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Young Geographer of the Year 2025 - Awards ceremony

on December 05, 2025

Liam Saddington Rex Walford Award RGS Royal Geographical Society YGOTY Young Geographer of the Year

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Thoughtful Thursdays #12: Writing

on December 04, 2025

Discover Geography Newsletter Reading Substack Thoughtful Thursdays Writing

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Chris Packham interview

on December 04, 2025

Amol Rajan Chris Packham Environment Interview Podcast

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Spud I like...

on December 04, 2025

Charity Food Food for Thought Jersey Jersey Royals Potatoes Protected Designation of Origin Protected Geographical Indicator

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Wes's World

on December 04, 2025

Design Museum Exhibition Films Grand Budapest Hotel London Wes Anderson

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RGS CPD events for Primary Geography in the new year

on December 04, 2025

Climate Change CPD Fieldwork Gyles Morris Primary Geography RGS RGS HQ Sustainability

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Vote for Dan Raven Ellison and 'Slow Ways'

on December 04, 2025

Awards Campaigning Daniel Raven Ellison Great Outdoors Awards Slow Ways Voting Walking

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My Environment, My Future

on December 04, 2025

Built Environment Careers Careers in Geography Competitions Futures Green Careers My Environment My Future Planning Sustainability

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Data After Dark

on December 03, 2025

Data after Dark Data Visualisation Economy Employment James Cheshire London Mapping Night time economy Night time working Research UCL

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Your views on teaching geography needed

on December 03, 2025

Geography teaching Ireland Research Susan Pike TCD Teaching

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Worldly Wednesdays #48: Holt, who goes there?

on December 03, 2025

Bakers and Larners Byfords Christmas Tree Holt Norfolk Worldly Wednesdays

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2025

December

10: RGS EE Christmas Social, Norwich School

16: Pearson Meeting

18: EMOGI Meeting #1 - Online

Fieldtrips

2026

ERASMUS Meetings - Madrid, Kiel, Cologne, Iasi etc. - all TBC

January

15-17: EMOGI Meeting #2 - Ghent

February

10: UCL/IOE - Technology CPD

24: Education Committee - Online

March

4: David Byrne - Eventim Apollo

7: Open Morning

18: GA South Lincolnshire Branch - Spalding Grammar School

29-31: Iceland - Rayburn

April

1-2: Iceland - Rayburn

8-9: GA Conference 2026 - Sheffield College - presenting with Matt Podbury

13: RGS Council Meeting

16-18: Belgium

May

9: Open Morning

12: RGS EE Committee

23: Sugar - 02 Kentish Town

June

8: RGS AGM, Awards and Reception

29: RGS Council Meeting

July/August

Fieldtrips

PGQM/SGQM Moderation

Oct

5: RGS Council Meeting

13: Education Committee (online)

19-20: Kiel, Germany - TBC

Rayburn FST - Iceland - TBC

Dec

7: RGS Council Meeting

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ERASMUS Meetings - Kiel, Cologne, Iasi, Madrid etc. - all TBC

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