Principal Lecturer in the School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering, Dr Heidi Burgess, a Chartered Civil Engineer, brings together different disciplines to reduce flood risk as climate changes is causing more people to be at risk from flood events.
After leaving school with a BTEC in business and finance Heidi qualified as a fingerprint expert but realised that her career was not going in the right direction. She went to night school, gained her A-level in mathematics and as a mature female student went on to study civil engineering both in the UK and France.