2024 Bristol GA Autumn lecture #4 “All models are wrong.. but some are right enough”, says Prof. Jeremy Phillips (Earth Sciences, University of Bristol), paraphrasing the statistician George Box, who many associate with the aphorism “All models are wrong, but …
“Some models are right enough”: Geophysical models for hazards, risks and resilience Read more »
Congratulations to everyone who made this year’s Worldwise Quiz (Nov 13th 2024) such a success. Once again, we saw plenty of teams from the region come together to test their geographical knowledge at the University of Bristol. Schools from north …
Elsa Saunders (Y12, Wyedean School, near Chepstow) reports below on the GA Autumn lecture by Dr. Harry West, University of the West of England. ——————– On Thursday 14th November, nearly 70 students from across the region attended a GA lecture …
Elsa Saunders, Wyedean School, reports on Arctic Climate Change talk Read more »
Brief report on presentations by Andrew Tallon (UWE) and Jane Greenaway (Temple Quarter Partnership) On 15th Oct 2024, we saw a large crowd, with well over 100 in attendance, to see a double-header on Bristol urban regeneration, with plenty of …
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#2 A successful bid to Sheila Jones Fund for networking support Sheila Jones was instrumental in the success of our Bristol Branch (and the national GA) for many years. Bristol was where most of her geography was done, as a …
Catching up with posts, post-summer: #2 Sheila Jones Fund Read more »
With the 2024-25 Bristol GA season about to start, I provide details on successful summer activities that should have been reported much earlier…. #1. CPD session on urban regeneration at Bristol Temple Quarter (images by Harry West, David Richards) We …
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The gauntlet had been thrown late in 2023, and after the successful GlosGeog WWQ event in late February 2024 we knew which teams from would compete for the Worldwise Bristol v Gloucester Challenge. GlosGeog winners from Denmark Road High School …
Fairfield win the inaugural Bristol v Gloucester Worldwise Challenge Read more »
On Feb 8th 2024, Dr Harry West, Bristol GA committee member, and senior lecturer at UWE, provided insightful advice on how to engage students at both school and higher education settings with geolocated data. This was a twilight CPD event …
Harry West offers advice on use of ArcGIS Survey123 in the class/field Read more »
Monday 22nd January – evening workshop on Exploring Pedagogy, Antiracism and Decolonial Geography It was a great pleasure to host Iram Sammer at the University of Bristol’s School of Geographical Sciences for a networking and CPD event for local teachers. …
Volcanoes: Knowns and unknowns Jess Cobbin, St. Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, reports on Dr. Pete Rowley’s lecture on volcanic risk on Dec 5th, 2023 It may have been a dark and cold evening on Tuesday 5th December, but turnout …
Jess Cobbin, SMRT, reports on talk about what we know (and don’t know) about volcanoes Read more »