My Placement Experience with DEFRA’s tNCEA Programme Archita Bhattacharyya During my recent 3-month placement with the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) under the tNCEA (Terrestrial Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment) programme, I had an outstanding opportunity to understand how research outcomes translate into real-world decision making. My role in tNCEA programme provided […]
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Having always had an interest in working for the Civil Service, I decided to apply for a UKRI Policy Placement with Defra. I was extremely happy to find out I was successful, and I was placed in the Air Quality and Industrial Emissions (AQIE) team from June to September 2022. I regularly travelled to the […]
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Nia Jones: UKRI Policy Placement with Defra In late 2021 I applied for a UKRI Policy Placement with Defra and was lucky enough to be placed within the Climate Adaptation Evidence team from February to April 2022. Despite the emerging Omicron variant of COVID causing further lockdowns, like a lot of other Defra employees […]
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