Head of Learning & Development

Location: Keyworth

Tel: 0115 936 3187

E-mail Mike Hawkins

Biography

•  2003 –current :  BGS Head of Learning & Development
•  1992 –2003 :  Hydrogeologist/Hydrochemist working on mine and radioactive waste contamination issues, and small island rural water supplies (on secondment to Vanuatu Geological Survey)
•  1992 :  MSc University of Birmingham, Hydrogeology (CL Associates Prize)
•  1978 –2007 :  Geoscientist with international experience of regional mapping and mineral exploration projects (in Bolivia, Peru, Egypt, Solomon Islands, Morocco, Mauritania, Madagascar)
•  1977 :  MSc University of Leicester, Mineral Exploration
•  1976 :  BSc Imperial College (University of London), Geology (Governors Prize)

Skills

•  Languages: Spanish (fluent); French (working knowledge)
•  Learning and Development strategy and planning
•  Technical training delivery

Research interests

•  Applying learning and development theory to scientific and technical training
•  Capacity building in developing countries
•  Groundwater contamination issues
•  Reconnaissance geological mapping and mineral exploration in hard rock terrains
•  Small island rural water supplies

Professional association

•  Associate of the Royal School of Mines (ARSM)
•  Chartered Geologist (CGeol)
•  Fellow of the Geological Society (FGS)