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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.
The monthly Geography Southwest newsbites provides a summary of events, new resources and short news items. Detailed articles give more detail news stories relevant to teachers of geography in the region.
Image: Copyright Murdo Macleod In the September 2023 guest blog aimed at students, author Miriam Lancewood suggested an alternative view on planning a career and lifestyle. She challenges students to consider about embracing uncertainty and think about life beyond civilisation. Miriam is the author of international Bestseller “Woman in…
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Welcome to our September Newsbites. Here is a round up of events, new resources and news items ready for the autumn term, 2023. The Geography Southwest Conference 2023 took place in June 2023. There is a full report on this website, together with presentations from lectures and workshops. The June…
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Chloë Searl, The Island Geographer discusses some of the reasons why teachers and students continue to see the Isle of Wight as an unbeatable fieldwork hub for their subject. Many places in the UK can boast impressive coastlines, species-rich downland and sand dunes in different stages of succession. There are…
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A new train station opened in Exeter on Tuesday 4 July 2023. Marsh Barton station is located close to the industries, warehouses, and retailing outlets in the Marsh Barton industrial estate, and should enable more workers to use public transport to get to work. Several new housing developments are under…
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Our aim is to promote geography and geographical education in the South West of England. Geography SW is a collaborative project driven by a group of enthusiastic geographers who have volunteered their time to create a wide-ranging and dynamic resource to support the wider geographical community.