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The planet is under pressure – how can photography help?
This July, Summit Photo returns to explore how photography and filmmaking can drive positive change and address today’s global challenges.
Day pass, £25. Book now: https://www.rgs.org/events/summit-photo
📸 Aaron Gekoski and Simon Townsley
Teachers 📢
🗣️ Want to communicate geographical concepts effectively for all students? Join our free webinars on literacy and EAL in geography learning!
15 April: Strategies for EAL students in geography
29 June: Exploring literacy through geography
Book 👉https://www.rgs.org/schools/teacher-events
Globes for days! Have greatly enjoyed tagging along as the brilliant Sylvia Sumira has assessed our globes @rgsibg.bsky.social this week. #conservation #globes 🌏 📚🗃️
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MRes and PhD students researching topics related to rural geographies are invited to join the Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG for its next friendly mid-morning coffee meeting.
📅 19 February 2026
⏰ 10.00am
Register here 👉https://ow.ly/uHZB50Y8eKB
Interested in making your geography fieldwork more safe, ethical, and sustainable?
Explore our collection of fieldwork resources for curated reading lists, practical advice, and best-practice guidance 👉https://ow.ly/zBz450XJwGb
A purple line traces a line of ascent up an impressive ridgeline on a twoering mountain face. Camps are indicated on the ridge and just shy of the summit. A dashed line shows a different line of descent between two huge glaciers,
A pair of ropes lead out away from the camera towards a climber making difficult moves in crampons on a blank rock face.
Two climbers in sunglasses and many layers of clothing smile into the camera on a mountain summit.
Climbing Magazine described it as 'one of the gnarliest routes' of 2025.
Over 9 gruelling days, George Ponsonby and James Price made the first ascent of the northwest face of Aikache Chhok (6673m).
Join us on 26 March at the @rgsibg.bsky.social to hear their incredible story ➡️ tinyurl.com/9a9s5vmc
New episode of Ask the Geographer 🎙️
Join Dr Angus McNelly for a discussion on the role of fossil fuels in post-WWII international development, and the lessons for nations today as they plan for a future of renewable energy ♻️
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3ZsNBJa
The call for sessions, papers and posters for AC2026 is still open!
Those looking to present can submit abstracts to our open call for papers to take part in sessions convened by the conference planning committee.
Find out more in our submission guidance 👇
https://ow.ly/zEns50Y3Iij
Cover of the Subjective Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina featuring various traditional shoes arranged in rows on a beige background.
How does the Subjective Atlas of Bosnia and Herzegovina disrupt conventional mapping by centering everyday, lived connections between people and place? 💭
James Riding (Newcastle University Geography) discusses this in a new Geography Directions blog post 👇
https://ow.ly/49hb50Y4M6m
What happens when you put experts, prescient topics, engaged audiences, and #maps together? A Map Room Conversation!
Our Area special section is now available #openaccess
#geography #skystorians 🗃️
🎉 It's National Apprenticeship Week!
To celebrate geographical apprenticeships and green skills, we teamed up with National Education Nature Park to create free posters for students and teachers.
Download them here 👇
https://bit.ly/46cVfuL
Teachers, celebrate your A Level students’ independent geographical investigation by nominating them for the Ron Cooke Award 2026! 🏆
Submit outstanding, fully-marked NEAs on behalf of your students by 13 March 👇
https://bit.ly/4jukFJZ
Satellite view of a large cyclone with a distinct eye forming over a cluster of islands in the ocean.
In what ways does the framing of climate change’s origins influence understandings of its causes and proposed solutions? 🌍
Charlotte Weatherill (The University of Manchester) discusses this in a new Geography Directions blog post. Check it out here 👇
https://ow.ly/CGRi50Y4KUL
Are you teaching geography at university for the first time? 🌍
Check out our New to Teaching Geography guide, developed with the Geography and Education Research Group 📝
It covers key themes including promoting participation, teaching in the field & professional development 🔗https://bit.ly/4kl3POe
Crowd waving Venezuelan and American flags.
What does Maduro’s capture reveal about the limits of traditional anti-imperialist thinking when it comes to supporting democratic change?
Francisco Llinás Casas and Erick Moreno Superlano unpack this in a new Geography Directions blog post. Check it out here 👉https://ow.ly/1Fob50Y4Ka5
Looking to enhance your geography teaching?
Explore our higher education resources for innovative teaching approaches, practical guidance, and best practice 🔗👇
https://www.rgs.org/research/higher-education-resources?filter=teaching-7536
What has geography got to do with AI?
Join Professor John Naughton at our next Monday night lecture to explore why geographers should be part of the conversation about the future of AI technology.
📍 London and online, 9 February
👉 Book now https://bit.ly/3LK7FUg
A pleasure to welcome colleagues from @linneansociety.bsky.social for a behind-the-scenes tour of our building and Collections today.
We wrapped up with a tabletop display exploring natural history and the shared stories connecting our two learned societies 🌿📚
The call for sessions, papers, and posters for AC2026 is still open 📣
The deadline for all submissions is Friday 6 March 2026.
We recommend that session organisers review our guidance before circulating a call for papers and submitting a session proposal 👇
https://ow.ly/AoyP50Y3IOt
Was a delight to welcome our mighty CDA cohort (our biggest group yet, 4 new students!) to @rgsibg.bsky.social this week. Learn more, including about their fascinating projects, here:
#postgrads #cdastudents #phdlife #skystorians 🗃️
Congratulations to Sylvester Parmar-Wickham, winner of our 2025 School Essay Competition, awarded in partnership with Financial Times! 🏆
Find out more about the competition, including our winning and highly commended entries, here 👇
https://bit.ly/4rllo2P
📣 Fellows are invited to make nominations for Committee positions to be elected in June 2026.
Nominations close at 5.00pm on Thursday 19 March. Find out more, including which committees have openings 👉https://www.rgs.org/about-us/our-work/latest-news/nominations-committee-elections-2026
Do you know someone who has demonstrated excellence in geography – or whose work has inspired you and made a real impact?
There’s still time to celebrate their achievements by nominating them for one of our 2026 Medals and Awards 🏆
Nominate by 5.00pm on Monday 16 February 👇
https://bit.ly/4qL9oI5
📣 Primary geography teachers
Join us this spring for hands-on CPD events on embedding climate and sustainability principles, and using fieldwork in your local area. 🗺️
Sessions align with key Ofsted and DfE priorities and support teachers at all stages of their careers🔎
Eight in 10 UK police forces saw a rise in hate crimes against East and Southeast Asians during COVID-19 – and this remains a continuing problem.
This #geovisualisation features Voice ESEA, mapping these crimes across the UK and highlighting the urgent need for action 👇
https://bit.ly/3MbE0mU
A graphic showing a picture of an abseiling climber and two large glacial lakes. In large text on the left of the image it says 'Summits, Science & Survival' below a ticket-style graphic that reads '2026 MEF Lecture'. In the bottom right corner, there is a similar ticket-stub-style graphic which reads: "RGS, London 26 March 2026"
As the mountains change around us, this year's MEF lecture looks to the future, bringing together alpinists who represent the fresh face of modern mountaineering & scientists working to protect mountain communities from new climate hazards.
📍RGS, London
📆 26 March
Book now 🎟️ tinyurl.com/9a9s5vmc
Very pleasant day (and don’t we all need more of those!) with our new doctoral cohort and then a #BeInspired lecture on the early history of the @rgsibg.bsky.social from Deborah Ireland (recording will be free online to all via our website!)
#skystorians #history #geography 🗃️
Climate Hegemony: Confronting the Politics of Environmental Impasse by @laurieparsons.bsky.social is out May 2026.
This book will be free to read and download via #OpenAccess publishing. @rgsibg.bsky.social
Teachers 📢 We’re running two EVC (Educational Visits Coordinator) trainings this March, for both new and experienced EVCs.
🥾 10 March – New EVC training: https://bit.ly/4r0S0yE
💡 11 March – EVC update workshop: https://bit.ly/4pVhMnd
We look forward to seeing you there!
Congratulations to Jess Smith, winner of the 2025 Biosphere Expeditions × RGS Exploration Bursary 🌍
Jess is an MSc student in Wildlife Biology and Conservation at Edinburgh Napier University and will join the Swedish brown bear expedition this May.
