During the first stage of the project, technical staff worked with regional colleges to better understand the opportunities and barriers facing young people considering technical careers in environmental science.
Promote technical careers into environmental science.
Support industry awareness of environmental science placement opportunities.
Showcase ‘someone like me’ in environmental sciences.
Organise T Level placement opportunities in environmental sciences between DU NERC-facing technical teams and industry partners for FE college students.
Highlight placement and collaboration opportunities in environmental science to the national technical community, FE colleges and industry, which can be scaled up to influence sector developments in environmental science.