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Hedgehog Rehabilitation and Release Workshop Book Now »
Location: Broomfield Hall
Years: 1
Weeks: 1
Hours: 3.00
Start: Various Dates (Please press the Book Now Button to View Dates)
Days / Times: Tuesday 17:30 to 20:30
Tuition (£): 20.00*
Full Concession: (0 Tuition/Exam Fee) available dependant on eligibility – A Full Concession is not applicable to a full-cost course
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Course Summary
Get hands on with our resident hedgehogs. In this mini practical experience you will learn the importance of hedgehogs. We will look at hedgehog ecology, conservation, field signs and how to encourage these creatures to live in your garden.
There will be a two-hour classroom session on hedgehog habitat, conservation and ecology before you accompany our Level 2 students to release the hedgehogs which they have been looking after over the winter months. Please note there could be possible media coverage of this event.
This course is suitable for ages 14 and over.
Entry requirements
You just need to have an interest in hedgehogs.
Course Content
This experience consists of an informative theory session followed by an actual hedgehog release.
How will I be assessed?
There is no formal assessment. However, you will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
Are there any additional costs or specialist equipment required?
You need:
- Sturdy flat footwear
- Suitable clothing e.g. jeans/trousers with no dangling drawstrings
- To tie back long hair
- To avoid wearing jewellery or nail varnish
- Writing materials
- Refreshments
Children should be accompanied by an adult.
What can I do after this course?
Derby College offers a range of one-day, weekend and evening courses relating to Animal Care, as well as a wide variety of other land-based topics - please see the Derby College Part-time Prospectus for a full list and details.
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* Tuition - This figure is the tuition fee to be paid - There are no concessionary fees available.
Kyle Harwood
Broomfield zoology student Kyle has sights set on being a zookeeper
DCG Zoology student Kyle Harwood has wanted to be aczookeeper right from the first time he went to a zoo at the age of four.
Kyle, who grew up with a wide variety of pets, including snakes and lizards, would especially like to work in the reptile house.
And he’s well on the way to gaining the necessary qualifications, thanks to Derby College’s foundation degree course in Animal Management (zoo and wildlife) Nineteen-year-old Kyle, who is from Heanor, joined the FdSc course after completing the level 3 in Animal Care at Broomfield Hall.
He said: “Some of the FdSc coursework is challenging but it’s always engaging. I particularly liked the conservation module and I’m really enjoying learning about captive breeding, which we’re doing now, and zoo husbandry. We did nutrition during 2020, which I found interesting. and complex. There are so many technical aspects to it, which tested my maths!”
Kyle – who described the atmosphere at Broomfield as comfortable and friendly – also appreciates the opportunity for practical work experience the College provides.
He added: “One of the reasons I chose Broomfield to study animal care was for the hands-on contact we get with the animals. Not many colleges in the country offer that but Derby College does, and it’s just 20 minutes from where I live.”
Kyle plans to take the top-up course next year so he has the full BSc (Hons) degree.
He added: “Zookeeping is competitive to get into but having a Zoology degree should give me the edge. It will open so many more doors.”
One of the reasons I chose Broomfield to study animal care was for the hands-on contact we get with the animals. Not many colleges in the country offer that but Derby College does, and it’s just 20 minutes from where I live.
