Hydro-JULES Internship programme

Applications for the Hydro-JULES Internship 2025 officially closed, and we are pleased to announce that five interns were successfully recruited to join the programme. These interns were selected to work on five of our Hydro-JULES research projects over a six-week period, from Monday 7th July to Friday 15th August 2025.

Through this internship, the selected candidates will gain real world experience in the scientific research sector, gaining invaluable insights and hands-on experience that contributed to their academic, professional, and personal development.

Our science continues to make a real difference—enabling people and the environment to prosper, and enriching society. As custodians of over 60 years of environmental data collected by UKCEH and its predecessors, we are delighted to support the next generation of hydrologists and environmental scientists.

Four of the internship roles were based at our Wallingford site, with the fifth based at BGS in Keyworth. All positions were full-time and on-site, with no hybrid working arrangements.

Supervisors - Elizabeth Cooper (UKCEH), Sarah L Dance (NCEO / U.Reading), Sonja Folwell (UKCEH), and Visweshwaran Ramesh (NCEO / U.Reading)

Intern:  Jake Thomas Perrett, Imperial College London

Supervisors - Steven Cole (UKCEH), Robert Moore (UKCEH), John Wallbank (UKCEH), David Dufton (NCAS) 

Intern: Heron Ng, U. Reading

Supervisors: Wilson Chan (UKCEH), Amulya Chevuturi (UKCEH), Eugene Magee (UKCEH), Rachael Armitage (UKCEH) and Bastien Dieppois (Coventry University) 

Intern:  Emma Ford, U. Oxford

Supervisors: Helen Baron (UKCEH), Virginie Keller (UKCEH)
Advisor: Amber Reynolds (UKCEH)

Intern:  Emma Ford, U. Bristol

Supervisors: Marco Bianchi (BGS) , Andrew Hughes (BGS)
Location: This role will be based at the BGS offices in Keyworth.

Intern:  James Daniel, Thomas, U. Exeter

Our two Hydro-JULES interns completed their placements with us on 18 August 2024 by presenting their work to members of the Hydro-JULES project team.

Danny Cooper mentored by Brenda D’Acunha and Ross Morrison presented his work on ‘quantifying water productivity and carbon intensity of food and bioenergy production systems' and  Felipe Feleni, mentored by Amulya Chevuturi, Doran Khamis, Gianni Vesuviano, and Matt Fry, presented his work ‘Exploring the drivers of variability in flood events across the UK’ first.'.

I really found it useful seeing the working of the workplace with project hours etc and very much enjoyed seeing how data science and statistics is applied to different fields.
- Daniel Cooper, UEA

The project was interesting and provided an opportunity to chat with people that I knew from my PhD, as well an opportunity to meet another research environment.  Doran and Amula have been great supervisors on all matters, from technical knowledge to help with my integration with the workgroup and workplace. My advisors Gianni and Matt, have also been involved in the project  and have supported me with technical knowledge when needed.
 - Felipe Fileni, U. Newcastle

Congratulations to both Felipe and Danny for all the work they managed to achieve in their short time at UKCEH and for their excellent presentations.

For enquiries, please contact us at hydrojules@ceh.ac.uk.