Saturday, 28 March 2026

Heading for the GA Conference for the first time?

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Fiona Sheriff has written a guide for first timers for the Learning to Teach Geography blog.
Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Future Geographers

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One of the parts of the GA Conference that is a little bit different is the Future Geographers event. This is curated and chaired by the Vi...
Monday, 23 March 2026

YGOTY and Rex Walford Award - now open

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Two annual RGS competitions were launched earlier today. The Young Geographer of the Year is the Royal Geographical Society's annual ge...
Sunday, 8 March 2026

The GA's new Strategy 2026-2031

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Every five years the Geographical Association releases a new Strategy. I was involved in the creation of the previous strategy during my ti...
Saturday, 28 February 2026

GeogPod reaches 100

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GeogPod has reached #100 and there is a special episode to listen to.  It is also sponsored by Collins and Discover Geography coincidenta...
Wednesday, 25 February 2026

GEO Resources moved to the main GA website - along with the GA Blog

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The GEO project: Geography Education Online is ending and the resources that were created for it - including some that I was pleased to work...
Saturday, 14 February 2026

GeoLincs - 18th March

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GeoLincs is the South Lincolnshire GA Branch. I visited when it was in Bourne, back in 2015 in an early meeting of the branch. I'd just ...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

RIP

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As you know, we try to mark the passing of significant people in the GA's history on this blog - not all of whom were Presidents of cour...

Staff changes at Solly Street

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The Spring editions of the GA's journals are now out, and the GA Magazine has a staffing update - and a new look. I wish Isabel Richards...

Fiona Sheriff and the Open University

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Fiona Sheriff is the current Vice President of the Geographical Association. She will take over as President in September 2026. Fiona has pr...
Saturday, 31 January 2026

GA Conference 2026 - see you there!

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I'm going to be co-presenting a session with Matt Podbury at the GA Conference 2026. Matt Podbury and I are putting the band back togeth...

CoastCraft - Award winning

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A reminder to check out CoastCraft!! Learn about the features of coastal landscapes along with coastal processes. Understand the characteris...

EDINA opens up Digimap for Schools to 1 million more pupils

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A press release from the Ordnance Survey. I've worked with Ordnance Survey and EDINA for many years. Ordnance Survey (OS) will reach out...

300 000 page views

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Just checked the stats counter and the blog has passed 300 000 page views which is quite impressive, but good to see after the years of rese...
Tuesday, 20 January 2026

GA President 2027-2028 - Election now open

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Another year and another opportunity to shape the work of the GA and be part of its history (and geography). An election is being held for t...