Staff within the Department of Meteorology are committed to engaging with business, the general public, and in particular school students and teachers. We believe it is important to interact with the wider community in a debate on key scientific issues that our research is helping to inform, such as climate change and extreme weather. Many staff and students use Social Media to contribute to the wider community in this way.

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We want to give you the opportunity to experience hands-on the fascinating science that we do, to engender a fascination of climate and weather science and to encourage students to continue with their science and maths education. We hold an open days annually for over 50 GCSE-level students who visit the Department and take part in hands-on activities to learn about weather and climate. During the summer there are public tours of the Atmospheric Observatory, booking required. In addition we run a Meteorology Taster Days aimed at school pupils in Key Stage 4 and 5.

Meteorology Taster Days

Our staff frequently give talks and demonstrations for local schools and community groups plus we work with the Royal Meteorological Society and STEMNET as science ambassadors (see also University information and resources page for Teachers and Careers Advisors).

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Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing the planet, follow the link to find out how we are involved in Partnering for the planet.