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

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 …