Blog and updates
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18 Nov 2022
Flag of the Week - a New and Regular Feature!
We are launching our new weekly feature - Flag of the Week. This powerpoint will be available to download Sunday evening each week - and will be a great talking point during tutor time, or as part...
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18 Nov 2022
Geography News Quiz: 18th November 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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16 Nov 2022
India Projected to Overtake China as the World’s Most Populous Country in 2023
India faces a deepening demographic divide as it prepares to overtake China as the world’s most populous country - with the north-south divide growing as its population changes, with serious social...
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15 Nov 2022
Today is 8 billion day - but how did we get here?
The global population has hit eight billion, the UN has announced. Demographers chose 15 November to mark this milestone - though it could be up to a year or two on either side.
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14 Nov 2022
COP27: Fears of compromise on key 1.5C global temperature issue
At Paris 2015 it was agreed that countries would try to limit the average rise in temperatures to 1.5C - this key target was reinforced at COP26. However, this target is under threat with senior...
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11 Nov 2022
Geography News Quiz: 11th November 2022
Here's this week's 'Geography in the News' Quiz.
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10 Nov 2022
AQA A-Level Geography Exam Paper 2 Topic Tracker
This resource provides a detailed, topic-by-topic breakdown of how the Paper 2 Human Geography topics have been examined in the papers set so far for AQA A-Level. Included in this tracker is a map...
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10 Nov 2022
AQA A-Level Geography Exam Paper 1 Topic Tracker
This resource provides a detailed, topic-by-topic breakdown of how the Paper 1 Physical Geography topics have been examined in the papers set so far for AQA A-Level Geography. Included in this...
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10 Nov 2022
Travelling to COP27 by private jet - is this the best choice of transport to travel a climate change summit?
There has been criticism on social media of delegates arriving at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - and quite rightly so! But just how bad is this form...
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9 Nov 2022
Albania to UK Migration - What Are the Numbers and Why?
Earlier this year immigration minister Robert Jenrick has highlighted the number of Albanian migrants arriving in the UK this year, asking why they were leaving what he called a 'safe country'.
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8 Nov 2022
Adapting to Climate Change Across East Asia and the Pacific
This World Bank clip looks at the implications of climate change for East Asia and the Pacific, and their ability to adapt to the challenges that it poses and, hopefully, overcome them.
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7 Nov 2022
Qatar World Cup: A Catalyst for Change for Human Rights?
Qatar has come under heavy scrutiny from human rights groups over its treatment of migrant workers, however the tournament's hosting committee argue that the World Cup has allowed the country to...
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3 Nov 2022
Topic Update: Nigerian oil spills - a fix for an environmental disaster that is actually working!
Many of you teach Nigeria as your NEE example for AQA GCSE Changing Economic World so will be familiar with the catastrophic Bodo oil spills of 2008 and 2009. But have you heard of Dr Eucharia...
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2 Nov 2022
Census 2021: NEW Data Visualisation Tool a Must for Human Geographers
The next Census 2021 data drop is here and it’s conveniently presented in the form of a new, user-friendly and fully searchable Census Maps tool.
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31 Oct 2022
Geography in the News: Far Right Bolsonaro ousted in Brazilian election - this can only mean good things for the Amazon rainforest surely?
Brazil has taken a turn back to the left as former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in the presidential election.
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25 Oct 2022
COP27: Uganda-Tanzania Oil Pipeline Sparks Climate Row
International agreements to limit carbon emissions are always a minefield because mitigating climate change has a very real economic impact for developing nations. Uganda and Tanzania are set to...
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18 Oct 2022
Podcast recommendation: Edible Economics by Ha-Joon Chang
Edible Economics by Ha-Joon Chang, is a book adapted for BBC broadcast, and includes a really interesting, contemporary explainer about the economics of the banana in this episode. It's relevant...
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18 Oct 2022
Just Stop Oil - is it okay to cause chaos in the name of the environment?
The M25 Dartford Crossing has been closed for second day as members of activist group Just Stop Oil have scaled the bridge to protest against the new government oil and gas licence. But is this an...
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17 Oct 2022
WWF Living Planet Report 2022 - global wildlife populations have plummeted by 69% since 1970
The Living Planet Report 2022 is WWF’s most comprehensive study to date of trends in global biodiversity and the health of our planet. It reports that global wildlife populations have plummeted by...
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