I started my interest in engineering when my (male) careers teacher said "Girls don't go into engineering – which is a shame as it's a great career." I can now say that he was right – on both counts! I have had …
The Environment Agency is proud to support International Women in Engineering Day which encourages more females to consider technical careers. Here are some stories from our outstanding female engineers in Somerset, Devon and Cornwall. Deborah Steadman’s story Deborah’s love of science …
The past 33 years of my life has been spent protecting fisheries, particularly salmon fisheries, from illegal fishing and also making sure that legitimate anglers are not cheated by those who fish without paying their way. I am very lucky …
I work in a flood resilience team in East Anglia and my role focuses on working with local communities to help them understand their flood risk https://floodsdestroy.campaign.gov.uk/. Working with communities across such a diverse area is in my (unbiased!) view …
Did you know that 100,000 young people live in an area at risk of flooding? But only 75% of 18-24 year olds checked if they are at risk in the last year? This is just one of the headlines from …
As I begin my tenure as Chair of the Environment Agency it is now, more than ever, that we need a bold new vision for the environment. Over the last 40 years EU legislation has helped shape and promote improvements …
I know I’m lucky. I’ve got a great job. Every day I travel across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, measuring water levels and flows in rivers, and rainfall amounts and groundwater levels in boreholes and wells. I’ve got really fond …
I’ve been lucky enough to work on a number of different projects since working for the Environment Agency but I feel most proud of the work that I’ve been doing more recently – using high tech cameras to monitor flooding. …
It’s 15 years since I first filmed a poignant video of salmon trying to negotiate a weir on the lower reaches of the River Bollin, in Cheshire, during the breeding season. Salmon disappeared from the Bollin nearly two centuries ago …
I don’t think you can do my job without having a passion for the environment. It’s not a regular 9 to 5 job, and when I clock off for the day I am still thinking about the environment around me. …
