catching up with old girls
Tamsin Green Class of 2012
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ollowing her passion for geography, Tamsin became a meteorologist and weather forecaster. In the process, she has also picked up another career as a radio presenter.
We caught up with her to find out more about her dual career…
I was little in Florida, I was quite scared – my fascination and curiosity probably stemmed from fear. In all honesty, strong winds still scare me a little, even now! However, my passion for Geography truly developed at RMS. My teachers at the time (Miss Williams and Miss Cook) were the main drive behind this and really encouraged me to want to learn and understand more about the world we live in. Looking back at your time at school, what are your main impressions of RMS? It is very difficult to put into words how much my time at RMS impacted my childhood and made me the person that I am today. I used to wake up each day looking forward to school, and that’s something I don’t think many of my friends outside of RMS could say. The teachers were incredibly supportive and helpful, and I made the most amazing group of friends who I am still extremely close with to this day, over eight years after leaving. What did you do when you first left school? When I first left school I went on to the University of Leeds to do a
How did your interest in meteorology start? It sounds cliché, but the weather has always been something I have been fascinated by. I remember being in the midst of a hurricane when
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BSc in Geography. From there, I picked up a few elective modules in weather forecasting, which I really enjoyed, although it was a lot tougher than I’d anticipated! Before graduating I started looking into how I could get into a job as a Weather Forecaster. I spoke to a few potential employers and learnt that I would need a degree in Meteorology. So, I went and obtained a Masters in Meteorology and Climatology from the University of Birmingham. They were extremely helpful in terms of pointing us in the right direction of employers, and that is how I came across MetDesk, the private weather forecasting company in Buckinghamshire I have been working at since 2016. Although, it’s not just weather forecasting I do now.
