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Find out about geography at the University of Plymouth
The University of Plymouth offers the following outreach and engagement opportunities for schools, students and teachers:
Ambassadors programme
Events and lectures
Visits to and from schools
The School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth welcome invitations to participate in outreach events such as talks, short workshops or careers fairs. These can either be through University staff visits or by visits to the University of Plymouth. They do not charge for speakers but would require you to cover reasonable travel and subsistence costs for staff visits. Find out more
Talks currently available for GCSE and A Level:
- It's the end of the world as we know it? Geography, Population and Resources (A level)
- Changing Places: Rebranding Urban and Rural Areas (A level)
- Urban and Waterfront Change (GCSE and A level)
- But the climate has always changed! (GCSE and A level)
- Flying and climate change – what are your carbon emissions? (A level)
- Geography: using GIS for the extended project (A level)
- Exploring the importance of glaciers for water, food, and energy security (A level)
- Living in a ‘pop-up’ world: is pop-up architecture the answer to our urban problems? (A level)
- When did humans begin to transform the biosphere (GCSE and A level)
- Flushed Away - there is no such place as "away" - what goes down our toilets and where does it go? (A level)
- The problem of black plastic (GCSE and A level)
- Peatlands: the unsung heroes in the fight against climate change (A level)
- Volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, why look at one? let's do them all! (GCSE and A level)
- Earthquake impacts (GCSE and A level)
- Tsunamis! Past and present; from Japan to the UK (A level)
Open days
Find out more about open day dates using our Directory of Open Days
