FSC (Field Studies Council) - Bringing Environmental Understanding to All

FSC - Bringing Environmental Understanding to All

The Field Studies Council is an environmental education charity committed to helping people understand and be inspired by the natural world. Thousands of students every year experience the FSC through fieldwork and cross-curricular courses at our network of 17 centres across the UK.

Outdoor Classroom

Day and residential fieldwork and environmental activities

Individuals & Families

Courses on Natural History and the Arts

Professional Development

Courses and training

Publishing

Identification guides, publications and online resources

Global

Projects, training and development

For environmental professionals and community groups worldwide.

Supporters

Membership, the Kids Fund, Campaigning for Fieldwork

Find out more about how to support the FSC

Prepare your students for the new GCSE Geography controlled assessments

FSC are developing a new range of programmes, available from September 2009 to:

Conduct fieldwork to enable students to plan and prepare for the controlled assessment in accordance with the Awarding Body’s guidance for their year of entry.
Use the outdoor classroom to explore content within the wider GCSE specification to put geography into a real world context.

Click here to view the draft programmes

Latest FSC News

The curious mind of young Darwin Even as a child, Charles Darwin was a great explorer. Peer into his scrapbook from 1821 to follow his experiments in his parents' house and his adventures around his home town of Shrewsbury.
The Second Darwin Scholarship Programme: Monitoring and Communicating Biodiversity The FSC is leading a short scholarship programme in the UK as part of the Darwin 200 celebrations on August 14th-24th , 2009 at Preston Montford Field Centre in Shrewsbury, United Kingdom.
Register your school for the OPAL project The OPAL project National Surveys are open to all schools (maintained and independent) within England.
2009 Programme Available Now! Our 2009 programme of courses for Individuals and Families is available now.
Do one thing for nature - Autumn Term 2008 Field Studies Council has been working with the BBC and other partner organisations as part of the BBC Breathing Places campaign to provide help for schools to create space for plants and wildlife in school grounds.

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