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'The Welcome Table'

on July 12, 2026

Aboriginal Amazon Australia Climate Breakdown Film Film and Geography Flooding Futures Global HBO Max Inequality New Orleans Oil Companies Peru Politics South America The Welcome Table Tremé

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PTI Geography Symposium #2: Morning of Day 1

on July 12, 2026

Becky Kitchen Cat Scutt CPD Everyday Geographies GA Geography Symposium John Wilkinson KEP Pedagogy PTI PTI Symposium RGS Steve Brace

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A new KCSIE addition: Climate change and safeguarding

on July 12, 2026

Climate Breakdown CPD DfE DSL DSO Education Guidance KCSIE Kit Marie Rackley Resources Safeguarding Schools

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Whatever happened to GeographyPages?

on July 11, 2026

GeoBlogs Geography all the Way GeographyPages Richard Allaway Websites

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Heat and Le Tour

on July 11, 2026

Adaptation Climate Breakdown Climate Impacts Cycling Danger Global Heat Sport Sustainability Tour de France

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11th July: World Population Day

on July 11, 2026

Demographics Population UN United Nations World Population Day

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PTI Geography Symposium #1: KEP Specification as requested

on July 10, 2026

CPD GA Geography Symposium KEP PTI PTI Symposium RGS

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Geographical Magazine Podcast

on July 08, 2026

AI Controversies Data Centres Geographical Geographical Magazine Green Belt London Planning Podcast RGS

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DG Outtake #12 - The Good Ancestor Microsite and the Global Justice Report

on July 08, 2026

Books Climate Change Discover Geography EMO-GI Futures Roman Krzanic The Good Ancestor

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July 29th - Tim Marshall Podcast

on July 08, 2026

Matt Pycroft Podcast RGS The Future of Exploration Tim Marshall

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DG Outtake #11: African Climate Foundation

on July 08, 2026

Africa Agriculture Discover Geography Feeding 2050 Food Supply Supermarkets Supply Chains

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What Fuels Fashion?

on July 08, 2026

Circularity Fashion industry Fashion Revolution Fashion Revolution Week Fossil Fuels Oil Research Sustainability What Fuels Fashion?

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River Walks

on July 08, 2026

A level Fieldwork GCSE River Walks Rivers Statistics

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'A' Level Study Day is back

on July 08, 2026

'A' levels Claire Brown CPD Revision RGS RGS Events RGS Schools RGS Study Day Simon Oakes

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Jack Dangermond on AI and Geography

on July 07, 2026

AI ESRI Futures GIS Jack Dangermond Spatial Analysis Spatial Thinking

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World Cup Music #1

on July 07, 2026

2026 World Cup Blogging Cultural Geography FIFA Football Global Identity Music Place Representation Sport World of Music

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Tour de France and Climate Change

on July 06, 2026

Adaptation Climate Change Mitigation Sport Sport and Geography Tour de France Wildfires

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Powerful knowledge in the classroom

on July 06, 2026

Alex Standish Geography Education Powerful Knowledge UCL UCL Press

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Hopeful geographies

on July 06, 2026

Aidan Hesslewood Hope Hopeful Geographies John Kampfner Mark Enser Substack Teaching Geography

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World Cup Woos!!! #4

on July 06, 2026

2026 World Cup 3D Models BBC News Technology World Cup

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EMO-GI #21: "Climate Crisis" messaging

on July 06, 2026

Climate Crisis EMO-GI Mental Health Psychology Today

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Folkington's

on July 06, 2026

Almonry B Corp Ely Folkington's Food for Thought Ginger Beer NOVA classification Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals West Africa

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SoS

on July 06, 2026

Education Secretary Politics

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Infra4NextGen #1 - introducing the project

on July 05, 2026

CPD Data Data Visualisation EU EuroGeo European Horizon Infra4NextGen Infrastructure Mapping Maps Project Resources Tilburg University

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DG Outtake #10: Africa Solo

on July 04, 2026

Africa Solo Cycling Discover Geography Mark Beaumont Year 8

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Relooted

on July 04, 2026

Africa Benin Colonialism Decolonising Geography Post colonialism Relooted Video Games

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(Natural) Hazards

on July 04, 2026

Ari Trausti Gudmundsson Earthquakes Hazards Iceland Natural Hazards Reykjanes Peninsula Volcanic Eruptions

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2026

July

10-13: Center Parcs

15-16: Brancaster

17: Odyssey - BFI IMAX

19: Pat Metheny - Barbican - Side Eye III

22: SGQM Moderation Meeting 1 - 10am & PGQM at 4

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August

Fieldtrips - Norfolk, Devon, Kent etc.

26: SGQM Moderation Meeting 2

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September

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16: RGS East Anglia Committee meeting

20: Jon Anderson, London Palladium

26: Public Service Broadcasting - Alexandra Palace

30: EMOGI online meeting

Oct

5: RGS Council Meeting

13: Education Committee (online)

19-20: EMO-GI F2F meeting #2 - Kiel, Germany - TBC

Nov

3-6: Iceland - Rayburn Tours FST trip

25: RGS 'A' level Study Day - TBC

27: RGS - YGOTY Awards

Dec

5: International Geography Training - online - iGCSE - with Matt Podbury

7: RGS Council Meeting

8: RGS East Anglia - Christmas social

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Jan

8: EMO-GI Online meeting

GTE Conference - TBC

Mar

16-17: Rush - O2

April

6-8: GA Conference - Sheffield City College

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June

8: EMO-GI Online meeting

August

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September

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January

14: EMO-GI Online meeting

April

21: EMO-GI Online meeting

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