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GA Shropshire Branch
The Shropshire Branch of the GA was featured in the October 2008 issue of Shropshire Life magazine. The full page article outlines the activities of the Branch and gives details of past and forthcoming events.
Download: Shropshire Life article (PDF, 541k)
Website: Shropshire GA Branch (external)
Website: Shropshire Life
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Shropshire Branch members are now entitled to attend lectures at the North Staffordshire Branch.
Field Trip - 'Shrewsbury's Flood Defences'
Sunday 28 September 2008
Led by Dr. Tim Foulger (in conjunction with Shrewsbury School Geography Faculty)
Meet Frankwell Car Park 2:20pm
'Eastern European Migration'
Wednesday 1 October 2008
Dr. Sam Scott, Liverpool University
Ashton Theatre, Shrewsbury School
'The Health Transition in sub-Saharan Africa: the role of infectious diseases inc. AIDS and malaria'
Wednesday 5 November 2008
Prof. Hazel Barratt, Coventry University
Alington Hall, Shrewsbury School (please note the venue change from that originally stated).
Worldwise Quiz Local Round
Wednesday 26 November 2008, 4:30pm
Alington Hall, Shrewsbury School
Contact Rob Morris for further details
'From Eco-towns to Credit Crunches: Urban regeneration and the limits to sustainability in the UK'
Wednesday 3 December 2008
Dr. James Evans, Manchester University
Ashton Theatre, Shrewsbury School
'Food and Globalisation'
Wednesday 4 Feburary 2009
Prof. Peter Jackson, Sheffield University
Venue at Shrewsbury School to be confirmed
'Climate Change'
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Prof. Jim Rose, Royal Holloway College, University of London (in conjunction with the RGS-IBG, Midlands Region)
Venue at Shrewsbury School to be confirmed
'GCSE Gifted & Talented Course'
Wednesday 18 March 2009, 2:00pm
Shrewsbury School
Contact Rob Morris for further details
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After a gap of some 15 years, the Shropshire branch of the Geographical Association re-launched in 2007. Here is a selection of highlights from the past year and a taster of next year's programme.
Our inaugural lecture by Euan Cameron was a fascinating personal account of the decline of the Sami tribes people of Northern Scandinavia which looked at the effects of climate change on their lives. The other lectures consisted of topics as varied as Urban Regeneration in Liverpool to Glacio-Volcanic Hazards in Iceland. Professor Ceri Peach from Oxford University gave a very interesting lecture on Ethnic Segregation in Britain.
Adams Grammar School won our Worldwise quiz, whilst the two teams from Shrewsbury School came second and third. We are grateful to Sue Townsend and the Field Studies Council for sponsoring the event and providing a day of free fieldwork at Preston Montford to the winning team. Our thanks also go to the GA for supplying prizes for all participants.
Next year we are looking to expand our activities by offering a Year 7 Worldwise Quiz and a Gifted and Talented day at Shrewsbury School for GCSE students, possibly run in conjunction with the Birmingham University PGCE students. Negotiations are also ongoing with a prominent Old Salopian broadcaster about a lecture in 2009 that will celebrate Darwin's bicentenary as well as some of his own experiences of travel.
We will be pleased to welcome anyone to our lectures– annual membership for individuals is just £10 per annum. For further details email Rob Morris.
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