Life beyond Lancaster Environment Centre
Orla completed her masters in Environmental and Biochemical Toxicology at Lancaster University, with the skills that she developed being essential to her current role within a chemical regulation company. However, Orla’s time at Lancaster also helped further her passion in film
Studying at Lancaster sparked Catherine’s interest in the water industry, developing her skills in water resource management and beyond, which is now fundamental to her current role as a risk and outperformance manager. However, Catherine also enjoyed extra-curricular activities, which included volunteering at a cheetah sanctuary and volunteering for WaterAid, of which she is still involved in.
Lancaster University’s Faculty of Science and Technology’s internships provided Cara with the experience required for her current job role, whilst the flexibility of courses within LEC allowed Cara to develop a broad range of skills, fully preparing her for current role as a Sustainability Analyst.
Kay was attracted to LEC due to its highly ranked Earth Sciences department, particularly enjoying the plethora of field trips and their interactive nature, whilst Kay’s thesis helped her immensely within her current job role, learning how to carefully manage deadlines and write reports. Additionally, Kay also used her spare time at Lancaster to socialise, and volunteer for Nightline.
Joshua’s time at Lancaster began after he fell in love with the university and its surrounding areas, with a particular fondness developed of field trips, particularly when he visited Croatia as part of one, which helped to spark a desire to pursue a career in water management
Elizabeth has put to use the wide variety of skills that she learned at Lancaster University, which, combined with her passion of exploring, saw her most recently working within a charity based in Hong Kong, before undertaking her masters in Social Anthropology later this year.
After completing his BSc Geography degree, Thomas then decided to undertake a masters in sustainable water management, learning key skills which he now uses on a daily basis, developing hydraulic models to assess flood risks as a graduate modeller.
Michaela has been at Lancaster University in some capacity since 2006, gradually progressing from an initial BSc Geography student, to becoming a lecturer in organisational health and wellbeing at the university, putting good use to the academic knowledge gained throughout her time spent at the university.
A third year module which looked at the issues and development of cities overtime inspired Benjamin to pursue a career in planning, and after graduate a MSc at Cardiff University, Benjamin is now doing exactly that.
Sarah loved the challenges of her MSc Volcanology and Geological Hazards Masters course at Lancaster, and is now studying for a PhD at Leeds University.
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