A day in the Life of a Geographer…. Becki Quigley

February 22, 2012

So, what do Geographer students actually do? Allow me to begin by telling you what we DON’T do. Contrary to popular belief we DON’T spend three hard years at University being taught how to keep inside the lines with our trusty Crayola. We DON’T know where every single country is on a map of the …

Geog On … The 2012 season

February 20, 2012

Welcome to the new home of the Geog On … podcasts, and the new 2012 podcast season. We start with a look at the Financial Crisis with Andrew Leyshon and Sarah Hall, the first of a series of podcasts where our research themes discuss one of the big issue of the day. These will be mixed in with podcasts from individual members of staff about …

A Day in the Life of Geographer … Andy Cook

February 13, 2012

Over the weeks in my blog slot I will be offering some insights into the day-to-day life of being a geographer, a lecturer, a researcher and hopefully getting across why I, and many others feel so passionate about our discipline and why geography ‘matters’. Not purely in a technical, theory heavy, academic way but in …

Location 4: East Lane, Bawdsey

Location 4: Bawdsey, Suffolk Today was the final day of filming; we had to record the introduction and conclusion to the film, as well as a number of voiceover pieces.  Following discussions with Simon yesterday, we decided that East Lane Bawdsey (around 20 minutes from Woodbridge) would be a good location to open and conclude …

Simon Gosling talks about his time at University of Melbourne

February 9, 2012

I spent a couple of weeks at the end of January at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The University of Melbourne is a U21 University and during my time there I was able to take a good look around the two main campuses; Parkville and Burnley, and see the range of excellent facilities available …

Location 3: Woodbridge, Deben Estuary

Location 3: Deben Estuary, Suffolk Our final interview stop was the town of Woodbridge on the Deben estuary, Suffolk coast, where we visited Simon Read, a visual artist whose work helps local communities to imagine what the future holds for Suffolk’s changing coast. Since 1980, Simon has lived on a sea going Dutch barge which …

Location 2: Alkborough Flats

Location 2: Alkborough Flats, North Lincolnshire We spent Tuesday on the train, travelling from Falmouth to ‘sunny Scunny’ as the train manager proudly announced as we pulled into a rather cold and snowy Scunthorpe. After meeting Mike Pearson at our B&B we headed out to a pub in Brigg for some warming Lincolnshire sausages and …

Location 1: Mullion Harbour, Cornwall

February 7, 2012

So we made it to Cornwall late last night and this morning set off for Mullion Harbour on the Lizard Peninsula, picking up cultural geographer Caitlin DeSilvey on the way. The film crew of Ben, Tom and Matt were already there, capturing cutaway shots of the harbour and surrounding dramatic coastal landscape. The day began …

A day in the life of a Geographer … Lucy Veale

February 5, 2012

Sunday 5th February   This week I’m on a tour of the English coast with Professor Stephen Daniels. Weather permitting (I’m writing this from quite a snowy Beeston), we’re going to be visiting Mullion Harbour in Cornwall, Alkborough Flats in North Lincolnshire and the Deben Estuary in Suffolk – all by train as far as …

A day in the life of a Geographer … an introduction

February 3, 2012

As of next week this blog will host our new series “A Day in the Life of a Geographer”, each week a different individual, from a group drawn from across the School, will talk about what they have been up to, however exciting this may be! The blog posts will describe why we all find …