Hi everyone, I'm Julie! I moved to Edinburgh from Germany in 2016 and am currently in my third year studying Geography and Economic and Social History (it’s quite a mouthful, I know). As someone whose main academic interests lie in social and political geography (especially issues surrounding health, the environment and sustainable development) and who... Continue Reading →
Geosciences is a broad discipline that ranges across science and humanities, drawing connections between them. However my experience of studying geography as a social science specifically, has further broadened my understanding of what geosciences can be, which is what makes the discipline so interesting. I am currently a second year MA geography student. The first... Continue Reading →
What is Diss? Dissertation season is in full swing as the April 6th deadline races relentlessly towards us. For both Human and Physical Geographers, the laborious process kicked off in February 2016, with the submission of our dissertation proposals for Research Design. This six week course allowed us to explore methodologies and literature pertaining to... Continue Reading →
How to get out of exams 101 😉 I’m just kidding, but it is true that there is no exam. This is because of the very nature of the course that is ‘Geoscience Outreach and Engagement’ - an elective course within the school of Geoscience. This module allows you to take what you know within the world... Continue Reading →
Fourth Year Undergraduate Berlin Human Geography Fieldcourse
Thank you to Geography student Beth Kay for sharing her video diary of the recent Geography field trip to Cape Town, South Africa. Check out her video diary! https://youtu.be/Ao5L_-frCpI
I remember when I was in year 10 and I begged and begged my teacher to choose the cold environments topic for our Geography GCSE. I stressed how “awesome” it would be for us to learn about a landscape that we were so unfamiliar with but had seen so often that for some it had... Continue Reading →
Hey guys! I'm Eleanor. Unlike many of the other bloggers here sadly I'm not from an exotic location half way across the world - just from good old England. I'm currently in third year (my gosh time really does fly) studying MA Geography, with a particular interest in political and economic geography; physical geography pretty much being... Continue Reading →
Hey! My name is Rebecca and I am a fourth year student studying Geography, with a lot of emphasis on Physical Geography; I practically run away from the human side of things. I am currently writing my dissertation on the modelling of Japan's carbon emissions but my heart definitely lies within the world of glaciology... Continue Reading →
