Ron Cooke Award for the A Level Independent Investigation
Sir Ron Cooke, an eminent physical geographer and former President of the Society, has kindly supported a new award for A Level students.
The award recognises students’ work towards the independent investigation, also known as the NEA. The first Ron Cooke Award was presented to a student who completed an NEA for the 2018 examinations, at our medals and awards ceremony in 2019.
Ron Cooke Award recipient 2020 announced
The 2020 Ron Cooke Award has been awarded to Tenaya Dewsnap-Cooper from Aquinas College for her A Level Independent Investigation ‘How does deprivation and public perception vary between Hyde and Gee Cross, Greater Manchester’.
Find out more about this year’s medal and award recipients. Find out more about our medals and awards.
Ron Cooke Award - submissions for the 2021 Award
We recognise it has been an exceptional year for A Level students and still want to provide the opportunity for students to enter the Ron Cooke Award for an outstanding NEA.
Student’s outstanding NEAs can be submitted below and we want to celebrate students’ work which had engaged them with new ideas, provided opportunities for innovation and/or demonstrates their personal interest in geography.
Entries must be a fully marked NEA, though we will take account of accommodations that may have had to be made in regard to the Covid-19 restrictions.
We are delighted that the examination boards are supportive of this award and will also be encouraging their centres to submit outstanding scripts for consideration.
Teachers can submit their students’ work by emailing an electronic copy of their scripts and your student's proposal/planning form to eduadmin@rgs.org. More than one submission can be made by a school.
Please write Ron Cooke Award in the email subject box and include the following details:
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Teacher and school contact details
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Student name and final marks for the NEA
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A short supporting statement from the teacher explaining why the script(s) have been submitted and any relevant information about the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the student’s work.
Submissions must be received by 28 February 2021.
The winner will be invited to attend our annual Medals and Awards Ceremony in June 2021.