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Courses and workshops for fieldwork and expeditions

Our courses throughout the year focus on field techniques, field safety training, and a range of specialist subjects. 

Upcoming courses and workshops

A selection of our in-person and online events.

Workshop

TEAS - GeogEd Potluck

Join the Society's GeogEd Research Group for an evening of lively discussion, collaboration and community-building within the field of geography education.

Lecture

Beavers in Dorset: Dorset Wildlife Trust's Beaver Project

In this presentation, Stephen Oliver will tell the fascinating story of how the beavers have settled into their Dorset home and explain how these unique mammals can play a vital role in river ecology and nature-based solutions to flooding, pollution and species loss.

EXHIBITION TOUR

Everest 24 anniversary platinum prints

Join us to view the latest Mount Everest platinum prints created to coincide with this year's anniversary.

Lecture

The resilience of Canada’s First Nation communities to climate change

Annette Salles explores how in Canada Indigenous knowledge and Western research combine to inform and support culturally appropriate adaptations to future climate change.

Lecture

Geopolitical conflict

Join us for an evening where Sir John Sawers in conversation with Nicholas Crane will discuss geopolitical conflict in the context of climate change, great power rivalry and a constrained United Nations.

£0.00 - £5.00
Conference

The Shackleton 150 convention and gala dinner

The biennial conference of the Sir Ernest H Shackleton Appreciation Society will be held at the Society this May marking 150 years since Shackleton’s birth.

£125.00 - £380.00
Webinar

Coastal change and shoreline management planning: lessons for coastal governance

Join us for a panel discussion featuring six professionals working to address coastal change, sponsored by the RGS-IBG’s Coastal and Marine Research Group.

Social

Shackleton’s Carpenter - one-man show

Join us for a special performance of Malcolm Rennie’s one-man show, Shackleton’s Carpenter. If you have tickets for the Shackleton conference, you do not need to book for the show as your conference ticket allows entry to this.

Lecture

Precision in place-names: the problem of orthography at the Royal Geographical Society

Beth will explore how the Society tackled the question of how to spell place names in the late 19th century, highlighting the fundamental tensions between institutional authority and individual expertise.

£0.00 - £5.00
Social

New members' welcome tour

Recent joiners are warmly invited to join us at the Society in London to discover more about the history of the Society, who we are today and how to make the most of their membership.

Monday night lecture

Everest24 anniversary lecture

Join us for an evening exploring the 1924 attempted ascent of Everest and the transformations in climbing today.

Workshop

Professional insights: mentoring

Mentors are invaluable sources of advice, guidance and support and are often suggested to support career development at all stages of professional development.