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Celebrate expeditions and fieldwork at RGS Explore 2023

Join us at the RGS Explore festival 2023 to celebrate exploration, field science and travel with purpose with eight exciting days of events and workshops.

Data shows breadth of career destinations for geography graduates

New data showing UK graduate career destinations highlights the range of sectors and career paths available to those studying geography at university.

Gill Memorial Award recipient - Dr Jovan Scott Lewis

As part of our celebration of this year’s medal and award recipients, we spoke to Gill Memorial Award recipient Dr Jovan Scott Lewis about his proudest career moments to date and how geography has shaped his career.

Thinking of applying to study geography at university?

Visit our #ChooseGeography webpages for everything you need to know about studying geography beyond school level.

Society privacy notice updated

We have recently updated our privacy notice to include information on how we process personal data to help our fundraising efforts.

Documenting 50 years of environmental activism

The Society will be collaborating on a new project, led by Royal Holloway, University of London, to document the history of environmental activism.

Picking polar people – catch up with our latest Be Inspired lecture

Earlier this week, we were delighted to welcome Alice Oates to speak in our popular, long-running Be Inspired lecture series, which showcases recent research on the Society's Collections.

Society launches new Prize

The Esmond B. Martin Royal Geographical Society Prize, which will reward and recognise outstanding individual achievement in wildlife conservation and environmental research, is now open for nominations.

New external examining principles

New guidelines of relevance to geographers have been published for external examiners at UK higher education institutions.

New on-demand application accelerator sessions for CGeog (Teacher)

Watch our new on-demand application accelerator sessions and get support for your application for Chartered Geographer (Teacher).

New webinars for postgraduate geographers

New series of webinars to support postgraduate geographers is launched.

CPD month in review

Throughout the last month we’ve been encouraging professionals to take a look at their continuing professional development (CPD) activities.

Meet us at geography conferences this month

Our Professional team will be at several high-profile geographical events this May.

Explore our Collections with new resources

The Society has developed new teaching and learning resources to help students engage with its archival Collections.

Society education resources 'highly commended'

Our schools resources have been highly commended by the Geographical Association and nominated for recognition at the Education Resources Awards.

Wiley Research Fellowships: Nokmedemla Lemtur

We caught up with Wiley Research Fellow, Nokmedemla Lemtur from the University of Göttingen, Germany, to discuss her research.

UK tour extended: 39 Ways to Save the Planet

This spring, Society Fellow, reporter and presenter, Tom Heap, is extending the UK tour of his talk exploring 39 ideas that could address climate change.

Endurance22 educational resources

The Society, in partnership with Endurance22, have produced a set of educational resources which allow pupils to explore changes in polar exploration from the early 20th century to today, and Antarctica’s unique frozen environment.

2020 and 2021 medals and awards celebration

Yesterday evening the recipients of our 2020 and 2021 medals and awards gathered at the Society for a celebration of their outstanding contributions to geographical research, fieldwork, teaching, policy, and public engagement.

New Society portrait marks COVID-19 era

The Society has recently installed a specially commissioned portrait by visual artist Steve Russell to commemorate the COVID-19 era.

AC2021: Wednesday’s highlights

Following on from the enlivening chair’s opening session, day two of the conference continued strongly with a further 229 sessions held across 29 stages.

New episodes: 39 Ways to Save the Planet

The first in the next batch of episodes of our partnered BBC Radio 4 series, 39 Ways to Save the Planet, will be broadcast today.

Get involved with Stay Home Stories

As part of the Stay Home Stories research project, we are asking children to map and record their experiences of home during COVID-19.  

Update on our re-opening plans

Read the most recent update on re-opening our building to staff, Fellows and members, and other visitors.

Gathering of international geographical societies

At the beginning of last week representatives from almost all of the world’s geographical societies met to discuss their individual and collective responses to environmental crises.

New episodes: 39 ways to save the planet

The first in the next batch of episodes of our partnered BBC Radio 4 series, 39 ways to save the planet, will be broadcast today.

This year’s microlectures speakers announced

We are excited to announce this year’s line-up for Geographical journeys: microlectures. Join us for an evening packed full of tales to inspire, as eight speakers have just 10 minutes each to share their geographical journeys in an illustrated talk.

Nominate now: Cherry Kearton Medal and Award 2021

We caught up with former Cherry Kearton Medal and Award recipients Steve McCurry and Tacita Dean to discuss what the award meant to them.

Apply now for a new PhD on our Collections

Applications are now open for a PhD studentship on the Society’s Collections, as part of our Collaborative Doctoral Awards programme.

12 books to read this festive season

This festive season, we asked Society Director, Professor Joe Smith, about what books he’ll be reading over the winter break.

Celebrating the work of the Society’s Research Groups

Our Research Groups have done a great job of creatively adapting to a very challenging year. In celebration of their work, here are just a few highlights from 2020.

Black History Month

To mark Black History Month this year, we will be featuring Black geographers from the 1800s to the present day who have a connection to the Society and who have contributed to a better understanding of our world.

Lowther Lodge remains closed until January

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Society's building is currently closed to everyone - including Fellows and members - and staff are working remotely.

Catch up with our lectures online

All of our lectures and events are currently being live-streamed, but if you’re not able to make one of our online events at its scheduled time, you can easily catch up, or watch your favourites again, via our website.

Earth Photo 2020 shortlisted images announced

A shortlist of 50 of the best environmental photographs and four films that document the Earth in all its diversity, have been selected for the Society’s Earth Photo competition, opening as a virtual exhibition today.

Applications to study geography rise during lockdown

New data show that the number of students applying to study geography at university in 2020 is higher than in 2019.

New Council members elected

Congratulations to the newest members of our Council, who were elected at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday.

Sustained employment for postgraduate geographers

New data released by the Department for Education show that over 81% of master’s level geography graduates were in sustained employment, further study, or both, five years after graduation.

Meet the journal editors: Area

We caught up with two of the co-editors, Professor Hilary Geoghegan and Dr Julian Leyland, for our journal Area.

AC2020 postponed until 2021

We are disappointed to announce that the 2020 RGS-IBG Annual International Conference will be postponed until 2021.

Society closing times over Christmas

We are closed completely between Tuesday 24 December 2019 and Wednesday 1 January 2020, inclusive.

Research Group grants awarded

Every year we support the Society’s 31 Research and Working Groups through the Research Groups grants scheme, and we are delighted to be supporting a range of activities over the coming year.

School resources in partnership with ERM commended

We are delighted to announce that our river and coastal fieldwork resources were commended at the 2019 Scottish Association of Geography Teachers Annual Conference Publishers’ Awards.

Young Geographers of the Year announced

The winners of the 2019 Young Geographer of the Year competition and Rex Walford Award were presented with their awards in a ceremony held at the Society on Tuesday 12 November.

Explore 2019 – weekend highlights

Last weekend, the Society welcomed over 350 enthusiastic and dedicated delegates, speakers and exhibitors to Explore 2019.

Ada Lovelace Day 2019: Celebrating women in STEM careers

It’s Ada Lovelace Day and we’re sharing some profiles of women working across a wide range of roles – all of whom studied geography at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

AC2019: Wednesday’s research highlights

Yesterday we welcomed close to 2,000 delegates from across the world to the first day of this year's Annual International Conference.

World Population Day

Today is World Population Day, a UN observance day to raise awareness about how population issues and sustainable development are intertwined.

Findings from Migrants on the margins presented to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Professor Laura Hammond presented findings of the Migrants on the margins research team to members of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at a meeting at the Society last month.

Career profiles showcase where geography can take you

The Society’s new series of online careers profiles showcase the diversity of jobs that studying geography can lead to.

Geographers appointed as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

The Society congratulates the nine geographers elected this week as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences.

Earth Photo 2019 competition launched

We’re excited to announce this year’s Earth Photo competition is now open for entries.

Extreme weather learning resources

Based on a research project looking at extreme weather events in the past, present and future, we have put together a series of resources to help students learn about extreme weather.

The importance of trees – in conversation with James Aldred and Johnathan Drori

For James Aldred and Johnathan Drori, trees are an integral part of their lives. Join us for an evening where they share their passion and enthusiasm for all things trees. 

Geography graduate earnings in the spotlight

A recent report, published by the Department for Education and the Institute for Fiscal Studies, provides new insights into what geography students are likely to earn after leaving university.

Reflections from the Amazon

Before her regional tour of the UK gets underway, we caught up with adventurer, journalist and presenter Pip Stewart to discuss her love of travel, her visits to the Amazon and the stories she can’t wait to share.

Today’s conference highlights: 30 August 2018

Today research on why the commute should be counted as part of the working day is being presented at our Annual International Conference being held in Cardiff this week.

New Director announced

The Society’s Council announced today that Professor Joe Smith will take over as Director on 1 May 2018.

Young Geographers of the Year announced

The winners of the 2017 Young Geographer of the Year competition and Rex Walford Award have been announced.