Wednesday, 23 September 2026

Margaret Mackintosh RIP

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Updated post. Sad news at the end of last week from colleagues who have organised the Charney Conference over the years of the passing of Ma...
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Wednesday, 16 September 2026

GA International Geography Network (GA IGN) - get involved

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The GA IGN has been launched. The GA International Geography Network is currently developing a network of regional hub coordinators, with c...
Tuesday, 15 September 2026

TES piece on GCSE Natural History

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This TES piece includes some elements of the responses to the  consultation on the proposed subject content of the new GCSE Natural History...

GA North Staffs Branch Programme

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Thanks to Kate Russell for sharing the programme of the GA North Staffs Branch - another one that I have visited and spoken at. There's...
Sunday, 13 September 2026

Coming soon from the GA Manchester Branch

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The Curriculum Review - the direction of travel.

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Steve Brace of the Geographical Association has been the lead drafter of the new draft geography curriculum. Quite a responsibility. He has...

GeogPod #100

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  Congratulations to John Lyon and the team for reaching 100 episodes of the GeogPod podcast. Here's the contents. I'm pleased to sa...
Saturday, 12 September 2026

Northern Ireland GA Branch events

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 Booking link is here. Entry to the lecture will cost £2 - you can pay via Eventbrite if choosing to watch online or pay at the door if atte...
Friday, 4 September 2026

Bristol GA Branch

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GA Branches are starting to post their programmes for the year ahead. The GA Bristol branch has a good website  and has started to post eve...
Tuesday, 1 September 2026

2026: Fiona Sheriff

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It's time for another new GA President. Another year has passed. The President for the next year is Fiona Sheriff. She is another female...
Monday, 31 August 2026

Launching 30th September: the North London GA Branch

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University College School has been working for a while to develop a new GA Branch for North London. Launching with a lecture by Lucy Easthop...
Thursday, 27 August 2026

New on the GA Blog: Accessible fieldwork

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A new post has just gone up on the GA Blog, written by Catherine Tytherleigh. It is well timed ahead of a keynote that I am completing which...
Wednesday, 26 August 2026

GCSE Natural History Consultation on proposed subject content

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Thanks to Steve Brace for sharing a link to a post on the GA's website which shares the main themes of their response to the current c...
Friday, 7 August 2026

Climate Change and Geography

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The GA recently released some statistics from a YouGov poll on the public's opinion of the value of geography's curriculum content ...
Wednesday, 22 July 2026

Submit your GA Conference 2027 proposals now

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If you have some head space over the summer, now is the time to submit your proposal to speak at the GA Conference 2027.  This will take pla...