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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.
Skern Lodge in North Devon marked the GA’s National Fieldwork fortnight from 26 June to 7 July by hosting school trips from Dorset and Buckinghamshire. Students from Dorset developed fieldwork skills for their NEA data collection and studied the Pebble Ridge at Northam, and the historic coastal decisions over coastal…
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Welcome to our June Newsbites. Over 70 teachers came to the Geography Southwest Conference 2023 on Monday 26 June 2023 at the University of the West of England, and we have started to plan for the next conference in June 2024. Presentations from the lectures and workshops will be posted…
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Food Systems of the Future as Climate Change Mitigation: Finding a place for Edible Insects? In the June 2023 guest blog, Dr Jennifer Ferreira showed how edible insects could become a much more important food source in the future, and lead to a reduction in greenhouse emissions associated with meat…
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Geography Southwest May Newsbites The Summer exam season is a busy time for everyone, but it also provides opportunities to plan for the next academic year, look at new resources, attend inset events and take part in fieldwork. This May Newsbites includes a wide range of new resources, many ideas…
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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.