School of Earth Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences (SEAES) Dr Katherine Harrison

1. School of Earth Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences(SEAES) Dr Katherine Harrison

2. 12:00 Introduction Dr Katherine Harrison • 12:20 Taster Lecture • Dr Roy Wogelius • (Environmental Programme Director) • 12:40 Taster Lecture • Dr Bart Van Dongen

3. BSc Environmental Sciences • Entry Requirements: ABB with at least 1 science • Minimum C GCSE Maths at the Higher Paper • New for 2012 – Year in Industry and Year Abroad, subject to gaining good 1st year average

4. How do you study Environmental Science? • Lecture and practical based courses • The courses are research informed • Tutorials – providing an extensive support network. • Multi-disciplined and taught across different schools

5. Course Structure • 4 main teaching themes • General Science and Maths • Geoscience • Biological Sciences • Environmental Dynamics Tutorials, fieldwork and multidisciplinary modules • Consultation with students, academics and industry • Industrial Liaison Committee includes: • Environment Agency • BP Environment Link • Ground Gas Solutions • Fellows Environmental

6. Geosciences – Introduction to the earth, Earth resources, Geochemistry, Soil science What do you study? General Science and Maths – Scientific Problem Solving, Data Analysis, Legislative Frameworks, EIA Independent Project Site Investigations Environmental Dynamics – Global climate change, Core physics and chemistry, Atmospheric processes Biosciences – Experimental biology,Biodiversity, Ecology and Ecosystems, Environmental microbiology

7. 3rd Year Options • Organic Geochemistry • Problems in mineralogy and chemistry • Geotechnics and Engineering Geology • Hydrogeochemistry • Hydrogeology • Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics • Climate and Energy • Geomicrobiology • Air quality • Nuclear Environmental Science • Meteorology/Weather • Global Biogeochemical Cycles

8. 3rd Year Projects • An investigation into the aggregation of ice crystals to form snow • Sediment contamination around the Gulf coast: A comparison of the Gulf of Mexico spill to previous spills in history • Disasters caused or exacerbated by climate change • The potential to reduce non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture • The effects of bamboo management on carbon fluxes in Cambodia • Temporal variance of heavy metals in sediments of River Medlock • The metabolomics of cold adaptation in cold-tolerant fungi

9. UoM teams up with Tesco Groundwater contamination with Arsenic • £25 million investment in sustainable consumption - Prof Colin Hughes SCI • Prof David Polya heads an international network of European and Asian partners – largest mass poisoning in the history of mankind Its all about the weather • Dr David Schultz and Prof Geraint Vaughan give a new perspective on low pressure systems Research Centre for Radwaste and Decommissioning • Dr Roy Wogelius heads projects in understanding the mobility of radionuclides Composition of the Amazonian atmosphere • Prof Gordon McFiggans leading an UK Brazilian team sponsored by NERC

10. Scholarships BP Scholarships, application once enrolled on the programme Awards and Prizes

11. Programmes are taught both inside and outside Recent trips have included: • Spain • Tenerife • Wales • Greece • Majorca

12. Wales and Malham

13. Tenerife Visit the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory

14. Study abroad? • We offer students the chance to study abroad for 1 year or take part in the Erasmus Scheme • Students have been to Toronto and Sydney in the past 2 years • Fieldwork and project work can involve travelling abroad

15. Fee discount for year abroad and year in industry Residual household income Fee • Up to £25,000 No fee • £25,001 to £35,000 £2,000 • Over £35,000 £3,000

16. Work experience? • Students get the chance to gain work experience by either ….. • Completing an industry related project • Participating in a mentoring scheme • Year in Industry

17. Careers Sessions delivered on writing applications, CV's and covering letters NW Geological Society Careers Evening, hosted by the school Taught sessions from the University Careers Service Talks from external companies, including BP, Norsk, Atkins Environmental, Local, National and International Environmental Consultancies Industrial Mentoring Schemes run by the University Careers Service Taught course in communication and presentation skills

18. Comments from the Industrial Liaison Committee • Like the way the degree is organised into distinct "themes" which progress year on year. • Our field work is highly relevant and provides good training for our undergraduates. • They commented that the calibre of the staff at Manchester was very high.

19. Recent undergraduate career progression

20. What do we mean by “research informed?” Dr. Roy A. Wogelius- Director of Undergraduate Environmental Programmes and: Associate Director of the Williamson Research Centre for Molecular Environmental Science Est. 2001; £4.5 million UK Centre Associate Scientist in the Research Centre for Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Est. 2011; ~£10 million UK Centre Blaustein Visiting Professor of Earth Sciences, Stanford University Associate Editor for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

21. Key Academics Dr. Bart van Dongen- biomarker research Dr. Stephen Boult- carbon cycling Prof. David Polya- arsenic geochemistry Prof. Jon Lloyd- contaminant biogeochemistry Dr. Carl Percival- air pollution Dr. Paul Connolly- cloud physics Prof. Hugh Coe- atmospheric processes Dr. Keith White- water quality and ecology Dr. Liz Sheffield- impacts of herbicides Dr. Giles Johnson- environmental biochemistry Dr. Tim Allott- water quality Dr. Jeff Blackford- palaeoecology & palaeoclimatology Black = SEAES, Green = FLS, Blue = SED

22. All are leaders in their respective fields with high profile research publications and grant income, supporting post-graduate and post-doctoral research, which is re-writing the textbooks of yesterday.