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Debbie Hall, Senior Library Assistant in the Map Room of @bodleianlibs, tells the stories of 20 journeys, routes and adventures, illustrated by maps.
📍 Oxford
⏰ 7 October
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UCAS season is here! This term, @RGS_IBG is running free webinars to help students & teachers with the process:
👨🏫 1 Oct: Supporting candidates for interviews & Oxbridge
🎓 3 Nov: Choosing your university & geography course
Book now: bit.ly/4h4yIoD
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Interested to see how geography is applied in the real world? 🗺️
Our free Geography in Practice webinars showcase how geography is making an impact across a wide range of sectors, including disaster risk management and emergency healthcare.
Register 👉ow.ly/2CCT50ZOLtq
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What can travelling alone through remote landscapes teach us about our health and wellbeing?
Join us to hear from Dr Jason Wragg about solo motorcycle travel.
📍 Cumbria
⏰ 30 September
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Want to grow your confidence teaching geography this autumn? @RGS_IBG offers in-person & online CPD to help you build specialist subject knowledge, gain confidence using platforms like ArcGIS, develop your delivery of fieldwork & more: bit.ly/4hihHIZ
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Can geospatial tools help reduce health inequalities? 📍 🩺
This interview explores the Digital Exclusion Risk Atlas (DERA), a tool developed to help health and care system teams understand patterns of digital exclusion risk across England 👇
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Looking to discover something new this autumn? Our event programme is jam-packed with insights from geographical experts, as well as storytelling, film, music and art 🌏✨
Find out more, and get booking! rgs.org/about-us/our-work/la…
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We love the @RGS_IBG Use Geography sessions for insight, inspiration & practical career ideas.
💡 Hear from geographers working across a wide range of industries
🔎 Explore sectors, roles & career opps
🚀 Discover how geography can shape your future
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Next week, join us in Belfast to find out more about the history and geography of Taiwan from Dr Gerry Cleary.
⏰ 17 September, 7.30pm
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Join @RGS_IBG for the launch of Midnight Sun by Ian Dawson/Sue Flood, hosted by Michael Palin.
🗓️ 6 Oct; UKAHT drinks 18:30; event 19–21:00
📍 RGS, London
🎟️ From £12 — use code UKAHT for 20% off
Priority booking (inc. UKAHT reception) closes 22 Sep
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📜 Our latest research spotlight zooms in on Dr Sarah Klosterkamp's Transactions paper, which unpacks mould and justice in the German housing market.
Read more 👉 rgs.org/about-us/our-work/la…
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Last week, we welcomed over 2,800 geographers from around the world for our Annual International Conference. 🌍
📝 Read more about what went on this year: ow.ly/TCRv50ZKI0Y.
⏭️ We hope to see everyone at @BristolUni in 2027! #RGSIBG26
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Curious about where a geography degree can take you? 🌍
Join our free Use Geography webinars this autumn!
💡 Gain insights from professionals, explore different sectors, and discover where geography could take you next.
🔗 Find out more and register:
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It's the final day of the @RGS_IBG annual conference!
We've loved meeting so many of you this week. There's still time to pitch your proposal - just pop by the MUP stand before the end of the day.
Thanks to Jai Seaman for this great photo of the stand - can you spot your book?
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We’re running 250+ live sessions at our Annual Conference today! ⏩
Make sure to leave time for the Chair’s events, including today’s session on how to generate ‘thinking environments’: rgs.org/research/annual-inte…
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Today is the first full day of our Annual Conference. We’ve got 195 live sessions planned and they're already underway! If you're joining us be sure to check out ExOrdo to catch what you’re interested in: event.ac2026.exordo.com/at-a…
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Our Annual International Conference is underway!
This evening, Chair Prof. Peter Hopkins will host an opening keynote on this year's theme, Geographies of inequalities: Toward just places, with Prof. Sue Smith presenting on the shape of inequality in today’s world. #RGSIBG26
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And you can keep up with what’s going on during conference week by following us on Bluesky at rgs-ibghe.bsky.social for updates, top tips and more. Use #RGSIBG26 to share what you’re up to!
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Interested in exploring the concepts in this episode further?💡
Migration is the theme of our 2026 School Essay Competition, with @ft4s. Submit essays on what factors drive migration, how patterns have shifted, and their consequences, by 9 November: bit.ly/4gta0xS.
New episode of Ask the Geographer out now!🎙️
This week, Professor Elena Barabantseva joins us to discuss the economic, political and social effects of migration between China and Russia since the 1970s.🌍
🔗Listen: ow.ly/Bytq50ZGBO5
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If it’s your first time joining the Conference, we’re hosting a reception for newcomers on 1 September. Join us to meet your fellow delegates and get an introduction to this year’s theme. Pre-registration is required: event.ac2026.exordo.com/sess…
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