The Met Office and University of Plymouth have launched a multi-million-pound collaboration to co-design and co-deliver a new training programme for early career meteorologists.
- The collaboration combines the Met Office's operational expertise in weather and climate intelligence, with the University of Plymouth's academic capabilities.
- The first cohort of learners will begin the newly designed programme in autumn 2026.
Early-career meteorologists will benefit from a completely transformed learning and development programme, as the Met Office works with the University of Plymouth to co-design and deliver a new era of training for the profession.
Together, they will build a Foundation Operational Meteorology Programme fit for a profession being transformed by climate change, extreme weather and artificial intelligence.
The collaboration will also open more diverse routes into the profession, better recognising students’ previous experience and creating clearer career progression pathways – all enhancing career opportunities and making meteorology more accessible to people from a wider range of backgrounds.
“Meteorology is evolving at pace. Climate change, the increasing frequency of extreme weather, advances in data science and artificial intelligence, and growing expectations from our customers and partners are all reshaping what it means to be an operational meteorologist. In response, the Met Office is modernising how it develops its people to ensure the UK's national meteorological service has the skilled experts needed to deliver world-class weather and climate intelligence in the decades ahead.”
Curtesy of the Met Office
