Resources for schools

What is dust? How does it get into the atmosphere and shape our climate? Dr Rob Bryant from the Department of Geography at the University of Sheffield joined us to discuss.

How do we predict earthquakes? They’re just like London buses, according to Rebecca Bell from Imperial College. In this podcast we discuss hazards, plate tectonics, and how they’re studied.

Luke Craven and Professor David Schlosberg

Dr Oli Mould is lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. His academic research focuses on urban creativity, activism and politics.

In this podcast we spoke to Professor Endfield about TEMPEST: a database of extreme weather events in the UK.

Dr Suzanne Hall

In this podcast, Professor Andrew Tatem discusses quantifying population movements and data skills in geography. 

We discuss young people’s experience of changing places with Dr Sophie Hadfield Hill and Professor Peter Kraftl.

Dr Phil Jones

Dr Sian Davis Vollum

Professor Mark Jayne

In this podcast, we visit the University of Birmingham to speak to Professor of Atmospheric Science, Rob MacKenzie and Professor of Life Sciences, Jeremy Pritchard.

What is gender equality and why is it so important to geography?

Geography translates literally as 'earth-writing'. But 70% of the world is water. How have oceans shaped global development? Dr Kimberley Peters from the School of Environmental Scientists, University of Liverpool discusses.

Keep your GCSE and A Level case studies up to date with the latest geographical research in our podcasts. Listen to the full collection here.

How do geographers research volcanoes? Dr Tom Pering explains in this podcast

In 2015 over one million people crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in search of safety and a better life. Find out their stories.

Why do people move, and how is this movement changing cities?

We speak to Professor Esther Eidinow about the role future scenarios play in our perception of risk.

When places change how do young people negotiate space to maintain their sense of home and belonging?

In this podcast, we discuss the carbon cycle and ice shelves with Professor Grant Bigg.

In this podcast with Dr Ingrid A. Medby, we discuss how the Arctic is governed and how this impacts place identity.

In this podcast Dr Ann Rowan joins us to discuss how glacier surfaces evolve over time. 

In this podcast with Professor Julian Dowdeswell, we discuss glaciers, ice-caps and the Weddell Sea Expedition. 

In this podcast, Terri Freemantle discusses how earth observation data helps us to understand locational change. 

In this podcast, we hear from Professor Jason Dittmer about the role of comic books in national identity and superpowers.

In this podcast we're joined by Dr Steve Millington to discuss place-management.

In this podcast we look at the role of humour plays in political geography in Southern Africa.

In this podcast, we discuss how TV and Media have constructed representations of rural life in Britain.

In this podcast we're joined by Dr Emma Mawdsley to discuss global development, and how international aid really works.

In this podcast we're joined by Dr Pat Noxolo to discuss the ways in which Caribbean people deploy creative energy to live with the everyday effects of insecurity, poverty, inequality and violence

In this podcast we discuss migration, homliness, belonging and the methods that geographers use to explore these issues through qualitative data.

In this podcast we explore how sand mining is contributing to erosion.

In this podcast we find out about 16 low-economy Puerto Richan families and how they recovered from a Hurricane.

In this podcast we discuss geopolitics and the role of Russia as an influential climate actor.

In this podcast we discuss how migration, trade, and tourism has shaped the rural landscape in England and Wales.

A mission to solve unanswered questions about one of the most remote and least-studied wilderness areas on our planet.