There were 140 people from 25 schools and colleges in attendance for talks at the first GA meeting of the year. Two talks were presented: ‘Geography at University’ and ‘Coastal systems and management in Somerset’. Dr. Chris Spencer had top-billing …
A great crowd arrived last night to see Dr Sean Fox from Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, discuss trends in urbanisation of Africa. It was encouraging to see 120 people fill the lecture theatre, coming from 11 schools across the …
Dispelling urban myths: Sean Fox on cities and development in Africa. Read more »
Slides from the three speakers can be found in Resources.
Report compiled by: Ethan Hetherington, Josh Hoare-Matthews, Alex Harper and Josh Lorriman students at Weston College At the end of last term, we attended the 3rd in a series of Geographical Association lectures at the University of Bristol in the …
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The most recent GA session (11th November 2015) ‘Congo’s Curse: Unearthing the link between Natural Resources and Violent Conflict‘ was both informative and thought-provoking, leaving the audience enlightened about the motivations of armed groups, the causes of the resource conflict …
Calum James (St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School) reports. The most recent GA session was enlightening, not only because of the lecture by Alan Terry on ‘Improving the quality of water resources in Uganda’, but also because of the information …
Calum James, St. Mary Redcliffe, on first session in GA Autumn programme Read more »
Two lectures were presented at the Bristol GA ‘Spring Conference’ that provided useful facts with sources related to tourism to use as our case studies in our summer AS exams. Dr. Jenny Hill from the University of West of England …
Maya Willis-Fry (Weston College) reports: Dr Katsu Goda gave an insightful lecture at the University of Bristol on Tuesday 11th November. Members of the audience were typically A-Level geography students from schools all around Bristol and North Somerset. The content …
Maya Willis-Fry (Weston College) reflects on ‘Cascading Risks’ talk Read more »
by Nathan Griffin, Year 12 St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, reporting on lecture by Dr. Simon Arlidge, UWE. The lecture on the 18th of September 2014 was located at the Peel lecture theatre at the University of Bristol. The …
Report from St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School on ‘Population issues in China’ Read more »
Hepple Lecture Theatre in Geographical Sciences, Univ. of Bristol, buzzing on the 26th March 2014 with >80 students engaged in geography exam preparation, led by Mark Jones and team of PGCE facilitators from UWE. See Resources for copy of talk, …