The Geog Blog
A day in the life of a Geographer…Amber Martin
May 11, 2012
Well, sadly for me the delights of Manhattan and the AAG are but a distant dream. However, being back in the Sir Clive Granger Building here in Nottingham has its own delights. This week I’ve been working hard at cracking on with writing my thesis, which has involved trying to tie up any loose ends …
A Day in the Life of Geographer … Matt Jones
May 8, 2012
Apologies for my tardy post … looks like the bank holiday weekend turned up just in time after a pretty hectic first week of term. Last week was spent tidying up the last of the dissertation marking, and meeting all the 2nd year students who are just about to embark on that particular journey, as …
A Day in the Life of a Geographer … Andy Cook
April 20, 2012
It is interesting to note how quickly nine weeks have passed since my last contribution to the Geog Blog, possibly due to the fact that it has been an extremely busy term teaching wise. This week I will be offering some thoughts on the often hidden practices in which academics are involved in over the …
A Day in the Life of a Geographer … Andrew Leyshon
April 15, 2012
Friday 30th March As Head of School one of the things that I do much more of than ever before is spend time in meetings. These can be of many kinds, from occasional large University-wide gatherings of senior management which include the Vice Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellors, Deans and the like, through monthly School Management Committees …
A day in the life of a geographer… Lucy Veale
April 13, 2012
Since I last contributed to the blog I have started a new job as the named researcher on a project titled ‘Bringing Landscape to Life: Environmental Histories at Sheringham Park, 1812-2012’. Funded by AHRC, the aim is to address current debates about the implications of environmental change for the restoration, management and interpretation of publically …
Geog On… takes an Easter break too
April 4, 2012
Because my colleagues are occupied carrying out research they’re too busy to talk to me over the holidays so Geog On… will return in May, featuring discussions on the Occupy movement and how we visualise the landscape, amongst other things. Have a great holiday.
Contested Environments: a postgraduate workshop
March 26, 2012
On Thursday 7th June 2012 the School will host the sixth annual postgraduate workshop to be run by the Landscape, Space, Place Research Group. Jennifer Rich outlines the meeting below: An environment is a complex site of meaning in which a range of tensions, relations and contestations are sustained, played out, fought, won and lost. Environments are …
A day in the life of a Geographer… Francesca Marriot
March 23, 2012
Hello, my name is Francesca Marriott and one the mysterious geographers who, for reasons unknown, was not introduced at the start of the ‘A Day in the Life of a Geographer’ blog series. So I shall start off with a little background information about myself. This is me, Francesca Marriott, and I am a …
Geog On … the Educational Service Industry
Sarah Hall talks to Matt Jones about her work on the Education Industry either side of the Atlantic and some of the implications for Higher Education in a new funding landscape. On the Educational Service Industry
Simon Gosling talks on Science and Parliament
March 19, 2012
Last Thursday evening I was seated on the panel for a panel discussion on the role of science in Parliament and Government. I was joined by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Chair of the House of Lords Science & Technology Sub-Committee), Lord Oxburgh (Board Member of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology), Xameerah Malik (Specialist …
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