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Welcome to the GA’s online programme for the Annual Conference and Exhibition 2025! Take some time to explore the programme and build a personalised schedule using the full list below, or find the best sessions for you using the filter options. Keep an eye on this programme for updates and to interact with other delegates, exhibitors and sponsors. For more information on the Conference, see the GA website.

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Tuesday, April 15
 

2:00pm PDT

Exploring Bicester: a town of change
Tuesday April 15, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Bicester
This field visit will take you on a walking tour of Bicester, exploring some of the sites that make it an interesting case study of urban change. We'll visit: Graven Hill, the UK's largest self-build estate; a restaurant that supports population control in Thailand; and, of course, Bicester Village, the second most visited location in the UK by Chinese tourists after Buckingham Palace.
Speakers
avatar for Dr Rebecca Kitchen

Dr Rebecca Kitchen

Head of Professional Development, Geographical Association
I have worked at the Geographical Association for 9 years and am currently the Head of Professional Development. Prior to this, I was Head of Geography at a girls' grammar school for 16 years where I was awarded the Ordnance Survey Award for contributions to Geography in Secondary... Read More →
Tuesday April 15, 2025 2:00pm - 5:00pm PDT
Bicester Bicester Village, 6HB, Station Approach, Bicester
  Fieldwork
 
Wednesday, April 16
 

9:00am PDT

Challenging and addressing geographical misconceptions in the classroom
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
202
Geography students can sometimes struggle to derive the intended level of understanding from new content. Often, this can be due to their own misconceptions about the world. This session seeks to identify some of these misconceptions and provide strategies to address them. Attendees will also be invited to share and discuss their own examples and strategies, allowing educators to help students make stronger knowledge-based connections in their geography lessons.
Speakers
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Sarah Larsen

Teacher of geography/former subject lead mentor for SCITT, Reigate School
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
202 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

9:00am PDT

Diverse worldviews: what can we learn from RE?
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
204
In recent years, geography has grappled with decolonising and diversifying its curriculum. In this session, Krystian – one of the leading antiracist and decolonising thinkers in RE – presents expert insight in to how religious education has explored similar challenges in a different landscape, and what we might be able to learn from each other.
Speakers
KM

Krystian McInnis

Religious Education Development Lead & Consultant, Reimagining Education
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Dr David Preece

Head of Geography, Teach First
Former secondary Geography teacher with over a decade's classroom experience, specialising in physical Geography, I'm now involved in initial teacher education in Geography for Teach First, where I lead the teacher training programme and curriculum. I believe teaching is a team sport... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
204 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

9:00am PDT

Geography teaching and Teaching Geography
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
201
As Teaching Geography celebrates its 50th year of publication, this session picks out some highlights from the archive and shares how to get the most out of your journal subscription. Then we want to hear from you: where do we go next? What topics should we be publishing articles on? Aspiring writers welcome; bring your ideas!
Speakers
avatar for Dr Richard Bustin

Dr Richard Bustin

Head of Geography, Lancing College
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
201 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

9:00am PDT

Make sure you're connected: how can we connect GIS with the National Curriculum?
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Chakrabarti room
Following recent concerns about a lack of GIS in the curriculum (e.g. Ofsted 2023), this session will offer suggestions on connecting GIS and other geospatial learning to its rightful place in the curriculum based on many years of ongoing classroom practice. The session will consider curriculum sequencing, progression and endpoints for school-based GIS.
Speakers
avatar for Brendan Conway

Brendan Conway

Teacher of Geography, Notre Dame Senior School
I have over thirty years’ experience as geography teacher, head of department and pastoral lead in three maintained schools and one independent school. I led my current department to become a Geographical Association Centre of Excellence.I am an author of a range of geographical... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Chakrabarti room Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject knowledge

11:30am PDT

Put your geoggles on! Learn how to look for geographical connections
Wednesday April 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
204
Learn how to: look for (and find) connectivity, representation, multiple dimensions and synoptic elements within changing places; and how to find clues about the interconnected past, present and future(s). Practice how these skills can be used for high-level responses within 'To what extent' exam questions, and be equipped with a ready-to-use case study (Kochi, India).
Speakers
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Kathryn Mcdonald

Subject lead for Geography and AQA examiner, Retired - previously Southend High School for Boys.
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Imogen Sahi

Stepwell
SK
Wednesday April 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
204 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Early career teacher

11:30am PDT

Connecting with trees
Wednesday April 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Executive suite
Discover how trees can enrich your curriculum, fostering hands-on learning, fieldwork, GIS and environmental stewardship. Gain practical ideas for projects and activities that connect students with nature and challenge them to think about how the trees in your school site/local area connect to larger concepts such as sustainability and climate change.
Speakers
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Martin Sutton

Lecturer in Geography Education and Secondary School Teacher, University of Reading and the Holt School
Wednesday April 16, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
Executive suite Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Fieldwork

12:30pm PDT

Do textbooks support development of climate-change-informed citizens?
Wednesday April 16, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PDT
204
This session will share research findings comparing 13 countries' secondary geography textbooks; we've analysed climate change content in these textbooks and mapped out connections between diverse locations and approaches. Classroom teachers will gain insight into developing quality teaching materials to support students in becoming climate-change-informed citizens.
Speakers
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Dr Xin Miao

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, East China Normal University; University of Stirling
DX

Dr Xin Ai

East China Normal University
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Prof Yushan Duan

East China Normal University
Wednesday April 16, 2025 12:30pm - 12:55pm PDT
204 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Early career teacher

1:00pm PDT

What did the Teaching Physical Geography blog ever do for me?
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
205
Learn how articles posted on the Teaching Physical Geography blog have helped to shape and improve the teaching of physical geography topics, and how this impacts students' learning. Plus, find out how you can get involved and contribute to the canon of experience.
Speakers
AD

Alison Dunphy

Senior Teaching Associate Geography Education, GA Physical Geography Special Interest Group (PGSIG)/ University of Cambridge
KH
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Ryan Nock

Head Of Geography, Carr Manor Community School (Parkside School)
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:00pm - 1:25pm PDT
205 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

2:00pm PDT

Reading like a geographer: improving geographical literacy
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
206
In the words of Dr Seuss, 'reading can take you places you have never been before'. It enables students to connect with geographies and cultures that aren't their own while fostering cross-curricular links. This workshop provides practical ideas to engage students with resources that they may not otherwise use in order to broaden their geographical horizons and encourage aspiration.
Speakers
avatar for Jema Kinsman

Jema Kinsman

Head of Humanities, Rushden Academy
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Fiona Sheriff

Head of Geography, Kingsthorpe College
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
206 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

2:00pm PDT

Down to Earth geography: connecting the eco and the social
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
202
The session opens up discussion about the future of geography teaching in the face of the epochal challenges facing human societies – and indeed life on Earth. This requires fresh thinking about the purposes and potential of education, and the possible contributions of geography. We focus on teachers' 'knowledge work' in the context of the late Bruno Latour’s terrestrial eco-social politics.
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Prof David Lambert

Professor of Geographical Education, UCL Institute of Education
Wednesday April 16, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
202 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject leader

3:30pm PDT

The water cycle: back to basics
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
JHB lecture theatre
We look again at the water cycle, including: how to draw a cloud; how to make a cloud; popular misconceptions we've discovered from our climate literacy survey; the water cycle and climate change; cloud seeding and conspiracy theories; contrails (and chemtrails) and climate change; and changes to the oceans and cryosphere.
Speakers
avatar for Prof Sylvia Knight

Prof Sylvia Knight

Head of Education, Royal Meteorological Society
Sylvia Knight is Head of Education at the Royal Meteorological Society and a visiting Professor in the schools of Education and of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences at the University of Reading. With a background in climate science, her role involves supporting the... Read More →
Wednesday April 16, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
JHB lecture theatre Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Cross phase
 
Thursday, April 17
 

9:00am PDT

What does progress look like when using GIS?
Thursday April 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
202
This session will provide a framework on what progress using GIS can look like, and approaches that can be used to develop GIS use across the curriculum by students and educators. It will refer to examples of how GIS has been developed in different settings, and how to work connectively with external organisations to achieve this.
Speakers
avatar for Bob Lang

Bob Lang

Geography Teacher, King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
As a Geography Teacher at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, I have over 20 years of experience. I am passionate about supporting geography teachers and educators from different backgrounds and levels of expertise, and collaborating with various organisations and institutions... Read More →
Thursday April 17, 2025 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
202 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject leader

11:30am PDT

Connecting to place: insights from the Migration Museum
Thursday April 17, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
202
Join the Migration Museum's award-winning learning team to explore how the movement of people to and from the UK has shaped who we are as individuals, as communities and as nations. Discover how migration can act as a catalyst for communication, connectedness and belonging in human geography. Share knowledge, learn best practice and gain practical tools for the classroom.
Speakers
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Tia Shah

Learning Officer, Migration Museum
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Liberty Melly

Head of Learning, Migration Museum
Thursday April 17, 2025 11:30am - 12:20pm PDT
202 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject knowledge

2:00pm PDT

Connecting diverse communities to their locality through a decolonised cross-curricular local study
Thursday April 17, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
202
University of Sheffield PGCE geography and history tutors and students collaborated on an alternative cross-curricular KS3 study of Sheffield's industrial growth and urbanisation, unearthing hidden connections to imperialism, enslavement and global trade. This session will share the learning from this project and explore how its principles could be applied to create decolonised learning schemes and teaching resources elsewhere.
Speakers
avatar for Mark Cottingham MSc FCCT

Mark Cottingham MSc FCCT

University Teacher, University of Sheffield
I am a PGCE History Tutor at The University of Sheffield. A Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching and a former head teacher, I am currently reading for a Doctorate in Education with a focus on the contested concept of historical empathy. 
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Christine Winter

Lecturer Emerita, University of Sheffield
Thursday April 17, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm PDT
202 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

3:30pm PDT

Arriving where we started: do we know our place?
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
202
We never truly arrive at a place; we're always exploring. Yet we teach case studies as if they're absolute, often discussing places we've never visited. This lecture, inspired by T.S. Eliot, Yi-Fu Tuan and Zeno's paradoxes, challenges us to discuss the importance of teaching about places with humility, acknowledging that exploration and understanding should be ongoing by teacher and student alike.
Speakers
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Amy Case

Head of Geography, Latymer Upper School
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
202 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

3:30pm PDT

Critical connections
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
204
Who'd have ever thought there's a connection between plate tectonics, the (deep) water cycle and 21st century critical minerals? This workshop explores how these topics are inextricably linked, and how they can be taught to bring a bang up-to-date version of seemingly abstract physical geography topics to students.
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Duncan Hawley

Geography & Geoscience Educator/Chairperson PGSIG, GA Physical Geography Special Interest Group (PGSIG)
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
204 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject knowledge

3:30pm PDT

Integrating climate education into GCSE Geography 
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
205
Speakers
SR
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
205 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject knowledge

3:30pm PDT

Telling geography's stories to non-specialist audiences
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Chakrabarti room
As teacher recruitment gets harder, we know that it's more likely we'll be supporting non-specialist teachers in understanding and teaching our material. In this session, Alistair and David share what they've learned about the stories of geography from writing, and how it helps to build a sense of the disciplinary concepts and approach for non-specialist teachers.
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Dr David Preece

Head of Geography, Teach First
Former secondary Geography teacher with over a decade's classroom experience, specialising in physical Geography, I'm now involved in initial teacher education in Geography for Teach First, where I lead the teacher training programme and curriculum. I believe teaching is a team sport... Read More →
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Alistair Hamill

Head of Geography, Lurgan College
Thursday April 17, 2025 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Chakrabarti room Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject leader

4:20pm PDT

What kind of geographical connections do students need to make?
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
JHB lecture theatre
In order to learn to think geographically, students need to be involved in making connections between: their personal geographies and new knowledge; claims made by disciplinary knowledge and supporting evidence; geographical concepts, processes and models and their application to new case-studies; and policies, practices and their social, economic, environmental and ethical implications.
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Margaret Roberts MBE

Senior Lecturer (retired); Past GA President, University of Sheffield
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
JHB lecture theatre Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Early career teacher

4:20pm PDT

How to teach Africa better
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
205
Where do African countries and their communities fit within your scheme of learning? Are your students leaving your classroom with an echo of the immensity of the continent and the heterogeneity of it's peoples? How do we turn the tide on the reproduction of outdated narratives to give way to strategies that will help us to see the knowledges, lived experiences and working realities of African countries and it's communities in fuller colour. Join this workshop to explore what this could look like in your own context.
Speakers
avatar for Hope Nyabienda

Hope Nyabienda

Teacher, Decolonising Geography
I’m a Geography Teacher based at Finchley Catholic High School. I am also a member of the Decolonising Geography Collective. Making Geographical knowledge decolonised makes for a more equitable geographical education.
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
205 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Secondary

4:20pm PDT

Nature in cities: connecting communities
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
201
Earthwatch recognises and values the importance of nature in cities. Green spaces provide pockets for biodiversity, help to connect communities and mitigate the negative effects of air pollution, excessive noise, heat and flooding. This workshop explores potential nature-based solutions – from Tiny Forest to FreshWater Watch and Green Earth Schools – and how we can remove barriers to accessing these spaces.
Speakers
avatar for Sarah Staunton-Lamb

Sarah Staunton-Lamb

Learning, Communities and EDI Lead, Earthwatch Europe - Senior Communities & Learning Manager
25+ years working in the environment and education. Come and find me the stand at D29 to find out more about opportunities for teachers and schools with Earthwatch.I am a Senior Learning Manager and Facilitator within Earthwatch. With over 25 years’ experience of working in the... Read More →
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
201 Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject knowledge

4:20pm PDT

Why is African migration a problem in and out of Africa?
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Chakrabarti room
Using a historical geographical perspective, this lecture explains how states, since the period of enslavement and colonization, have attempted to control African mobility and have responded to Africans who move independently of the state. Such continuities are evident in contemporary migration policies and practices. I end with an argument for the development of regional initiatives that serve to humanize Africans who move.
Speakers
PP
Thursday April 17, 2025 4:20pm - 5:10pm PDT
Chakrabarti room Oxford Brookes University,Headington Rd, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP
  Subject knowledge
 
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