The PTI Geography Symposium for teachers

Join us for The PTI Geography Symposium, a partnership event between The PTI, Geographical Association (GA) and the Society.

Our first-ever geography symposium is designed to empower and inspire teachers to be advocates for their subject inside and outside of the classroom for a curriculum that is challenging, innovative and enriching.

The symposium will encourage teachers to introduce all learners, regardless of their socio-economic background or academic ability, to challenging and enriching ideas, materials and activities, through curricular, extra-curricular and supra-curricular provision in their schools and colleges.

Through academic talks, workshops and sharing of best practice, the symposium will celebrate geography, enrich and develop your knowledge and love of the subject, and motivate teachers to consider how to inspire their leaners through engagement, enjoyment and empowerment.

In celebrating geography's interdisciplinarity, this event captures how geography's cross-curricular core can ignite learners’ enthusiasm across a diverse cross-section of subjects at schools and colleges.

Themes

Everyday geographies - building students' capacity to appreciate how geography feeds into their lived experiences inside and outside of the classroom informing their actions thinking globally and acting locally.

Supra-curricular concept capture - geography needs to develop the confidence to assimilate concepts and case studies from adjacent disciplines where provenance hasn’t yet been established: 2025 is a dynamic period in global culture – what do we want to be considered ‘geography’ in the 21st century?

Fieldwork - making fieldwork accessible for all, across all Key Stages with the development of a ‘centralised safety net’.

Speakers

• Dr Olivia Taylor, Assistant Professor at the University of Sussex, specializing in climate change and development policy.
• Professor Iain Stewart MBE, Professor of Geoscience Communication at the University of Plymouth, UNESCO Chair in ‘Geoscience and Society’ in 2018.
• Dr Jonathan Higham, Senior Lecturer of Geography and Planning at the University of Liverpool.
• More speakers to be announced in due course.

What's included?

• Refreshments throughout the day, lunch and a formal dinner on 9 July.
• Bed and Breakfast accommodation on the night of the 9 July in South Kensington, London.
• Lunch and refreshments on 10 July.

Booking information

• Advance booking for this event is required. Please book on the PTI website.
• Note all prices are subject to VAT at 20%.
• If you are a member of more than one of The PTI/RGS/GA your total discount will be £100 + VAT.
• School Members will be provided with a discount code for this event via our regular email updates, or you can email Claire at c.brown@rgs.org to request the discount code.

Accessibility at our events

We want everyone to feel welcome at our events. Key accessibility features of this event include:

• Step-free access to the event
• Accessible toilets
• Assistance dogs are welcome
• Hearing loop

For full details, please visit our accessibility page. If you have any questions or specific access requirements, feel free to get in touch with us on access@rgs.org