Reading Time: 4 minutes By Amy Tyndall I’ve been studying part-time over the past two years alongside my ‘real job’ for an MSc in Earth Observation and Geoinformation Management, with a view to changing career. After graduating with a PhD in Astrophysics in 2014, I went straight into working in science communication and public engagement. It’s a job I’ve […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Mia Frothingham Last month, I appeared in an episode of the BBC’s The Sky At Night about the search for alien life. Being on TV talking about my astrobiology research literally felt out of this world. How did I get here? As a young girl, I was incredibly interested in biology. While I was […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Ayla Besemer Have you ever found yourself caught between two passions, two worlds? Have you ever wondered where you’d be if you’d listened to a younger version of yourself? Have you ever found yourself straying from what you knew you were meant to do, because of what was easy? Did you find your way […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Valentina, MSc in Marine Systems and Policies After returning from a field trip to the Maldives with the MSc in Marine Systems and Policies, I look back to where I was one year ago (lawyer and litigator, spending endless hours in my desk reviewing evidence and preparing for court) and it feels almost like […]