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Annual Review 2011
The Society's latest review (PDF) sets out our achievements in 2011, the final year of our 2006/11 strategy. Highlights from the year have included:
• Walk the World and Discovering Britain geographical walking websites launched, the former as part of the Cultural Olympiad
• Fieldwork support of 89 projects to undertake research in 49 countries, with assistance for hundreds more and new Field Centre Grants
• The completion of the Action Plan For Geography, strengthened schools' resources on this website and advocacy for the discipline of geography with a relatively new government
• A record-breaking number of delegates attended our Annual International Conference and an increase in world-wide readership for our journals | |
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| Britain from the Air |
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Owing to its huge success the Britain from the Air exhibition in Chatham has been extended until 18 June 2012. The popular open-air exhibition contains more than 80 stunning large-scale images, taken from around the country by Britain’s foremost aerial photographers.
Since its launch Britain from the Air has been seen by more than 4.5 million people and is available to view online.
A selection of educational resources, created to support the exhibition are available for teachers to download. |
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| Annual Conference 2012 |
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• Date: 3 July to 5 July 2012
• Location: University of Edinburgh
Online registration is open and delegates have a further opportunity to book at the discounted rate, as we have extended our early registration deadline date to Friday 18 May 2012.
Our three day Annual International Conference, themed as 'Security of geography / geography of security' this year, attracts over 1,200 geographers from around the world. |
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| Schools competition |
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Young Geographer of the Year »
• Closing date: 5 October 2012
Run jointly by the Society and Geographical magazine, the competition is a regular feature in many schools’ calendars.
This year the competition focuses on the geographical connections between a school’s local area and the 206 Olympic and Paralympic Nations, having drawn inspiration from the Society’s Walk the World project.
Read the full competition details and entry criteria. | | | |