Clare Nasir is one of meteorology’s most recognisable faces, having fronted GMTV and ITN broadcasts for many years. A Plymouth graduate in mathematics, and at masters-level in applied marine sciences, she has recently returned to the Met Office, where she began her career in the early 90s. She is a filmmaker and author, and still presents the weather daily on Channel 5. In November 2017, she returned to the University to speak at the Postgraduate Open Evening – and sat down with CONNECT for a trip down memory lane.
Clare Nasir: from mathematics to meteorology
“You are as good as your teachers, especially in those early years, and so when I came to Plymouth to study maths I pretty much ‘struck gold’.”
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