Careers
Gaining additional skills and experience in preparation for professional employment is one of the key reasons why students choose to undertake a taught Masters degree. At the Lancaster Environment Centre, students are encouraged from the very beginning of their courses to plan for future careers and to ensure they are acquiring the necessary skills through their choices of modules and by undertaking extra-curricular activities. All of our students are encouraged to register for the Lancaster Award, which formally recognises and rewards students who undertake voluntary work, gain work experience and take part in careers training sessions offered by the Centre for Employability, Enterprise and Careers (CEEC).
Careers workshops and training events are on offer within LEC throughout the academic year, including sessions where current students receive advice from former students who are now working professionally in the environmental field. LEC graduates go on to work for water and utility companies, environmental consultants, non-governmental environmental organisations, research institutes, central and local government, and in many other professions related to the environment.
The most recent employment data six months after graduating showed that:
- 91% employed or undertaking PhD study
- 60% of those employed are working in the environmental sector
- 16 in research jobs or PhDs
- 11% undertaking further study
Graduate destinations
Those students who decide to go on to employment work for a wide range of employers in the private and public sector. Graduate destinations include:
- Field Surveyor, Scott Wilson Ltd
- House of Commons Committee Specialist
- Researcher, Christchurch University, NZ
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Environment Advisor, Thames Consulting
- Environmental Chemist, CEH
- Researcher, KU Leuven, BE
- Head of Geography, Chantry High School
- Development Engineer, W S Atkins Planning Liaison Officer, Environment Agency
- River Valley Initiative Project Co-ordinator, Mersey Basin Campaign
- Sustainability Consultant, Scott Wilson
- Waste Minimisation Officer, Fylde Borough Council
- Environmental Scientist, Delta Simons Environmental Consultants
- Environmental Surveyor, WBB Minerals
- Flood Defence Officer, Environment Agency
- Hydrologist, CEH
- Ecologist, British Waterways
- Senior Natural Resources Campaigner, CPRE
- Environmental Specialist, Corus Steel