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Membership categories
Group membership is available to schools, colleges, university departments and other institutions that wish all their staff to have access to the benefits of membership.
Full personal membership is available to individuals.
Concessionary membership offers all the benefits of full membership for a reduced rate, and is available to:
- Students: If you are a PGCE student, a full-time student in an institution of further and higher education or a senior pupil in a secondary school or sixth-form or tertiary college. Proof of studentship may be required.
- Newly qualified teachers: This is available only during your first year of teaching. Future subscription/s will be for full personal membership.
- Retired people: If you have either reached state retirement age or retired from employment.
- Unwaged people: If you are unwaged. If you become employed you must take up personal full membership in the next subscription year.
- International: If you are a member of a geography association outside England and Wales, you are entitled to join the Geographical Association at the Associate rate. International Associate membership includes all the normal benefits of GA membership with the exception of journals which are available online only. If you wish to receive paper copies of the journals please select the Full Personal rate.
Entry Level Membership offers individuals a taster of GA membership and is ideal for teachers who want to top up a school subscription with their own personal membership.
Tax relief
GA Membership is approved by the Inland Revenue as a professional expense. If you intend to claim tax relief, you are advised to keep records when you make a payment. Confirmation of a previous years' subscription payment is available on request, but may be subject to an administration charge. If this is the first time you have claimed tax relief on your GA subscription you will need to write to your Tax Office. Download a draft letter (Word) (PDF).
Journals
When you join the GA as a Full Personal, Concessionary or Group member you subscribe to one or more of our journals: Primary Geography, Teaching Geography and Geography.
If you're not sure which journal is best for you, take a look at these pages which contain further details and free samples - Primary Geography, Teaching Geography and Geography.
GA Magazine is sent to everyone including Entry Level Members.
Subscription rates
Your subscription will run for one year from the date of the receipt of your application. Our subscription rates are as follows:
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RATES VALID UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2012 |
Group | Full Personal | Concessionary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | £97.00 | £64.00 | £32.00 |
| Primary Geography | £46.00 | £41.00 | £32.00 |
| Teaching Geography | £97.00 | £64.00 | £32.00 |
| Geography and Teaching Geography | £138.00 | £89.00 | £44.50 |
| Geography and Primary Geography | £138.00 | £89.00 | £44.50 |
| Primary Geography and Teaching Geography | £138.00 | £89.00 | £44.50 |
| All three journals | £164.00 | £113.00 | £56.50 |
| GA Magazine only | Entry Level Membership (Personal) £15.00 |
Early Career Teacher membership package
As an element of the DfES funded Action Plan for Geography, the GA & RGS-IBG have jointly developed a new Early Career Teacher membership package aimed at supporting students and teachers of geography in the first five years of their career. Further details are available on the Geography Teaching Today website.
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4 Comments
ej
Guest
23:03 - 07/11/11
why are your membership rates so complicated ??????!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard Gill
GA Staff
10:21 - 08/11/11
It's true that the GA does have a lot of membership rates to choose from but it’s really not that complicated:
(a) Members can subscribe to one or more of the GA’s three journals - Primary Geography, Teaching Geography and Geography - and a different subscription rate will apply depending on the journal(s) selected.
(b) Subscription rates also vary depending on whether the member is an individual or an institution (e.g. school, college, university etc - we call these Group members). Some individuals may apply for our concessionary rates, which are set at a discount of 50% to the full personal rates e.g. students, NQT’s, the unwaged or retired.
(c) Finally the GA also offers a low cost Entry Level membership grade, that is not linked to any of the GA’s journals and provides only limited access to our other full member benefits (we also refer to this as our 'GA Magazine only' package).
So once you know which journal(s) you want and whether you are applying as an individual or on behalf of an institution/Group, it should be quite straight forward. But if you do require any further assistance or advice just email info@geography.org.uk or ring us on 0114 2960088.
Richard Gill (GA Business Manager)
Alison Stancliffe
Guest
17:49 - 12/12/11
will entry level membership allow me to attend the GA conference?
Lucy Oxley
GA Staff
08:49 - 13/12/11
Dear Alison
Anyone can attend Conference whether a member or not, but full personal, group and concessionary members receive discounted registration fees.
Entry Level Membership does not allow you to register at the discounted members prices and you will need to pay the non-members fee.
All Conference registration fees can be found on the Conference booking pages.
Regards
Lucy Oxley
Events Manager
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