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Annual Sixth Form Geography Conference

17 Sep 2025

9.00am

University of Lincoln Brayford Pool Lincoln LN6 7TS

Event Information

Please join the Department of Geography (University of Lincoln) and Geographical Association Lincoln Branch for a full programme of talks and activities at the Annual Sixth Form Geography Conference 2025.

Attendance is free to all sixth forms including staff.

The day will include a series of talks spanning Physical and Human Geography delivered by members of the Department of Geography, interactive engagements using some of the equipment and facilities held at the University of Lincoln and an informal session where students can receive answers to their geographical questions from experts in the field (there will be opportunity for students and teachers to submit questions ahead of the conference, as well as during, using a digital survey to be shared in due course)

Draft Programme:

Time Activity Staff
10:00 – 10:50

Optional Tour for early arrivals: Critical Geographies of the Brayford Campus

Dr Jay Emery
10:50 – 11:00

Welcome

Prof Edward Hanna

11:00 – 11:30

The Cryosphere in Crisis: Snow and Ice as Planetary Health Indicators

Dr Edward Hanna

11:30 – 12:00

Changing coasts: How natural and human forces shape our coastlines

Dr Mark Schuerch

12:00 –13:00

Lunch break including placement poster showcase in INB Atrium and optional critical geographical tour of Brayford Campus (see overleaf)

Lunch break including placement poster in INB Atrium and optional critical geographical tour of Brayford Campus (see overleaf)

13:00 – 13:30

The Politics of Nature: More Than Just the Environment

Dr Anna Bedenk-Smith and Dr Jess Marah-Jones

13:30 – 14:15

Your Geography Questions Answered

Staff and Students, Dept. of Geography, University of Lincoln

14:15 - Close

Closing remarks and any follow-up questions

Prof Edward Hanna

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