Annual Sixth Form Geography Conference

The University of Lincoln is hosting its Annual Sixth Form Geography Conference on Wednesday 4 November, from 10.30am to 2pm at the Brayford Pool Campus. It's a free hybrid event, open to school and college groups aged 16 to 18, and you can join either in person or online.

The morning is built around a series of talks from the university's academics, who'll be sharing their research on a few very different corners of geography. Prof. Edward Hanna, Dr. Jess Marah-Jones, Dr. Oliver Wilson, Dr. Anna Bedenk-Smith and Dr. Catherine Sanders are the ones taking the lead, and their talks cover a wide spread: the role of the Greenland Ice Sheet in global climate change, the relationships between gender, media and geography, and how studying the past can help predict future environmental change. There's also a presentation on geography degree courses at the university, so you'll get a sense of what studying the subject at degree level actually looks like.

If you head in person, there's a practical extra to the talks: a live river flume demonstration by Dr. Luca Mao, which brings geographical processes to life through experimentation. The whole thing is designed to complement A Level Geography studies, giving sixth formers a chance to broaden their knowledge and engage with university-level research. It's hosted by the University of Lincoln in association with the Lincoln Branch of the Geographical Association.

It runs from 10.30am to 2pm on Wednesday 4 November at the Brayford Pool Campus, LN6 7TS. It's free, though you'll need to book in advance.