Life beyond Lancaster Environment Centre
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
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.
Emma’s experience of GIS and hydrology modules undertaken at Lancaster University prepared her excellently for her current career as a flood mapper for an environmental consulting.
The second year Communicating Geography module helped Adam to decide his career path. He’s now a teacher at a local secondary school and training the next generation of geographers!
Jacqui completed a degree in Biological Sciences in 1993 and has been working as a journalist and producer and director, both for the BCC and herself. Her time at Lancaster included reconstructing a dolphin skeleton washed up at Morecambe!
After completing her Physical Geography degree, Nicola took some time out to relax and decide her next steps. She then returned to Lancaster to undertake an internship with LEC as a Careers and Alumni Support Officer. Following this, she has successfully secured a full-time role as a recruitment, conversion and marketing coordinator (RCM).
Lydia now works as Assistant Ecologist with Atkins Global. Amongst other activities, she conducts wildlife surveys and compiles reports for protected species.
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