About the FSC

The Field Studies Council (FSC) is a pioneering educational charity committed to bringing environmental understanding to all.

Established in 1943, the FSC has become internationally respected for its national network of 17 education centres, international outreach training projects, research programmes, information and publication services and wide range of fascinating professional training and leisure courses.We provide informative and enjoyable opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to discover, explore, be inspired by, and understand the natural environment.

The FSC believes the more we know about the environment, the more we can appreciate its needs and protect its diversity and beauty for future generations.

The FSC at Slapton Ley Field Centre

This website is produced by Slapton Ley Field Centre. If you are interested in visiting the field centre, please follow these links (which will take you to the main FSC Slapton Ley website.)

Our Outdoor Classroom section contains information for visiting schools, including pre and post course materials, as well as a comprehensive list of risk assessments. It also includes links to the Research Library and the Cycleau Project, very useful resources for many studies at Slapton.

The Leisure Learning section details the variety of courses for adults on offer here at Slapton, as well as the relevant information you will need to book a place on one of them.

You can also see a Virtual Tour of Slapton Ley page allows you to view details of the buildings and rooms in which you may be staying, and find out more about the facilities at the centre.

Other FSC Centres

The FSC has 17 centres through the United Kingdom.

Amersham Chiltern Hills
Blencathra Lake District
Brockhole Lake District
Castle Head Lake District
Dale Fort Pembrokeshire Coast
Derrygonnelly West Fermanagh
Epping Forest Ancient Woodland
Flatford Mill Constable Country
Juniper Hall North Downs
Kindrogan Scotland
Malham Tarn Yorkshire Dales
Margam Park South Wales Valleys
Nettlecombe Court Exmoor
Orielton Pembrokeshire Coast
Preston Montford Shropshire/Welsh Border
Rhyd-y-creuau Snowdonia
Slapton Ley South Devon Coast

Outdoor Classroom

Each year we welcome over 70,000 people on courses of various lengths to 17 Field Centres across the United Kingdom. Our ability to pass on to them a deeper understanding of the environment and our place in it is absolutely central to the work of the FSC. Clearly it is important to enhance the work teachers and students have done over a longer period and great pains are taken to ensure courses meet the demands of all levels of the main curriculum and specifications for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Find out more about the Outdoor Classroom at Slapton Ley.

Find out more about the FSC Outdoor Classroom

Publications

FSC Publications is working towards creating a web archive of past papers. The first phase of the project sees material relating to Slapton Ley Field Centre being made available for download. See the Field Studies Journal archive for more information.

FSC Publications also produce a range of fold-out charts that might be useful to you if you are planning to visit the Slapton NNR. For example, the Freshwater Name Trail fold-out chart can be used at the pond-dipping events.

Find out more about FSC Publications.

Leisure Learning

The FSC run a programme of almost 700 Leisure Learning and Professional Development Courses on offer at 14 Centres throughout the UK.Our courses are designed for people of all ages, background and abilities and vary in length from a day to a weekend to a week so whatever time you have to spare and whatever your interest we are sure that there will be an FSC course for you.

Find out more about the FSC Leisure Learning programme at Slapton Ley.

Find out more about FSC Leisure Learning courses.