Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)
The GeogEd research group welcomes the submission of entries for the best UK undergraduate dissertation which makes a contribution to knowledge in the areas of both geography and education. Typically, this will relate to the geographies of education or geography education.
The winner will receive a prize of £100 and a year’s subscription to the Journal of Geography in Higher Education. One entry will be highly commended and receive a prize of £50.
Please address any queries to the group’s dissertation prize co-ordinator, Dr Matt Finn, on M.D.Finn@exeter.ac.uk
Evaluation process
The dissertation prize co-ordinator will make an initial evaluation of eligibility considering whether the dissertation
- Frames its contribution in relation to the geographies of education, or geography education; and/or
- Draws on literature from the geographies of education, or geography education.
Eligible dissertations will then be sent to committee members for evaluation using an assessment form.
The dissertation prize co-ordinator and another member of the committee will consider the assessment feedback and select an overall winner and any highly commended entries.
Winning students and nominating member of staff will be contacted, and the student will be invited to complete a short written interview for inclusion on the research group’s website.
Deadline: 22 July.