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Left to work at the Department for Communities and Local Government

Ben Parfitt

Former Senior Media Officer

Ben Parfitt worked for the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment as Senior Media Officer from November 2014 until July 2016 when he moved to the Department for Communities and Local Government in London.

Ben previously worked at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), first as an Educational Resources Writer and then as Communications and Media Officer. He has a BSc in Geography from Royal Holloway, University of London and an MSc in Environment, Science and Society from University College London.

2015

Refugees at Keleti railway station in Budapest, Hungary, September 2015 (Copyright: BrasilNut1/Getty Images)
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