I studied Geography, Biology and Computer Science at A Levels, so very much tailored my A Levels to the career I wanted to head into. I always loved Geography at GCSE, particularly for the field trips and natural hazards! Computer...
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February 2025
What did you study before your apprenticeship?
February 2025
What did you study before your apprenticeship?
I’m on to my third career now! I started off in catering management and I didn’t get the best of grades and always thought I could do better. I took some time off to travel after university and then worked in hospitality. The...
February 2025
What did you study before your apprenticeship?
Before starting the apprenticeship, I completed a two-year Level 3 Extended Diploma in Performing Arts. My original plan was to pursue a career in the theatre industry, but over time, I developed a real passion for the environmental...
January 2025
In Windhoek, Namibia in December 2024, the eleventh plenary meeting of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) agreed the text of the summaries for policy makers (SPMs) for two landmark reports: the Nexus Assessment and the Transformative...
November 2024
At the IES, we aim for our trustees to represent a range of sectors, fields, career stages and life experiences, and to be able to come together to make key decisions with insight and balance. Ultimately, we want our trustees to reflect our members, our members to reflect the environmental...
October 2024
This article is part of the IES’s 2024 policy work on the theme of ‘knowledge’, addressing what evidence-informed policy means in practice and what it means for how environmental policy engagement is approached. This thematic work covers questions from the practical to the theoretical, from...
