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 …

A day in the life of a Geographer… Tim Meadows

March 16, 2012

The week started off badly: a defeat for my 5-a-side football team on Monday night in a game we really should have won, during which I also picked up an ankle injury following a bit of a clumsy challenge on a slippery surface. Hobbling into the Sir Clive Granger Building on Tuesday morning bemoaning my …

Geog on … Landscape and Environment

March 14, 2012

Steve Daniels and Lucy Veale talk about the AHRC Landscape and Environment Programme; the projects it funds, film making and it’s place in Geography. On Landscape and Environment

A day in the life of a Geographer … Amber Martin

March 9, 2012

As a PhD student in the Geography department at the University of Nottingham, this week has been a rather unusual one as I’ve just returned from The Association of American Geographer’s (AAG) Conference in New York where I presented a paper. The AAG is a massive annual conference held in the states which attracts lots …

Geog on… is the greatest!

March 7, 2012

It’s been an exciting few days for our Geog On… podcast project culminating in it topping the iTunesU Science “Great Collections” chart today. Proof and overexcited scribblings can be found on my own blog @ http://geogonpodcasts.wordpress.com/2012/03/07/geog-on-is-the-greatest-its-official/

On Climate Uncertainty

March 5, 2012

Matt Jones, Simon Gosling and George Swann discuss issues of uncertainty connected to climate change past, present and future. On Climate Uncertainty

A day in the Life of a Geographer … Matt Jones

March 2, 2012

It’s been a fairly unusual week for me in which to write my first Day in the Life… contribution given that it’s the first week of the academic year in which I’ve had no timetabled teaching, which isn’t the norm for a term time week. However I have spent a lot of time dealing with …

On Islands and Lizards

February 27, 2012

This week for Geog On… Adam Algar talks about his research on lizards and island biogeography… On Islands and Lizards