Professional Geography Ambassadors
As a Professional Ambassador, you will share your knowledge, skills, and enthusiasm for geography and your geography related jobs with secondary school and university students.
Why be an Ambassador?
As well as supporting the next generation of geographers, professional outreach can be a fulfilling experience and is recognised by many employers and professional accreditations, including Chartered Geographer, as a form of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
I want to be a Professional Ambassador
Support from the Society
Our guide for Professional Ambassadors provides ideas for finding opportunities for outreach and resources to support you.
Professional outreach
There are many ways Professional Ambassadors can engage with outreach for young people. The content and duration of sessions will be determined by the type of event and student cohort.
Here are some examples of outreach work:
- Participate in the Society’s Going Places careers event, exploring career opportunities with geography.
- Take part in Society webinars as a professional panellist.
- Visit GCSE students to talk about choosing geography at A level and future careers.
- Visit A level students to talk about choosing geography at university, geography apprenticeships and future careers.
- Attend university careers fairs to talk about your career and sector.
- Visit university students to talk about career options and how to apply for roles.
- Mentor students when applying for roles.
- Organise student visits at your place of work.
Contact us
We would be happy to discuss other opportunities for partnerships between your employer and a school, for example through placements, site visits or fieldwork.
We also welcome the offer of ‘real world’ problem-solving, data and other information that can be used for curriculum-specific teaching resource packs in different environments.
If you have any feedback, questions, or would like further support, please contact professional@rgs.org
