With #NationalCareersWeek drawing to a close, here’s a sneak peek at an exciting new project 💡
On Monday, we’ll be announcing a new partnership with Springpod to help students access work experience and explore career pathways.
Stay tuned 👉https://bit.ly/4rRR68o
How do we protect nature in a rapidly changing world? 🌏
Join us on Tuesday 17 March to hear leading conservation scientists and researchers discuss how we can safeguard biodiversity for the future.
Learn more about our panellists and book now 👉 https://bit.ly/4l1zGni
We're delighted to announce the winners of the 2026 Esmond B. Martin Prize!
Dr Krithi Karanth and Dr Alexandre Antonelli have made crucial contributions to our understanding of biodiversity and its links to society and the environment.
Find out more 👉https://bit.ly/4rb0WRO
Meet our panelists for next week’s Monday Night Lecture!
Adam Vaughan, Lukwesa Burak, Isabel Hilton and Klaus Dodds bring a wealth of expertise from the world of journalism 🗞️💡
🗣️ Putting the news on the map
📍 London and online, 9 March
🔗 Book now: https://bit.ly/4sk6gDr
Explore key data on #geography in UK universities - from applicant and student numbers to trends in satisfaction and careers.
Access our higher education resource 👇
https://www.rgs.org/research/higher-education-resources/data-on-geography-at-university
It’s #NationalCareersWeek 💼🎉
🌳 We’ve launched a new resource to help KS3 and GCSE students explore geographical careers in conservation, with activities, career profiles of real geographers, and teacher support packs.
🔗 Check it out on our website: bit.ly/402JAeN
Laptop screen showing a blurred video conference with multiple participants in a grid layout, next to a green leafy plant indoors.
Join the Society's Urban Geography Research Group later this month for their next webinar, featuring contributions from Lauren Andres (UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment).
⏰ 25 March, 1.00pm
👉 Register: https://ow.ly/tsLJ50XTxp9
Our Geography for All Coordinator, Jasmine Roberts, reflects on the Geography for All initiative and what supporting underrepresented students means to her in this new @routesjournal.bsky.social editorial 👇
Read her thoughts on community-building, curated support, and ways to get involved.
The deadline for submissions for the 2026 Annual Conference conference programme is one week from today, Friday 6 March.
To access additional guidance on navigating the submission system, please visit our pages on guidance for presenters and for session organisers. 👇
https://ow.ly/7nTe50Y3Jj5
📣Calling PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers and early career researchers working with art-based methodologies in geography.
The Development Geographies Research Group (RGS-IBG) invite you to a workshop on Wednesday 25 March, at LSE.
Submit a contribution by 2 March: https://ow.ly/Bahg50YkVqv
🌍 China is a core part of the Geography curriculum.
With our newly launched pupil-led KS3 resource, students can explore this fascinating country, home to over 17% of the world’s population, at their own pace.
Explore it here 👉https://www.rgs.org/schools/resources-for-schools/china-case-study
📢 Free online teacher CPD!
Join our Digimap for Schools session with Ordnance Survey on 16 June 🗺️
Whether you’re a new or experienced user, we’ll show you how to use data collection and tables to bring this versatile tool into your classroom.
🔗 Book your place: bit.ly/3OAUvtC
Looking for advice on wellbeing during your geography PhD?
This resource shares top tips for new postgraduate researchers on staying mentally healthy 👇
https://www.rgs.org/research/higher-education-resources/wellbeing-for-new-postgraduate-researchers
Join the Society's Climate Change Research Group for an upcoming panel on Monday 2 March, with Thea Riofrancos, Patrick Schröder, and Sean Kenji Starrs:
'The environmental politics of Donald Trump: re-framing Trump’s wars through a focus on energy'
https://ow.ly/jXVK50YkVis
Snow-capped mountain peaks illuminated under a dark, cloudy night sky.
Can the Himalayas speak when brands make them a stage?
Yana Wengel and Ling Ma explore how the 2025 Arc’teryx campaign reveals the problematic implications of framing mountains as passive backdrops for spectacle.
Read more in the full Geography Directions blog post 👇
https://ow.ly/uxfW50YgK5N
This week sees the launch of an exciting new exhibition in West Bengal which draws on the Society’s historic Collections on Everest and the wider Himalayas. Find out more: https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/collections-feature-in-groundbreaking-exhibition
A lively urban park with people relaxing on green lawns surrounded by trees and city buildings in the background under a clear sky.
What are the impacts of Cairo’s parks becoming increasingly commercialised? 🌿
Abdelbaseer A. Mohamed (University of Lodz) explores this in a new Geography Directions post.
Read the full blog here 👉https://ow.ly/4lay50YfeMz
Here is a collection of papers from the @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social journals focused on the @rgs.org annual conference theme of "geographies of inequalities: towards just places": 👇
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...
Educational chart illustrating the timeline from weather to climate change with drawings representing hours to centuries.
Why does effective climate action in the Pacific require moving away from externally imposed concepts of justice and transformation?
Ilan Kelman and Simon Hollis discuss this in a new Geography Directions blog post.
Check it out here 👇📝
https://ow.ly/s59x50YenEu
Shout out for the learned societies keeping a beady eye on the state of the disciplines that university senior managers are so swiftly dismantling. Keep an eye on the state of UK university Geography with the help of the @rgs.org 's new report, published this week.
Geography teachers📢
Looking for strategies to provide more constructive feedback on your students' work? Our assessment + feedback teacher online CPD is just one month away!
Join us for a practical session on developing + implementing new assessment and feedback methods: https://bit.ly/46Ue9qE
🔦 Book cover reveal
Geography and a Geographer: Reimagining the discipline after Ron Johnston brings together contributors whose work speaks to the geographies Johnston helped shape.
This book will be published as part of the @rgs.org monograph series #OpenAccess. Coming soon.
#RonJohnston
Useful new report from @rgs.org on the state of geography in HE based on a snapshot survey. Most striking for me are textual responses which suggest larger/Russell Group institutions expect to face similar pressures in the coming year already felt by smaller institutions
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
Join the Society's Food Geographies Research Group for its next online coffee morning on Thursday 5 March ☕💻
These coffee mornings offer a space for postgraduate and early career researchers working in Food Geographies to share and discuss their research.
Register here 👉https://ow.ly/tplZ50Y7H2H
🚢This week, our School Essay Competition winner's essay was published in the Financial Times!
You can read Sylvester's winning entry on the political and geographical challenges affecting contemporary global trade here: bit.ly/4tDle91 📰
UK universities are currently facing a significant financial crisis. Recently, we undertook a snapshot survey across all UK higher education institutions offering geography.
Read our new report by Professor Jenny Pickerill, the Society’s Vice President for Research and Higher Education.
Interested in #EDI within #geography?
Explore our curated higher education resources, including best practice guidance, reading lists, and practical toolkits 👇
https://www.rgs.org/research/higher-education-resources?filter=equity%2C-diversity-and-inclusion-4454
Join the Society's Economic Geography Research Group for a special edition of its Emerging Voices webinar series 💻
The group will be joined by four editors from leading economic geography journals as they share practical advice on how to publish successfully in the field 👇
https://ow.ly/jZv850Y7Cat
Last week, we partnered with schools and universities in Greater Manchester for a Choose Geography open day, giving students a taste of what studying geography at university looks like and connecting with professionals for real-world advice on geographical careers. 🌏
More details👇 bit.ly/3ZvHpQE
The planet is under pressure – how can photography help?
This July, Summit Photo returns to explore how photography and filmmaking can drive positive change and address today’s global challenges.
Day pass, £25. Book now: https://www.rgs.org/events/summit-photo
📸 Aaron Gekoski and Simon Townsley
