Recommended Reading

[Kate Russell]

The next lecture is:
Threats to Antarctica, Our Last Wilderness,  by Sue Warn, A level examiner and author, on Wednesday 15th October 2014, 7.30 at Science Centre, Staffordshire University, leek Road, Stoke on Trent. Sat Nav postcode ST4 2DF.                                               

Our full programme for 2014-15 is on the GA website http://www.geography.org.uk/aboutus/branches/contactsprogrammes/northstaffs

[Kate Russell]

Next lecture
12 NOVEMBER 2014 at 7.30
RSPB Middleton Lakes,  Warwickshire,  from quarry to tourist attraction; a 167 hectare classroom.
Chris Edwards, RSPB.
All welcome!

[Kate Russell]

North Staffs GA WorldWise Quiz for students

Wednesday 26th November 2014 starting at 6.30
Room 119 Science Centre, Staffs University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent.

A team comprises 3 students aged under 16 on 1st September 2014. Each school may enter up to 3 teams (but only one team per school can proceed to the final part of the quiz).
Entry is £5 per team, which includes refreshments.

For further details and to register your team contact Allan Dodd, 2, Essex Drive, STONE, Staffs. ST15 OLB
Tel. 01785 819543 or Bob Jones robertgjones@yahoo.com

[Kate Russell]

Well done to the winners on the night, Newcastle under Lyme School; with Bablake School and Endon High School 2nd and 3rd respectively.
In all 10 teams took part and the question master was Bob Jones.

[Kate Russell]

Next lecture: Bye Bye Brandt - Dr Liz Young, Staffs Uni, Wednesday 14th January, Room R001, Science Centre, Staffs Uni, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DF at 7.30.
The Brandt Report was written by the Independent Commission, first chaired by Willy Brandt, former German Chancellor, in 1980, to review international development issues, The report resulted in an understanding of the drastic differences in the economic development for both the North and Southern hemispheres of the world.

All welcome!

[Kate Russell]

Next lecture: Cities in a Global Economy: thinking about the functioning of world cities in the 21st century -  Alan Kinder, Chief Executive, Geographical Association. Wednesday 11th February, Room R001, Science Centre, Staffs Uni, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DF at 7.30.
www.geography.org.uk/getinvolved/branches/contactsprogrammes/northstaffs

All welcome

[Kate Russell]

Next lecture:
Rain, Wind and Snow - Dr Sylvia Knight, Head of Education Service, Royal Meteorological Society.
11th March 2015, 7.30 (preceded by a very short AGM at 7.15).
Room R001, Science Centre, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent. (Next to Stoke 6th form college and 2 minute walk from Stoke station.) Sat Nav ST4 2DF

All welcome!

[Kate Russell]

Welcome to the new term!

The N Staffs GA branch lecture programme for 2015 - 2016  has just been published and is being sent electronically if we have your details and also to Staffs schools in hard copy!
The programme can be seen here http://www.geography.org.uk/getinvolved/branches/contactsprogrammes/northstaffs

The first lecture is very topical and I am sure you will want your students to engage in this multi-facetted global issue!

Borders, migration and globalisation: changing geographies of mobility and their impacts on the UK.
Dr Jonathan Darling, University of Manchester.
Wednesday 16th September 2015 at 7.30
Room 001, Science Centre, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DF

Everyone welcome! Single lecture £2; Annual membership £10; GA member £8; Student £5.
Corporate school / college membership £25 allows unlimited numbers.

Contact Bob Jones robertgjones@yahoo.com

[Kate Russell]

Next lecture!

What does 160 years of energy use tell us about sustained development?
Dr Andrew Jarvis, Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre.

Wednesday 14th October 2015, 7.30pm, Rom R001, Science Centre, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, ST4 2DF.

All welcome!

[Kate Russell]

Next lecture:
7th  MARCH 2018 7.30pm Science Block Staffs University     
HS2* and the Midlands: Talk presented by representatives from HS2. An excellent CASE STUDY.
The lecture is preceded by a very short AGM, starting at 7.15.
 
*High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high speed railway linking London, Birmingham, the East Midlands, Leeds and Manchester.

[Kate Russell]

THE NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE  BRANCH of the Geographical Association presents a talk       
“What Brexit tells us about the British” given by Professor Danny Dorling , Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography, Fellow of St Peter's College, Oxford; on Wednesday September 26th 2018 at 7.30pm.
The lecture will be held in Room R001 at the Science Centre, STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY (Leek Rd site next to Sixth Form College) Stoke-on-Trent (near Stoke Station) SATNAV  ST4 2DF.
All are welcome.
£2 for a single lecture or open to personal or school members of North Staffs GA Branch and Shropshire Branch.

Contact Bob Jones for further details robertgjones@yahoo.com or 01785 815521

Whatever kind of Brexit occurs – hard, soft, or even a cancellation and staying in the European Union – the public and especially school children (who had no vote) are going to be asking questions about why this has happened and what it means. Just under a year before this talk was given, extra money had to be found to pay for Brexit in the November 2017 budget than could be found for the NHS. In early 2018 there was an unprecedented rise in deaths among elderly people in The UK.  On the same day as that budget, we also learnt that Britain would lose a place in the International Court of Justice for the first time since the court’s inception in 1946. But what can Geographers tell us about Brexit and what does Brexit tell us about the British?
The arguing and making of claims and counter-claims about Britain’s geographical status that is currently underway will not improve the image of Britain in the eyes of much of the rest of the world’s people.  But there is an upside. The British may well learn a great deal about themselves as a result. Not least that Britain, and even Brexit, has its roots in the British Empire. Traditionally British Geography, a subject that was partly born in this country due to Empire has not been very good at explaining what the Empire was and why it mattered. Brexit may well be the point at which we finally learn about the importance of geography: from the Irish border through to the modern day priorities of India.

[Kate Russell]

Professor Fiona Tweed at Staffs University on Wednesday 6th February at 7.30 pm.

‘Fire, ice, ash and floods - exploring the impacts of Iceland’s volcanoes’

Here is a summary of what to expect:
Iceland is a spectacular and dynamic geological showcase, providing us with a fantastic opportunity to examine rifting, volcanism and earthquake activity. Over the last decade, events in Iceland have highlighted the trans-boundary nature of hazards from ice-volcano interactions and emphasised their impacts, locally, nationally and internationally. This talk will describe and explain key aspects of Iceland’s volcanic setting. A range of Icelandic volcanic eruptions will be used to illustrate the diversity of hazards and impacts generated by Iceland’s volcanic activity. Some of the challenges associated with managing risks from Icelandic volcanic hazards will be discussed, particularly in the context of new research on the potential impacts of future eruptions and the implications for the UK.