Biography:Jane Rumble

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Short description: British geographer
Jane Rumble
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NationalityUnited Kingdom
Alma materUniversity of Exeter
Scientific career
InstitutionsPolar Regions Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK

Jane Frances Rumble, OBE, FRGS is the Head of the Polar Regions Department for the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth Office.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Rumble attended Aylesbury High School and subsequently graduated with a BSc degree in Geography from the University of Exeter.[citation needed][4]

Career and impact

Rumble was appointed to the position of Head of Polar Regions Department in January 2007, having been Deputy Head since 2003.[1][5] She began her civil service career in the UK's Department of Environment, where she held a number of roles dealing with corporate and environmental policy, including policy on the health and safety of genetically modified crops.[5] She then worked for the cross-Whitehall Teenage Pregnancy Unit before joining the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, where she began to work on polar policy. Rumble is the fourth Head of the FCO's polar regions department since 1943.[1][5] During her time as the Head of Polar Regions, she has been involved in shaping policy relevant to Arctic and Antarctic protection.[6][7][8]

Awards and honors

Rumble is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS) and a Policy Fellow at the Centre for Science and Policy of the University of Cambridge.[5]

She was appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[9] In July 2018 she was awarded an honorary DSc degree by Leeds University.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Emblow, Chris. "Arctic Frontiers - Jane Rumble, Head of Polar Regions Department, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UK". http://www.arcticfrontiers.com/arctic-frontiers/archive/2014-conference/policy-section/keynote-speakers/198-jane-rumble-head-of-polar-region-department-foreign-and-commonwealth-office-uk. 
  2. "Marine Protected Areas in the Southern Ocean". House of Commons. 2013. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmselect/cmsctech/uc103-i/uc103.pdf. 
  3. "British Antarctic Territory". Polar Regions Unit, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and British Antarctic Survey. http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/PDF/ot_biodiversity2011_britishantarticterritory.pdf. 
  4. "Jane Rumble". https://www.linkedin.com/in/janerumble/?originalSubdomain=uk. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Jane Rumble - Sciences & technology in the service of society". http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/network/jane-rumble/. 
  6. Lavelle, Marianne (2013-09-21). "Forum on Arctic ‘Science of Change’ Focuses on Decisions at the Top of the World". http://energyblog.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/20/forum-on-arctic-science-of-change-focuses-on-decisions-at-the-top-of-the-world/. 
  7. Environmental Audit Committee (2012-09-20). Protecting the Arctic. 1. House of Commons. ISBN 9780215048394. https://books.google.com/books?id=P0vgwKtIlEwC. 
  8. "Why Does Antarctica Matter?". Royal Geographical Society. http://www.rgs.org/OurWork/Schools/Why+Does+Antarctica+Matter.htm. 
  9. No. 62310. 9 June 2018. p. B23. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/62310/supplement/B23 
  10. "Jane Frances Rumble". University of Leeds. July 2018. https://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130509/honorary_graduates/646/jane_frances_rumble. 

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