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Reviewing and recovering items of metadata (documents which inform us about the methods and scenarios by which we collect data) relating to a selection of the Met Office UK Land Network, and from this compiling station histories, with a quality assurance ...
A range of day to day tasks to support with daily/weekly deadlines, along with involvement in ongoing project work in a range of themes e.g. science, customer engagement, operational.
My role is to investigate performance improvements to specific parts of climate models. On a day-to-day basis this involves coming up with a weekly plan with my supervisor and then working independently across the week to achieve specific objectives. Ther...
Producing and verifying performing of a new automated way of producing specific forecasts.
My role has been very varied…it is so much more than just designing weather symbols like you might think! I’ve had the opportunity to input my fresh ideas to a wide range of projects, such as managing the content for the launch of the Met Office book, to ...
Thoroughly enjoyed my year at the Met Office. The office is a great place to work and a very friendly environment whereby everyone is willing to help out.
Great atmosphere. Brilliant organisation who put their workers first. Friendly and supportive team.
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement at the Met Office. The mix of being directly involved with projects from day one and the enthusiasm and support of all colleagues made this placement better than I could have thought. I was able to learn new technologies,...
Every day at the Met Office was an absolute joy. The super modern office, the people, the facilities and the vast array of learning opportunities made me eager to get into work in the morning!
I loved every minute of my placement, the culture is amazing at the met office so you always feel welcome there. Everyone is so helpful and the variety of work you get is amazing. The flexibility of being able to dip into other teams is also great and wou...
I loved being on placement at the Met Office, it was the one placement I truly wanted and to this day I'm still astounded that I actually got in. The people were great, I was able to learn so much in so many different ways and I was sad to leave. I really...
I learned more within a year, than i could have ever of expected. The placement was fun, engaging and enlightening. All of the projects I worked on were fun and strengthened my knowledge. The people I met within the year gave me motive to work hard and th...
I thoroughly enjoyed my placement year with the Met Office. My work was varied and grew my skills in Web Development immensely which helped me with my final year of study. I felt like my contributions/work was valued by my team and others across the offic...
My placement at the Met Office was extremely enjoyable. I was offered the perfect amount of support I need to thrive and grow in the workplace. I was working within a friendly but professional team with a real sense of comradery. There were a great many o...
It was really interesting with varied work including a number of different projects. As there were a number of summer students in different areas we had quite a social life going on too.
The work was quite enjoyable, but I was left to my own devices for weeks at a time meaning I didn't always have anyone to ask for help.
