Category: Careers

So you want to do something about Climate Change?

Post author By Sylvia Knight
Post date 14 October 2021

In this new set of 11 short videos, we explore some of the many careers in climate change that you could do with qualifications in STEM subjects.

If you want to work in an area where you can do something positive about climate change, but don’t know how, have a look at the work that these people do, why they think it’s important and the paths they took to the jobs that they now do.

If a career in weather or climate sounds interesting, have a look at the further careers information on our website at metlink.org/careers

Careers Weather

Weather Forecasting Game

Post author By Sylvia Knight
Post date 26 May 2021

Try your hand at weather forecasting – can you beat the experts from University of Reading and beyond?

Calling all weather enthusiasts and wannabe forecasters! Following its successful launch to the public last summer, The Weather Game, run by the University of Reading is returning for another friendly competition round.

The game offers entrants the chance to try and predict the weather around the world and close to home. Points are awarded for correct weekly forecasts over six weeks, allowing people to take on their friends and try to beat the experts to top the league.

This activity gives school pupils and weather fanatics a glimpse at the science used on television forecasts or to monitor impacts of climate change. A number of high-profile TV weather forecasters like Laura Tobin and Tomasz Schafernaker made some of their first forecasts while they were students at Reading.

Forecasts from leading sources like the Met Office and BBC Weather can be used as a basis for predictions, but players are encouraged to follow their own intuition on where weather might differ from what is expected. For example, if changeable weather is certain or there is only a small chance of showers, going against the expert forecasts for sunshine and rain might earn you the points.

Entrants will make predictions on the temperature, precipitation and sunshine hours for three fixed locations: Reading, UK; Toronto, Canada; Hong Kong, China and also for another city that changes weekly. While travel is off the cards for most of us this year, experiencing the weather is something that connects us all.

Registration opens from Monday 7 June with entries due each Friday for six weeks at 19:00 London time.

Careers

Year 12 Meteorology Experience Day

Post author By Sylvia Knight
Post date 22 July 2019

The University of Reading will be running an experience day in October half term for any year 12s interested in meteorology. More information here.

Careers Schools

Young People’s Special Edition of Weather

Post author By Sylvia Knight
Post date 22 September 2015

Our Young People’s Special Edition of Weather magazine is finally here and can be read at
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wea.2015.70.issue-S1/issuetoc.

The edition was edited, written and illustrated by people under the age of 21 – some as young as 7! The photos are all winners and runners up from our photography competition, run earlier in 2015.

Try your hand at weather forecasting – can you beat the experts from University of Reading and beyond?

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