Audience sat in the Ondaatje Theatre at the Society.

What's on

Browse our in-person and online events, including our Monday night lectures, regional events and teacher CPD sessions. You can also watch a selection of our past talks.

 

 

 

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Workshop

Off-Site Safety Management (OSSM) course

A must for those involved in planned visits in the UK or overseas, this course looks at the safety management issues involved in planning, managing and evaluating local visits, fieldtrips, residentials and exchanges.

£300.00 - £360.00
Lecture

Visitor access and transport in the National Park: cracking an age-old problem?

Please note that this event has been postponed until autumn 2026.

Lecture

The secret history of Britain's footpaths

How old are our footpaths? Where do they lead? What are their stories? Why do they matter more than ever before? Join author Nicholas Crane for a coast-to-coast hike, from the Cairngorms to Cornwall, in search of the internet of feet.

£10.00 - £14.00
Workshop

Off-Site Safety Management (OSSM): training the trainers

A one-day course for trainers with relevant previous experience in managing a wide range of visits in the UK and overseas who wish to deliver the Off-Site Safety Management course to their own groups.

£192.00 - £216.00
Webinar

Chartered Geographer application accelerator - June

A four-week accelerator for those eligible for Chartered Geographer to focus your efforts in preparing your application portfolio.

Webinar

All geographers should be Feminist Geographers - how we mentor matters by Lindsay Naylor

In this webinar, part of the Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group Seminar Series, Naylor will focus on the care and mentoring of geographers.

Exhibition

Skin maps: semi-permeable cartography

A new exhibition of collages and reworkings of historic maps from the RGS and other archives by Steph Morris.

Webinar

Digimap for Schools: a quick guide to data collection and tables

Find out more about how the online GIS Digimap for Schools can be used by your students.

Discussion

RGS Presents: The Future of Exploration Live with Bruce Parry

Join Matt Pycroft in conversation with explorer Bruce Parry for the opening episode of The Future of Exploration podcast. Known for his immersive work with indigenous communities, Bruce brings a deeply human perspective to how exploration is changing in today’s world.

£0.00 - £12.00
Lecture

Bare bones, band aids and staying alive

Join Dave Connell for an evening of stories of survival and adventure running a medical life support company, as a special forces medic and as a survival film and TV adviser.

£3.00 - £6.00
Webinar

Geographic perspectives on disaster risk management: disaster preparedness and risk reduction

This session covering 'Geographic perspectives on disaster risk management' explores disaster preparedness and disaster risk reduction covering elements from the disaster risk management framework.

Webinar

Cities and the authoritarian turn

A webinar co-hosted by the Political Geography Research Group and the Urban Geography Research Group.