Geographical Association

Mr Richard Dilley
20 St Margaret's Road
Wyton
Huntingdon
PE28 2AN
Tel: 01480 461 857
Email: Richard Dilley

Dr Nicola Walshe
20 Dovecote Avenue
Great Cambourne
CB23 6FX
Email: Nicola Walshe

GA Cluster Group CPD Event - 'Geographical curriculum making: making a difference in the classroom'
Thursday 13 October, 2:00pm-5:00pm
Leader: Alan Parkinson
This afternoon will include making a difference in the classroom; How to be outstanding in your field (work): practical activities and ideas for on and off site fieldwork; Swap-shop and idea exchange - learning from the experts: the delegates!
Location: The Leys School, Cambridge
Cost: £25 for GA members (£50 for non members)
For further information or to book a place, please contact Paul Baker.

Olympic Site Field Visit
Saturday 15 October
Theme: How best to use the Olympic Games for Geography Field Visits - with an emphasis on sustainability and changing land use.
This visit is now FULL.

Sixth Form Lecture #1: 'How much water do we eat?'
Tuesday 18 October, 5:00pm
Dr Tim Hess, Cranfield University
Location: Boulind Rooms, Homerton College, University of Cambridge

Sixth Form Lecture #2: 'The beginning of the end?: the HIV/AIDS pandemic in the twenty-first century'
Tuesday 15 November, 5:00pm (please note this is a new date and location)
Professor Hazel Barrett, University of Coventry
Location: Boulind Rooms, Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Download PowerPoint Presentation (PPT, 1.6M)

Worldwise Quiz
Tuesday 22 November, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Location: Long Road Sixth Form College
For further information contact Dave Castell.
Sponsored by Open Air Cambridge

Sixth Form Lecture #3: 'Reshaping and re-imagining UK cities: with special reference to land use change and Manchester'
Tuesday 6 March, 5:00pm
Professor Michael Bradford, University of Manchester
Location: Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge

Public Lecture: 'Eruptions That Shook the World'
Tuesday 21 February, 5:00pm
Dr Clive Oppenheimer, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
Location: Department of Geography, University of Cambridge (NB. There will be no parking available at the Department of Geography – please use city centre car parks)
Volcanologist Dr Clive Oppenheimer explores geological, historical and archaeological records to ask how volcanic eruptions have shaped the trajectory of human society through prehistory and history. He looks at the evidence for volcanic cataclysm and considers how we can prepare ourselves for future catastrophes. His lecture 'Eruptions that shook the world' will be based on his best-selling book of the same title. This is a FREE lecture!

With an increasingly varied and popular range of events and activities run by the CDGA each year, we would like our members to design a logo for us. This will be used on our newsletters and website alongside the current logo showing affiliation to the national GA.

To help guide your entry:

• The logo needs to include the acronym 'CDGA', as well as reflecting our interest in geography. You could also include reference to Cambridgeshire/the local area, but this is not necessary.
• The logo will need to be suitable for reducing in size for newsletter headings etc. - as such, please keep any design uncluttered and simple and avoid small fonts (ensuring that it works well at small size, e.g. 3cm deep).
• The logo can be hand-drawn, computer-generated, or a combination of the two. Please ensure any photographs you use are your own.
• The competition is open to all school students, from Reception to Year 13.
• The closing date for entries is Wednesday 2 November 2011. The entries will be judged by the CDGA Committee and designers of winning entries will receive a book token. The overall winning entry will be adopted by the CDGA as their logo.
• To submit your entry, please email Nicola Walshe.

We look forward to hearing from you.

These logos should give you some inspiration for the competition. Thanks to the owners for permission to use them here.

Logo of the Department of Geography and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research
Logo of the Climate Specialty Group of Association of American Geographers
Logo designed by Liam Johnson, a GCSE Geography student at Withernsea High School, to represent a project on Environmental Education for Young Europeans

On Tuesday 22 November, 20 teams piled into the hall at Long Road Sixth Form College to take part in the Cambridge and District Branch WorldWise Quiz. Hosted by expert compare Dave Castell, this year's competition went right to the wire as a team from Sawston Village College overtook Oundle in the penultimate question with an inspired gamble in identifying Swansea as the 'hidden city'. Well done to Sawston who collect the Dave Booth trophy for their school.

Our thanks go to Dave for organising the event and writing the questions (the OS map round gave us an interesting peep into the early coal and iron industries in the Welsh valleys!), as well as to our sponsors for the second year running, Open Air Cambridge.