Blog and updates
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6 Sept 2023
Lessons to be learned from the summer's GCSE exams - Paper 1 overall commentary
Over the next week or so I am going to share a series of blogs that summarise key parts of the examiner reports. The examiners reports are a really useful tool to help inform your teaching, and in...
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18 Aug 2023
A-Level Geography Results Analysis 2023
Grading of students this summer was trailed as being similar to that of students in 2019, prior to the pandemic. In fact, across all subjects A* results were up, from 7.7% to 8.9%, as were A*-A...
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9 Aug 2023
A great opportunity to hone those DME skills! Should Llanharan have a bypass?
Educational rationale: Decision making exercises are common in GCSE courses, notably AQA, and also included in some A Level courses too. It is a critical thinking skill held in high regard by...
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19 Jul 2023
Geography in the News: How is Climate Change Affecting the Weather?
With record-breaking temperatures across most of southern Europe, but downpour after downpour across the UK, lots of students may be questioning whether climate change is anything to be worried...
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12 Jul 2023
GIS for the NEA: A Quick Start Guide for the Confused!
For many teachers and students the NEA feels like a natural place to start using GIS. The ability to efficiently collect, present and analyse spatial data is of huge importance to a successful...
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7 Jul 2023
Geography News Quiz: 7th July 2023
Here's our final weekly 'Geography in the News' Quiz for this academic year.
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3 Jul 2023
Get Outside - Don't Let a Lack of Fieldwork Equipment Stop You!
Yes, it's National Fieldwork Fortnight, but for many departments a major obstacle when carrying out fieldwork is a lack of equipment, and in times of dwindling budgets buying fieldwork equipment...
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29 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 10: How can we use GIS to investigate change in population?
‘Demography, demography, demography!’ It’s hard not to overstate the importance of studying population in geography. A good understanding of the dynamics and spatial dimensions of demography seems...
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28 Jun 2023
Get Outside - it’s National Fieldwork Fortnight!
Following on from the success of last year’s Geographical Association National Fieldwork Week, it is now National Fieldwork Fortnight. The next two weeks are the perfect excuse to leave your hot...
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27 Jun 2023
Timbaaaaaa!!! (Despite the fact we are supposed to be 'saving' the planet!)
COP26 saw world leaders pledging to end deforestation in an attempt to fight climate change and protect biodiversity. But last year global tree loss surged, with an area of tropical rainforest the...
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22 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 9: How can we use GIS to investigate development?
Geographical perspectives on economic and social development are an integral part of the secondary curriculum. How can geospatial resources offer support for learning in this area? Fortunately, the...
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15 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 8: How can we use GIS to investigate urban issues and challenges?
One aspect of human geography where GIS can support learning very effectively is in the study of urban issues and challenges, particularly with data visualisation and data analysis. A particular...
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8 Jun 2023
World Oceans Day - 'Marine Identity' is officially a thing!
Todays is World Oceans Day (thanks to Stephen Schwab for the reminder!), and a perfect time to think about the concept of 'marine identity', which has been endorsed as part of the UN Ocean Decade.
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8 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 7: How can we use GIS to investigate atmospheric hazards?
In the UK, where weather is allegedly our favourite topic of conversation, to what extent are people aware of the role of geospatial knowledge and skills in forecasting the weather? Many blogs...
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1 Jun 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 6: How can we use GIS to investigate tectonic processes and hazards?
Geospatial resources are making an increasingly significant contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the Earth’s fundamental structure. Consequently, we need to share such developments...
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25 May 2023
GIS in the Classroom Blog 5: How can we use GIS to investigate glaciation?
Although there’s a tendency to associate glacial landscapes with upland areas, the whole of Britain and Ireland, along with many other mid-latitude countries, have been profoundly sculpted by...
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