Postgraduate Fellowship

As a Postgraduate Fellow you can use your membership for discounts on conferences, networking through our research groups, and exchanging ideas through our Postgraduate Forum.

 

Why become a Postgraduate Fellow? 

Connect with the community of geographers

• Automatic membership of the Society’s Postgraduate Forum

• Participate in your choice of 31 Research Groups. This is a great way to network with other geography postgraduates, academics and professionals

• Attend a wide range of conferences, seminars and events taking place across the UK. Here, you can meet professional geographers, local Fellows and members, and others with an interest in geography

• Member discount on our events, including Annual International Conference

• If you are training to become a geography teacher, you will also gain access to our members-only teaching resources 

Stay informed about geography and the Society

• Receive regular email updates and news on upcoming events, vacancies and funding opportunities from the geographical research and higher education community

• Attend our Monday night lectures or watch high-quality recordings online

• Free online access to all our academic journals – Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Area, and The Geographical Journal and the guides Publishing in Geography and Communicating in Research

Access to expertise and resources

• Use of the Foyle Reading Room, our library of maps, books, guides and access to our historic Collections

• Access to the Members' Room for meetings, remote working or relaxing

• Apply for grants to support your research, fieldwork or expedition

• Receive expert advice on fieldwork and expeditions

Third party discounts​

• Receive discounts on kit and equipment at Cotswold Outdoors and Stanfords stores and online

• 10% discount to publish in Geo – the Society’s open access journal

Support the Society 

• Attend and vote at the Society's Annual General Meeting

• Your membership is vital to support and sustain the work of the Society to advance geography and geographical learning

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Am I eligible?

Application for Postgraduate Fellowship is open to anyone, based in the UK or overseas, who is a registered postgraduate student in geography or an allied subject at a university.