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A day in the Life of a Geographer … Odette Paramor
November 23, 2012
This week we welcome Odette Paramor from our Ningbo campus to the ‘Day in the Life…’ team… ‘A UK colleague came to visit UNNC recently and remarked that he found the place ‘intriguing’. He hadn’t known quite what to expect, but it wasn’t a fully functioning UK university campus plonked in the suburbs (for the moment) of a second-tier Chinese city. …
A day in the life of a Geographer … Andy Cook
November 16, 2012
It has been a while since my last contribution and it follows one of the busiest weeks of my year in terms of teaching provision. Despite the hectic nature of this week it has been exceptionally satisfying as a lot of different subjects have been taught, a few new techniques have been used and all …
A Day in the Life of a Geographer … Suzanne McGowan (and friends)
November 2, 2012
Nottingham geographers at the British Diatom Meeting 2012 in Northumberland The British Diatom meeting has become something of a tradition among those who work on diatoms (microscopic siliceous algae). The meeting annually brings together academics, practitioners and amateur enthusiasts to discuss all aspects of diatom research ranging from ecology to evolution and taxonomy to palaeo-science. …
A Day in the Life of a Geographer … Francesca Marriott
October 26, 2012
Welcome to Second Year And so it begins, autumn is here and I am in my second year as a Geography student at the University of Nottingham… So what does second year feel like? Well I can honestly say it is nice to be back in Nottingham and in some circumstances it feels like nothing …
A day in the life of a Geographer … Matt Jones
October 20, 2012
The beginning of a new academic year is always a busy time, compounded by students and staff in the School of Geography (re)finding their structured academic feet again after summers away recovering from A-Levels, travelling the world seeing “Geography”, or should that be ‘Geographies’ (see below), or working on research projects for dissertations or the …
Malham Mayhem!
September 12, 2012
80 members of the School of Geography have been at the Field Studies Council field center at Malham Tarn since Friday of last week immersed in all weathers and multiple strands of physical geography. This 8 day trip is the key part of the second year Techniques in Physical Geography module – training students in …
Day in the life of a Geographer … John Pearson
August 24, 2012
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Nottingham Geography alumni John Pearson to the Geog Blog, with his first contribution found below… “As this is my first blog entry, I should start with a bit of an introduction. I am a former Geography student from Nottingham, although my studies seem a long time ago …
A day in the life of a geographer … Francesca Marriott
August 20, 2012
“Geography is all around us” I was a little unsure what to write for this blog as lectures and ‘uni-life’ cannot make up the contents of this blog because of course it is Summer! Well it seems an age since my last blog and a long time since summer began. So what does a 1st …
A day in the life of a Geographer … Andy Cook
July 3, 2012
Well, since my last set of reflections things seem to have become even busier! Despite teaching having finished in May (generally speaking) staff have been busier than ever with marking, exam and coursework moderation, exam boards, curriculum reviews and generally reflecting on what has been a successful academic year. On a personal note I have …
A day in the life of a Geographer…
June 14, 2012
As we reach the end of the academic year, students are busy enjoying a well earned post exam break and staff are busy finalising marks ahead of exam boards, including Andrew Leyshon who is away form the School this week acting as an external examiner at another institution. External examining is an important part of our quality control procedures and we …
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