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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 credit: Rob Coombe In September’s guest blog, Paul Martin showed the importance of connecting young people with nature and developing natural literacy. He described working with schools to embed ‘natural learning’ into their curriculum and ethos, and the aim of encouraging in students the idea of constructive hope…
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Over 70 teachers, presenters and publishers attended the first Geography Southwest (in association with the RGS-IBG and UWE) annual conference at the University of West of England on Tuesday 28 June. The programme featured four keynote talks and seven workshop presentations. Ten exhibitors, comprising educational publishers, school travel organisations and workshop…
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The June 2022 Geography Southwest Newsbites brings you details of events, new resources and recent news items as end of the school year approaches. Geography Southwest was launched in June 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. As this academic year draws to a close and the summer holidays beckon,…
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Image: Lydia Deacon, Lydia Deacon, Junior Evidence and Engagement Officer, Westcountry Rivers Trust who works with citizen science projects. In the June 2022 guest blog, Dr Yoseph Araya, Senior Lecturer in ecology and environmental sciences at The Open University, looks at the importance of citizen science in addressing environmental…
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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.