the-BA : Sheila Anderson

Sheila Anderson is Head of Communications at the Natural Environment Research Council. Sheila and her group organise events, produce publications and work with the media to communicate NERC's science to a wide range of audiences. She runs training courses in communication skills for scientists. She is a research scientist by training, having spent much of her career with the Sea Mammal Research Unit.

Sheila has been a long supporter of BA CREST and stayed with it through all the tribulations of the collapse of ASET. She was instrumental in bringing in financial support from the other research councils too at her own instigation including a forward commitment of 3 years giving the scheme the stability required for some R&D.