FAQs
Answers to your Frequently Asked Questions
Studying with us
What are VerdantLearn events/courses like?
VerdantLearn courses focus on:
1. Studying together with other conservationists, so you never feel alone if you get stuck or have questions
2. Flexible online study which you can fit in around your other responsibilities
3. Structure and support provided by your tutor and classmates
4. Hands-on practice, using either your own datasets or relevant data provided by us
5. Targeted knowledge tests, to give you confidence you’re on the right track
6. Feedback from your fellow learners and tutor
7. Demonstrating your skills by submitting a range of assignments
There are several ways to find out what our learning opportunities are like:
2. Visit our online community to see discussions and assignments from previous participants
3. Try one of our self-study courses
What if I’m offline?
Sometimes your fieldwork may take you to places where you don’t have adequate (or any) access to the internet or mobile data
If you’re going to be offline for part of a course, we recommend that you download the pdf version of the course materials before you go offline. You’ll can find a link to download a pdf copy on each page of a course, under the table of contents (top-right of the page).
Do you offer free courses?
Our on-demand courses are completely free to study
Do you offer discounts?
Our tutored learning opportunities are priced to be affordable to most people
We offer discounts for students, and for those living in low- and middle-income countries. These discounts can be substantial depending on the course. View these for each individual course listed on our Learning page
What does peer-mentoring involve?
If you sign up for a peer-mentoring add-on, you will be guided to assist each other with clarifying and solving your current challenges. You will also identify questions shared by your peers, and your tutor will focus on answering the most popular shared queries
Tutoring
Can I get personal tuition?
We don’t currently offer personal tuition, either free or paid. This is because we are focussing our efforts on maximising the number of people we help to learn fundamental skills, rather than devoting a lot of time and energy to a few individuals. See VerdantLearn’s values to understand more
Do you teach one-to-one?
Please see Can I get personal tuition
Can you mentor me?
At present, we are focussing our efforts on supporting as many people as possible to learn fundamental technical skills for nature conservation, as explained in our values. This means that we are unable to offer individual mentoring, tutoring or supervision
However, most courses include an optional peer-mentoring phase - see peer-mentoring for more information
Can you supervise me?
Please see Can you mentor me?
Our community
Has anyone from my organisation studied with VerdantLearn?
We’ve had learners from many organisations across the world, and it’s possible that someone in your organisation, and even someone you know, has studied with us. However, we cannot share the information of current or past learners - we suggest you search on VerdantLearn’s online community for mention of the organisation and/or particular conservation themes you’re interested in
Collaborating
Can I work with you?
VerdantLearn isn’t currently seeking employees, but we are always happy to hear from potential collaborators about creating online courses and novel learning experiences together
If you have learned a skill during your job or research that is in-demand in wildlife conservation, we could create a course together! You would bring your specialist expertise, and we would contribute our knowledge of creating inclusive, hands-on learning. Why not get in touch?
More questions?
If you have more questions that haven’t been answered here, you are welcome to contact us