Geography Camp

Our Geography Residential course will give you the opportunity to discover new skills and increase your geographical knowledge surrounded by enthusiastic peers and led by experienced professionals.

Are you considering studying geography at university?
Do you want to enrich your field experience and explore some of the possible career pathways?

Geography is all about the question ‘why here?’ You will meet other geography students from around the country and use a range of geographical approaches to explore our complex relationship to this landscape.

Our residentials also give you the chance to develop a range of transferable skills. These types of skills help across many areas of life and are particularly good for including in job or education applications.

Here are some of the transferable skills that are likely to be covered in this residential:

Communicating with others
Working as a team
Managing your time
Taking the lead
Reliability
Decision making

If you are Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award participant, this course is also an ideal way to complete the ‘Residential’ section of the award.

This course is open to young people aged 16-25. When you book, it is essential that you enter the age and attendees name in the Order Notes at the checkout. If the attendee is under 18, the booking must be made by a parent/guardian.

If these course dates do not suit you, we run similar courses at many of our other centres.

Example Timetable

Example Timetable

Day 1
Arrive 12pm
Welcome
Icebreakers
Geography immersion session
Afternoon
Team session (team games/orienteering challenge) or campfire welcome evening social

Day 2
Morning
Full day investigating glacial landscapes or investigation physical fieldwork visiting the stunning coastline to investigate coastal processes, landforms and management.
Afternoon
Workshop – data analysis/statistical analysis

Day 3
Morning
Investigating cultural landscapes or Full day investigation human (one of: urban QoL, regen, rural regen)
Afternoon
Guest Speaker or workshop data presentation/GIS skills

Day 4
Morning
Natural hazards or Two half day sessions looking at carbon and water systems and the interactions between them.
Themes could include; Trees, Peat, Carbon - climate change
Afternoon
Career exploration
Or campfire end of course celebration.

Day 5
Morning
Undertake small scale local investigations as a progression of what they have learnt throughout the week. These mini- investigations will then be presented to the rest of the group.
Afternoon
Reflect on course achievements and outcomes.

Depart 1500

Please note: to ensure safe and quality learning experiences for students, the timetable may alter depending on weather conditions and local factors at centres.