A day in the life of a geographer…Amber Martin
July 23, 2012
Since my last post I’ve been pretty busy with ‘conference season’. A couple of weeks ago I attended the RGS-IBG annual conference in the beautiful city of Edinburgh where it rained a lot and I forgot to pack a water proof coat and ‘sensible’ footwear. Fashion dilemmas aside the conference was brilliant. I co-organised and …
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… Lucy Veale
June 22, 2012
My main event this week was a trip to Norwich for the workshop ‘Bringing Landscape to Life: Humphry Repton and Environmental Change’ at UEA. This was one of the main outputs of the project I am currently working on. The event began on Monday afternoon with a visit to Catton Park which is located just …
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 …
A day in the life of a Geographer … Suzanne McGowan
June 5, 2012
This time of year is a transition for academic staff, where we wrap up the final parts of the teaching year and can start to think about research. So, the main tasks that I had this week were marking exams and coursework and completing some research contracts in the lab that had stared to pile …
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 …
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