Life beyond Lancaster Environment Centre
A Lancaster University geography student has been highly commended in the world’s leading undergraduate awards for her essay on the commodification of the female body in the Bangkok sex trade. Catherine Purkiss was looking for an ‘outside the box’ idea for an essay in her final year module on Cities and Globalisation. ‘We were given a […]
Chris Breeze (MSci Environmental Science, 2020) reflects on his transition from LEC undergraduate student to working at the UKHO: Joining the UK Hydrographic Office has kickstarted an exciting journey for me in Oceanography and Geoinformatics. As a Junior Geospatial Product Specialist, I have joined the Chart Production Team, with my projects focused around compiling Standard […]
Lauren Hart (BA Geography and MSc Environmental Management Graduate) has recently completed her second three-month paid internship with local environmental and sustainability consultancy firm Crowberry Consulting. The internship was through the Lancaster University Science and Technology Internship Scheme which offers paid internships exclusively for current students and recent graduates of the Faculty of Science and […]
Ben Ireland (BSc. Hons. Earth and Environmental Science graduate and current M.Sc. Volcanology student) describes his experience on an internship with local SME Lancashire Environmental Services over the summer of 2020. This project was part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation: “I began my internship with Lancashire Environmental Services […]
Name: Danny Ash Degree Title: Geography/North America BSc Graduated: July 2017 College: Furness College Where are you now and what are you doing? I’ve been a Catastrophe Modeller within QBE, a syndicate of the Lloyds of London insurance marketplace, for just over a year, and I’ve finally (this week) moved down to London! My job revolves […]
Over Summer 2019, Chris Breeze (currently a 4th year MSci Environmental Science student) volunteered with Wildlife Sense, a conservation and research organisation. Here, he describes his experiences. “I recently completed my third stint as a sea turtle conservation volunteer, this time as a field researcher for Wildlife Sense based in Kefalonia, Greece. This was a […]
Name: Alex Spence Degree Title: BSc Environmental Science Graduated: 2018 College: Cartmel College Where are you now and what are you doing? I have just moved to Manchester and started working for Arcadis as a Graduate Air Quality Consultant. I am gaining experience in all aspects of air quality, from air quality monitoring to […]
Andrew Harris (BSc Environmental Science Graduate) recently completed a three-month summer internship with United Utilities at their head office in Warrington. After graduating from Lancaster in Summer 2018, I began my internship at United Utilities, which is the largest UK water company that provides water and wastewater services in the North West. I became interested […]
Laura Heathcote (MSci Natural Sciences, 3rd year) recently completed the second of her summer internships with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation. Here, she writes about her experiences on this programme. My first internship (Summer 2017) was at EDF’s main office in Barnwood; the second (Summer 2018) was at Dungeness B Nuclear Power Station in Kent. I […]
Dr Carl Smith graduated from Lancaster in 1995. Since then, his career path has woven together his interests in natural and cultural processes. As well as his academic position, he’s also a chartered landscape architect with a research and practice focus on sustainable place-making. It was his time at Lancaster that set him on this fulfilling trajectory: […]
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