Want to be a Meteorologist?
LOCATION
Institute of Physics
80 Portland Place
London
W1B 1NT
United Kingdom
On the 23rd July the RMetS held a careers information day for young people aged 14-20. It was a splendid day with an exciting mix of high quality presentations covering early careers in forecasting and academia, as well as more in depth talks on space weather, sting jets and storm naming.
The day was advertised widely on social media and through schools and careers services country wide. This was reflected in the geographical spread of attendees as well as in how they said they had heard of the event.
The Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Reading were represented in our Course ‘speed dating ‘ session which really engaged the young people.
The Institute of Physics kindly supported the event, allowing us to use their central London venue for the day.
All the talks from the day have been recorded and will remain as a permanent resource for students interested in a meteorology career.
Programme
| 9.30 | Registration | |
| 10.00 | Daniel Brener, University of Edinburgh | Introduction |
| 10.05 | John Hammond, Co-founder of weathertrending | My Life in Meteorology |
| 10.40 | Emily Potter, British Antarctic Survey | My Early Career |
| 11.00 | Alice Gill, Met Office | My Early Career |
| 11.20 | Craig Poku, University of Leeds | Post Graduate Research |
| 11.40 | Rebecca Jones, BP | My Early Career |
| 12.00 | Lunch Break | |
| 12.45 | Course Speed Dating - Representatives from undergraduate and postgraduate courses including the Universities of Birmingham, Reading, Leeds, UEA and Edinburgh. | |
| 13.30 | Rebecca Hemingway, Met Office | Storm Naming and Communicating Risk |
| 14.00 | Dr. Ambrogio Volonte, University of Reading | Sting Jets |
| 14.30 | Dr. Simon Foster, Imperial College London | Space Weather |
| 15.00 | Panel discussion | Why become a Meteorologist? |
| 15.25 | Daniel Brener | Final remarks |
| 15.30 | Close of Event | |
Event Sponsors
Conference Presentations
10.05 - My Life in Meteorology
John Hammond, Co-founder of weathertrending
10.40 - My Early Career
Emily Potter, British Antarctic Survey
11.00 - My Early Career
Alice Gill, Met Office
11.20 - Post Graduate Research
Craig Poku, University of Leeds
11.40 - My Early Career
Rebecca Jones, BP
13.30 - Storm Naming and Communicating Risk
Rebecca Hemingway, Met Office
14.00 - Sting Jets
Dr. Ambrogio Volonte, University of Reading
14.30 - Space Weather
Dr. Simon Foster, Imperial College London
15.00 - Why become a Meteorologist?
Panel Discussion
On the 23rd July the RMetS held a careers information day for young people aged 14-20. It was a splendid day with an exciting mix of high quality presentations covering early careers in forecasting and academia, as well as more in depth talks on space weather, sting jets and storm naming.
The day was advertised widely on social media and through schools and careers services country wide. This was reflected in the geographical spread of attendees as well as in how they said they had heard of the event.
The Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Reading were represented in our Course ‘speed dating ‘ session which really engaged the young people.
The Institute of Physics kindly supported the event, allowing us to use their central London venue for the day.
All the talks from the day have been recorded and will remain as a permanent resource for students interested in a meteorology career.
Programme
| 9.30 | Registration | |
| 10.00 | Daniel Brener, University of Edinburgh | Introduction |
| 10.05 | John Hammond, Co-founder of weathertrending | My Life in Meteorology |
| 10.40 | Emily Potter, British Antarctic Survey | My Early Career |
| 11.00 | Alice Gill, Met Office | My Early Career |
| 11.20 | Craig Poku, University of Leeds | Post Graduate Research |
| 11.40 | Rebecca Jones, BP | My Early Career |
| 12.00 | Lunch Break | |
| 12.45 | Course Speed Dating - Representatives from undergraduate and postgraduate courses including the Universities of Birmingham, Reading, Leeds, UEA and Edinburgh. | |
| 13.30 | Rebecca Hemingway, Met Office | Storm Naming and Communicating Risk |
| 14.00 | Dr. Ambrogio Volonte, University of Reading | Sting Jets |
| 14.30 | Dr. Simon Foster, Imperial College London | Space Weather |
| 15.00 | Panel discussion | Why become a Meteorologist? |
| 15.25 | Daniel Brener | Final remarks |
| 15.30 | Close of Event | |
Event Sponsors
Conference Presentations
10.05 - My Life in Meteorology
John Hammond, Co-founder of weathertrending
10.40 - My Early Career
Emily Potter, British Antarctic Survey
11.00 - My Early Career
Alice Gill, Met Office
11.20 - Post Graduate Research
Craig Poku, University of Leeds
11.40 - My Early Career
Rebecca Jones, BP
13.30 - Storm Naming and Communicating Risk
Rebecca Hemingway, Met Office
14.00 - Sting Jets
Dr. Ambrogio Volonte, University of Reading
14.30 - Space Weather
Dr. Simon Foster, Imperial College London
15.00 - Why become a Meteorologist?
Panel Discussion