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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Martin Hodson</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Martin Hodson"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies (CRES)</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Full details from:</B></div> <div> CRES Admissions Officer, Mrs. Dena Burne, 29 Shaftesbury Hall, St. Georges Place, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PX Tel: 012 4252 8321.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Email: </B><A HREF="mailto:secretary@cres.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:secretary@cres.org.uk"><U><B>secretary@cres.org.uk</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>Web: </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cres.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cres.org.uk"><U><B><U>www.cres.org.uk</U></B></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>CRES</I></div> <div> <I>Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies</I></div> <div> In 2003 I became involved in writing a module for the Certificate in Christian Rural and Environmental Studies a joint initiative of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cruc.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cruc.org.uk/"><U>Christian Rural Concern</U></A></FONT> and <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.jri.org.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jri.org.uk"><U>The John Ray Initiative</U></A></FONT>. On February 5th 2004 I took over from Dr. Peter Carruthers as co-director of the course, and am now Principal Tutor. It is an exciting venture for me as it combines my interests in the Christian environmental movement with my skills in course management. It is also my first venture into distance learning.</div> <bR> <div> Christian Rural Concern and The John Ray Initiative offer an opportunity for integrated study.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Part time modular course by distance learning</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">A local personal tutor to guide you through</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Flexibility to tailor coursework topics to your own particular concerns</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Full website support with dedicated password protected area</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Opportunities to meet with other participants</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Core modules which approach rural and environmental studies from a Christian viewpoint</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Additional modules giving the opportunity to specialise in either rural or environmental concerns</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Usually taken over two years</div> </td> </tr></table></body>