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 …
The Helm Wind of Crossfell – part 2
November 15, 2012
Yesterday I set off for Great Dun Fell with Georgina, Gary and Sam, in search of the Helm Wind I wrote about in last week’s blog… and to test out both the route and technology for the narrated walk we’ve been working on. Rolling cloud was observed above the hills on our approach but, probably …
A day in the life of a geographer – Lucy Veale
November 9, 2012
The Helm Wind of Crossfell For this week’s blog I have decided to write about some of my current research for the Weather Walks, Weather Talks project. The project is focussed on the English climatologist, geographer, and avid long-distance walker Gordon Manley, with the main output a narrated walk for the RGS-IBG initiative Discovering Britain. …
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 …
A day in the life of a geographer – Lucy Veale
September 3, 2012
Since my last entry I have started work on a new project with Georgina Endfield called ‘Weather Walks, Weather Talks’. The project has actually been underway since March but I’m just involved with the second part, the outcome of which will be a guided walk and mobile phone application around Great Dun Fell in the …
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 …
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