National Oceanography Centre
Ailia Ashworth has extensive experience in network management, currently serving as the Network Manager at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton since 1993, where responsibilities include managing a diverse range of technologies such as Extreme Networks switches and Palo Alto, among others. Previously, Ailia held the position of Network Support Analyst (Wired) at NOC, focusing on the management of the wired network. Ailia also contributed to the educational community as a Parent Governor at Titchfield Primary School from November 2012 to January 2023, serving on the Finance and Resource committee and as the IT Governor. Ailia’s early career included a role as an Assistant Librarian at the Southampton Oceanography Centre from 1989 to 1993. Ailia graduated with a BLib Joint Honours degree in Librarianship and Geography from Aberystwyth University in 1989.
National Oceanography Centre
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The National Oceanography Centre is an independent self-governing organisation - a charitable company limited by guarantee. The NOC is funded by UK Research and Innovation to work on National Capability programmes, and manages on its behalf, the National Marine Equipment Pool - Europe’s largest fleet of autonomous and robotic vehicles, and two state of the art research ships RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook. The NOC has two sites, Southampton and Liverpool, and employs around 650 staff. We are co-located at both sites with leading UK Universities, giving us a unique position in UK marine research.