MA Environmental Hazards and Risk

The range of topics and people I encountered was fantastic, it has easily been my most interesting year of higher education! It was great to spend a year with the kind of people who ask exactly all of the right questions, and to be taught by academics who knew all of the right answers.

I can’t stress enough that the vast majority of the course was extremely interesting, challenging and everything I hoped for from a Masters at Durham. Studying at Durham was a long standing ambition and this year has certainly not disappointed!

As a result of studying this programme I am now working for Applied Resilience as a resilience advisor – a startup public sector mutual providing emergency planning and business continuity services to Runnymede, Spelthorne and Guildford borough councils in Surrey.

I thoroughly enjoyed the course and have already recommended it to people who have asked me about it. I particularly enjoyed the Spatial and Temporal Dimensions of Hazards module as it gave me an opportunity to explore hazards that I hadn’t researched at undergraduate level.

I would recommend undertaking a vocational dissertation, as it allows you to see how hazards and risks are assessed from a business perspective.

The course has given me a great insight into the insurance industry, and has increased my employability for jobs relating to risk. Definitely a worthwhile course!