Conservation Higher Education Institutions

Who is this network for?

Conservation educators, conservation students, professional conservators and colleagues from related disciplines that may be interested in conservation education/training.

Network objectives

• To create a platform to share ideas on conservation education.
• To enable members to discuss current challenges for conservation education and plan strategies.
• To provide members a platform from which to discuss the needs of conservation education with practitioners.
• To keep education in synch with the developments of the profession in different contexts.
• To contribute to any of Icon’s strategy work that impacts education and training strategy work.

Potential areas of discussion include:

• Current and future challenges for the conservation discipline/profession.
• How to offer relevant training considering the broad scope of the profession.
• Impact of incorporating new technologies in conservation training.
• Dichotomies between cross-disciplinary and specialised training.
• Role of undergraduate education in conservation as well as in cross-disciplines (i.e. archaeology, anthropology, art).