A Day in the life of a Geographer … Francesca Marriott

May 25, 2012

Wow. That’s gone quick. I know last time I was going on about how quickly first year was going and now all of a sudden it’s virtually gone. Soon I shall be losing my title of being a ‘fresher’ and become a fully fledged second year geographer. Since my last post, I have attended the 1st year …

Geog On… The Occupy Movement

May 18, 2012

After a slightly prolonged Easter break Geog On… is back. Ahead of Mayfest this Saturday, I’ve talked to Alex Vasudevan about one of the current “Big Questions” Geography is helping to understand. On the Occupy Movement Good to be back…

A day in the life of a Geographer… Tim Meadows

From spending a week and a half in the Lake District with the first years (see Andy’s post for details) to a day trip to Turkey Brook in Hertforshire with a couple of students from the second year rivers module, and even a chance meeting with Sarah Metcalfe and Alex Vasudevan on an ill-fated train …

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 …