects degree, studying it alongside, for example Sport or a number of other subjects.
Graham Moger, centre director said: "Students at Liverpool Hope can benefit from the best of both worlds; exciting student life in the European Capital of Culture, and the outdoor environment of the mountains and coast of North Wales. They benefit from practical experience backed up by academic rigour with detailed teaching about the operation and management of outdoor education centres. This new investment allows us to further promote and train future workers in this important industry for the UK's rural economy."
Plas Caerdeon has recently been successful in securing funding from the European Commission's exchange programme Erasmus, to lead and host an 'Intensive Programme in Education and Adventure Tourism' for a number of European students. This follows the success of last year's Erasmus Intensive Programme at the centre, which saw 40 students and staff from Sardinia, Finland and Romania take part in the course providing practical experience in adventure tourism.
For further information about Plas Caerdeon, Liverpool Hope University's Centre and the Outdoor Recreation Management degree visit www.hope.ac.uk/caerdeon <http://www.hope.ac.uk/caerdeon>
(March 31st 2008)
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