Defras Nick Blakey Receives Honorary degree from The University of Northampton

2 August 2011

Nick Blakey, Head of the Waste Research Team, Sustainable Consumption and Production and Waste Evidence at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), picked up his Honorary degree from The University of Northampton last week

"Jobs don't pop up out of the ether on a plate; you have to be prepared to push the doors," Nick said, in advice to the Universities' Graduates. "Keep an open mind on potential career paths open to you and work at what comes your way - at the outset, this may not have been what you set your heart on but use those circumstances to develop yourself. All of you receiving your qualifications today have proved you have the skills to learn and the ambition to succeed, so build on this."