Tania Kendrick is a civil servant in the UK’s Cabinet Office, working on relations between the UK and the European Union

Analyse this Tania Kendrick has moved from physics into policy, working within the UK government’s Cabinet Office. (Courtesy: Tania Kendrick)"> Analyse this Tania Kendrick has moved from physics into policy, working within the UK government’s Cabinet Office. (Courtesy: Tania Kendrick)

Tania Kendrick studied physics at the University of Bristol in the UK before joining the Civil Service fast-stream development programme, which saw her have postings at the UK’s Ministry of Defence , the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , and the Cabinet Office . After completing the scheme, she decided to stay in the Cabinet Office, where she now works full-time on relations between the UK and the European Union.

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