A flood hydrology roadmap released in March 2022 sets out a vision to help scientists and practitioners better predict future flood events and improve flood resilience across the UK.
JBA Trust helped in shaping and peer reviewing the roadmap
In partnership with the British Hydrological Society and the Environment Agency, we’re supporting the Studentship Awards Scheme which aims to encourage talented students to develop their academic experience and qualifications in hydrology and water management.
We’re delighted to announce that we will be funding the tuition fees for places on Lancaster University’s postgraduate courses in Flood and Coastal Risk Management starting in the 2023-24 academic year.
JBA Trust were pleased to support the Institution of Civil Engineers CityZen Award 2022, a competition designed to inspire students to follow a career in civil engineering.
Visitors to the community science event on Sunday 19th March explored flood risk and climate change using our interactive augmented reality sandbox.
Our Annual Report reflects on the people and research we have supported over the past 10 years, and shares the highlights of our charitable activities in 2021-22.
Students at the Climate Challenge College in Todmorden, Lancashire, explored flood risk management techniques using our augmented reality (AR) sandbox on Wednesday 8th March.
In August 2022, devastating, widespread flooding in Pakistan displaced 33 million people and highlighted the importance of earth observation (EO) data for observing flood extent. New research enables a quantitative, location specific measure of flood map accuracy to help improve flood forecasts.
We delivered a full day of careers and coastal risk management sessions to over 200 Year 9 Geography students at St Ambrose Barlow RC High School in Salford on Thursday 1st December.
Our augmented reality sandbox was in action at Kendal Mountain Festival 2022.
On Wednesday 19th October, we attended the Ermysted’s Grammar School careers fair in Skipton to highlight career pathways in the flood risk management and environmental sector.