Alderney is an exceptional island to undertake research due to its superb biodiversity, history and geology. ARC offers a variety of student dissertation projects and placements each year both to undergraduates and postgraduates (MSc and PhD).

The Alderney Wildlife Trust and The Alderney Society both provide fantastic support to studying students, be it from six weeks to six months.

If you are interested in any of the following projects and placements available, or would like to start an original research project on Alderney please get in touch.

Upcoming projects for 2009

• Alderney's Archaeology. Project of your choice.
• What are Alderney's major terrestrial habitats? A phase 1 habitat mapping project of Alderney, utilising GIS and ground-truthing methodologies.
• Determining the distribution and population status of Alderney's Dartford Warblers.

Past projects

2007:

• Strevens, A. 2007. The effect of herbivore grazing on grassland diversity in Longis Common, Alderney. University of Wales, Aberystwyth.
• Strong, E. 2007. The distribution and abundance of Pipistrellus pipistrellus on the island of Alderney. University of Edinburgh.

2006:

• Gauvain, J. 2006. A study on Apodemus sylvaticus (wood mice) on the British Channel Island, Alderney. Durham University.

2005:

• Soanes, L. 2005. Investigation into potential effects of Larus gulls on the puffin (Fractercula arctica) population of Burhou, Channel Islands. Reading University.

2003:

• Palmer, E. 2003. The current waste disposal method in Alderney is unacceptable, which proposed site would be the most appropriate for the placing of an incinerator? A-level project. Guernsey Grammar School.

2002:

• Larsen, A.S. 2002. Management of Gorse (Ulex europaeus) on Alderney. University of Stirling.
• Rendle, L. 2002. Vegetation Succession after the abandonment of arable farming on Alderney. University of Stirling.
• UCL Group Project. 2002. Returning to nature: Recommendations for Nature Conservation Strategy for Alderney. University of Central London.

2001:

• Ward, E.I. 2001. A study of the Channel Islands in Antiquity. Durham University. 84pp.

1994:

• Kaye, B. & Hamilton, D.J.C. 1994. Conservation of knife handles from an Elizabethan Vessel. The Alderney Elizabethan Wreck Project. University of St Andrews, School of Chemistry. 30pp.
• Meyer, J. 1994. How French is Alderney or how English is Aurigny? The survival of Alderney Patois in the 20th Century. Zurich University.

1993:

• Tutt, A. 1993. Alderney's Hedgehogs. 114pp.

1990:

• Reading University Research Group. 1990. Alderney Landscape Research Project. Reading University.

1988:

• Bates, J.W. 1988. A Bryophyte Flora of Alderney. Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot.

1986:

• Dainton, C.J. 1986. The Geology of Alderney, Channel Islands. University of Central Wales. 39pp.

1977:

• Pudsey, C.J. 1977. Geologica Ridunae: The Geology of Alderney from the Casquets to Quesnard and from Proterophytic to recent. Cambridge University, Newham College. 31 pp.

1967:

• Cock, A., Freeman, J.D.B. & Teideman, D.J. 1967. The Alderney Limpet Project. Cambridge University.

1932:

• Mourat, A.E. 1932. The Geology of the Channel Islands. PhD Thesis. Oxford University.