Our Durham University Risk Masters Programme has been running within the Geography Department since 2010 in collaboration with the Institute of Hazard Risk and Resilience. We offer both an MA and an MSc in Risk with specialist pathways in ‘Environmental Hazards’, ‘Climate, Risk and Society’ and ‘Security and Politics’. Our Risk Masters alumni have found careers in Risk very rewarding and varied.

Come and hear our Risk Masters alumni talk about their careers in Risk and get inspired!

The purpose of this event is to enable our current Risk Masters students to explore career opportunities relevant to their field of study and demonstrate how the skills learned on the course can be put into practice. However, all are welcome and if you are an undergraduate thinking about pursuing a Masters in Risk, then why not come along and hear more about where our Risk Masters can take you?

Our speakers will talk about their own careers in risk so far. There is also an opportunity to ask questions. Although the event is mostly career, rather than recruitment focused, it is also an opportunity to find out more about the organizations our alumni work for and to hear about some recruitment opportunities. We also have a keynote talk from the Environment Agency. The event is open to all (although please register first) and will be followed by a networking event (open to our current Risk Masters students only).

Speakers include:

David Bedlington (Project Director, Environment Agency)
Luke Hewitson (Project Engineer, Cathie Group)
Callum Ellis (Senior Consultant, Marsh)
Hannah Rigby (Project Manager, AG International Limited)
Nick Barber (Hydrologist, Wood Plc)
James Ruddy (Resilience Planning, Newcastle City Council)
Charlotte Granger (Flood risk consultant, Cotswold Transport Planning)
Oliver Carpenter (Head of Environmental Risk Modelling, Risilience

The event will take place in person in Room TLC 117 in the Teaching and Learning Centre at Durham University. However, if you can't attend in person, the event will also be livestreamed on zoom at the following link:

https://durhamuniversity.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvd-irrj0qGNKvlKAhG4XiVBxQQjPPnCQP

(although please register before joining the zoom link also).

Careers in Risk Event