Rebecca Sabrina Morelle is a British

science journalist Science journalism conveys reporting about science to the public. The field typically involves interactions between scientists, journalists and the public. Origins Modern science journalism originated in weather and other natural history obs ...

, former

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global science correspondent and currently BBC News Science Editor.

Early life

She attended Goffs School (now Goffs Academy) in

Cheshunt Cheshunt (/ˈtʃɛzənt/ CHEZ-ənt) is a town in the Borough of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, England, situated within the London commuter belt approximately north of Central London. The town lies on the River Lea and Lee Navigation, bordering th ...

Borough of Broxbourne The Borough of Broxbourne is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Hertfordshire, England. Its council is based in Cheshunt. Other settlements in the borough include Br ...

, south-east

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Career

Morelle graduated from

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

in July 2001, with a first class degree in chemistry, and then worked as senior press officer at the

Science Media Centre The Science Media Centre is a charitable company, first formed in 2002, two years after the United Kingdom House of Lords Select committee (United Kingdom), Select committee on Science and Technology's third report on "Science and Society" in 20 ...

. In late 2005, Morelle was the first recipient of the Ivan Noble Bursary at

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* 1978 births BBC science journalists English journalists British reporters and correspondents Alumni of St Anne's College, Oxford People from Cheshunt Living people {{UK-journalist-stub