“Sue Searle at Ecology Training UK created the following bespoke training package for Natural Resources Wales (Water Resources Permitting Team): ‘Protected Species Awareness and Rivers’. Sue was fantastic to work with and clearly understood our training request. Sue is professional, extremely knowledgeable and created a relaxed and supportive learning environment. As a team we all really enjoyed the training, which covered a breadth of information, and we are confident that this will help us all going forward with our work.”

“The wide variety of skills taught on the course are consolidated into a clear direction and this structure has directed my haphazard wildlife knowledge into a specific job and career. The tutor filled me with confidence to be able to send out emails asking consultancies to sub-contract me, and after gaining a variety of different experiences, I was able to apply for full time consultancy jobs. Now I have been offered a job as Assistant Ecologist for the upcoming survey season and I can’t wait to get started!”

“Originally the plan was to start a MSc, however I was never settled on this idea, until, I came across Ecology Training UK Certificate in Ecological Consultancy. I graduated from Sue Searle’s certificate course in 2020. It was a breath of fresh air, a perfect balance between practical elements and written work. I am now about to start as a Full time, permanent Consultant Ecologist role in April. I would definitely say that you do not always need a MSc to progress your ecology career, this course is a fantastic alternative which covers all the bases that a MSc would offer. ”

“Doing the ecology consultancy certificate course by ETUK really gave me to boost I needed after I decided to do a career change back in 2014 from aviation to ecology and having no university education. However I did not expect to land a seasonal role as an Assistant Ecologist so quickly after graduating from the Certificate course in Nov 2020 and starting my new role April 2021. The best part of the course is the continuous support from Sue herself and my fellow certificate students past and present. I would highly recommend this course to anyone wishing to become an ecologist.”