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 The home page outlines some of the major skills gaps that hinder students when seeking employment. At Reading we have several academics that both research wildlife issues and engage with wildlife in non-work related capacity. We find it unacceptable that students are generally not made aware that this is an issue and are not provided with courses and extra-curricular opportunities to plug these gaps. The undergraduate courses and MSc courses (for more information, click on the tabs above) are genuinely designed to help address these problems. In addition students are provided with further opportunities to develop their CVs through voluntary and wildlife recording work. The Reading University campus is spectacular, arguably the most beautiful university campus in Britain.

It covers 300 acres and most of it is actively managed for biodiversity, as highlighted by the Whiteknights biodiversity blog. The campus boasts a large area of semi-natural woodland, extensive meadows mown just once a year in the autumn to boost biodiversity and a system of lakes stretching across the campus. In addition the Harris Gardens lie within the University grounds. All these elements ensure that the campus has a very rich range of plant and animal species (see Wildlife Recording for species lists). The campus serves as a quite remarkable natural laboratory in which students can learn about and experience, first-hand, biodiversity and interactions among species. For those of us interested in wildlife the campus makes Reading University a wonderful place both to work and to study.