✏️ Do you teach undergraduates interested in careers in education? Don’t miss our upcoming Use Geography webinar, featuring career advice from geography graduates in teaching and outdoor learning. 🗓️ Wednesday 27 May ⏰ 12.00pm – 1.00pm Book here: https://ow.ly/V0WH50YNw2S

How are bodies charted, and how might maps chart bodily experience? Steph Morris asks this question at their new exhibition, Skin Maps: semi-permeable cartography, held from 12 June to 16 Aug at the Director's Gallery @rgs.org. Steph was inspired by maps and atlases in the RGS Collections. 🗃️

"An exciting and compelling contribution to how we think about the nature and potential of authority in urban research." — Professor Colin McFarlane, Department of Geography, Durham University Available now via #OpenAccess publishing: https://bit.ly/4aQpxXf @jbrigstocke.bsky.social @rgs.org#OpenAccess

Join us on Wednesday 13 May for an online session bringing together organisations supporting underrepresented students with mentoring in geography and beyond. Students and their support networks at any stage are encouraged to join. Register here👇 https://ow.ly/JQnT50YQsfV

Join this week's webinar with the Department for Transport 🚆 They’ll outline work to better align spatial and transport planning, supporting sustainable growth and better outcomes for the environment and communities. Book your free place 👉https://ow.ly/rKxM50YT7XS

New webinar series: Geographic Perspectives on Disaster Risk Management 📢 The first session explores what is at risk from disasters - assets, infrastructure, and communities - and highlights the importance of spatial data in asset management and land use planning. Book here👉https://bit.ly/4tGWaNM

On June 3rd, Hannah Slocombe is going to present an inspiring population webinar titled "Global sequencing of researcher migratioon reveals coexisting subnational patterns of brain gain and drain." Register and read more on the following link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inspiring-...

Are you at @egu.eu? Come and visit us! We will be there in Hall #X2 at Booth #X222. Sign up for our membership and grab the limited edition coffee mugs! We also have a special session "Meet the Editor" with Prof Stuart Lane (ESP&L) today from 16:15 – 17:30 hrs (CEST). See you at there!

Looking for something to read this Friday? Check out our April highlights from across the Society's journals: Finch-Race, D. A., and P. Lewis: https://ow.ly/K3uo50YRBLM Preci, A.: https://ow.ly/BA7l50YRBLN Hein, J.: https://ow.ly/CIQa50YRBLL Migozzi, J., and D. Wójcik: https://ow.ly/lN6x50YRBLP

Nominations are now open for this year's Society and Research Groups undergraduate dissertation prizes 🏆 Know students who’ve produced outstanding work across different areas of the discipline? Departments can submit nominations by 22 July. Find out more 👇 https://ow.ly/xM3o50YJYmW

Interested in weather and climate? Join the Royal Meteorological Society for their next Diverse Voices webinar on 19 May with Manali Lukha. Hear from Manali about her journey from Geography and Geology into software development, and now to ITV News. Register here 👇 https://ow.ly/EQGY50YO0yu

Travelling to @egu.eu 2026? Come and say us Hello! We will be there in Hall #X2 at Booth #X222. Sign up for our membership and grab the limited edition coffee mugs! We also have a special session "Meet the Editor" with Prof Stuart Lane (ESP&L) on May 4 from 16:15 – 17:30 hrs. See you at Vienna!

📯Call for help from our Warwick colleagues researching #academicfailure @johnmacartney.bsky.social wants to speak with UK based academics (any career stage, contract, or department) about their experiences of "failure" or non-success in research. Most of us have experienced this, so please help!

SCGRG x EGRG Early career cohost event 12.00 – 12.40 (BST) 6 May, online Thinking beyond the standard research article: publishing commentary articles as an early career researcher Dr Liam Keenan, Assistant Professor in Economic Geography, the University of Nottingham forms.office.com/r/iRVQ57Kr3U

Looking for guidance on writing an academic CV? Join our upcoming Postgraduate Insights Webinar to learn from experienced scholars and discover how to make a strong impression on potential employers. ⏰ Tuesday 12 May, 1.00–2.00pm Book your place 👇 https://bit.ly/4mOyAMp

📢 There are just over two weeks left to submit your paper for the Digital Geographies Research Group Annual Symposium, held online 8th/9th July! We invite contributions on this year’s theme: 'Digital Geographies in Fragile Times'. 🔗 Full call details below. Submit by 15th May!

Our Geography for All directory helps underrepresented students find opportunities, from study to careers. Today, we’re highlighting the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, which offers fully funded undergraduate scholarships for Black British students. Explore these and more 👇 https://bit.ly/4mNhChJ

An important, powerful paper by @oliviamason.bsky.social on #precarity in academia: "the experiences of what it means to enter, get a job in, and then stay in the neoliberal academy are defining mine and others' experiences of being an academic." rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Do you know any secondary students looking for work experience or struggling to find a placement? The Society has teamed up with Springpod to launch a new virtual geography work experience programme, designed to help students discover the range of careers in geography 🌍👇 https://ow.ly/OQ1X50YNX9N

Do you use a screen reader? The RGS journals are introducing alt text for all article figures, and we want to hear from you. What best practices would you like to see, and what are the most common mistakes you notice in your academic reading? Comment below or get in touch at [email protected].

Marking an excellent dissertation at the moment? Departments are encouraged to submit outstanding undergraduate dissertations for this year's Research Group and Society prizes. Deadline: Wednesday 22 July.

Know any undergraduates exploring careers in humanitarian aid? Join our Use Geography webinar to hear three geography graduates share career insights and advice. 🗓️ Wednesday 29 April ⏰ 12.00pm – 1.00pm Book your place: https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/careers-in-humanitarian-aid

The new special issue of Routes journal for student geographers is now available. Issue 2 explores the relationship between young people, rewilding and nature recovery.👇 Marking excellent undergraduate work over the summer term? Invite your students to submit an article to the journal.

Interested in how colonial-era photography can inform contemporary interdisciplinary teaching? We’re offering an AHRC-funded CDP (UK Research and Innovation) in partnership with the School of Humanities, University of Westminster. Join a friendly PhD cohort! Apply now: https://bit.ly/4tSwUUt

Exciting HPGRG talk: Ed Armston-Sheret on his terrific book On the Backs of Others: Rethinking the History of British Geographical Exploration (University of Nebraska Press). Thursday 23rd April at 12-1pm (British Summer Time). Registration essential: shorturl.at/TolWO #geosky #history @rgs.org

Are you teaching geography at university for the first time? 🌍 Check out our New to Teaching Geography guide, developed with the Geography and Education Research Group 🔗 https://www.rgs.org/research/higher-education-resources/new-to-teaching-geography

Last week, we welcomed the Society's Participatory Geographies Research Group for a workshop bringing together researchers, practitioners and policymakers to build shared knowledge on place-based change. Learn more about our Research Groups 👇 https://ow.ly/GAcs50YKPRz

🎫 Planning to join us for this year's Annual Conference? Discover what’s ahead by exploring the programme of Chair’s events, convened by Conference Chair Peter Hopkins, examining the multiple dimensions of Geographies of Inequalities: Towards Just Places 👇 https://ow.ly/r3LA50YJWc5

Every year, the Editors of the RGS-IBG Area journal award the Area Prize for the best paper written by an early-career scholar, in recognition of excellent geographical scholarship. Our congratulations to the 2025 winner, Madelaine Joyce 👏 Find out more and read the full paper ⬇️

Interested in learning more about how to respond to peer reviews and other feedback on your work? Join us for our upcoming Postgraduate Insights Webinar: ⏰ Tuesday 28 April, 1.00-2.00pm Register and find out more 👇 https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/responding-to-feedback

Good news! Applications for the 2026 Fi Wi Road Internship are still open. An exciting opportunity for Black and mixed-Black heritage geography students, the Fi Wi Road project supports you to build networks, develop your voice, and gain experience. Apply by 20 April 👇 https://bit.ly/4undzvM

Welcome to our research and higher education Bluesky! 👋 Follow us to stay up to date with our work in geographical research, including events, funding opportunities, new publications and more. Learn more about how we promote geography in higher education and beyond: https://ow.ly/CMgN50YI795