We've gathered a range of resources to help you get ready for the start of your Geography degree at Royal Holloway in September. These includes hints and tips about studying at University. Some ideas in both Human and Physical Geography to start to think about and some links to resources that you might want to explore. We are looking forward to seeing you in September and if you have any questions before then, don’t hesitate to contact Dr Rachael Squire (rachael.squire@rhul.ac.uk). See you soon!
Hints and tips about University life
Get ready for your Geography degree
Studying at University
Welcome to Physical Geography
In the 1st term of your geography degree you'll have weekly sessions introducing you to how the physical components of the Earth work. We'll be discussing climate and climate change, glaciers and glaciation, rivers and flooding and coasts, sea level change and coastal erosion. Here is a sneak preview of the sort of ideas that you'll be dealing with.
Introduction to Climates and Climate Change
Resources:
PDF - Some resources to get you thinking about Physical Geography in year 1
Welcome to Human Geography
In the 1st term of your geography degree you'll have weekly sessions introducing you to how societies work on regional and global scales. We'll be dealing with the Geographic imagination, and economic geography, historical and cultural geography and urban geography. Here is a sneak preview of the sort of ideas that you'll be dealing with.
Thinking about Cities
Resources:
PDF - Thinking about Cities
PDF - Thinking about Cities handout
PDF - Capital and Empire: Geographies of Imperial London
Other resources that you might enjoy
Physical Geography Resources
Climate Change the FAQ's
"Climate Change: The FAQ’s "is a dissemination video created by an international team of scientists to answer the most common questions asked by young students about the climate change. The video has been funded by the program "Cuenta la Ciencia" of the Fundación General del CSIC.
Royal Holloway Centre for Quaternary Research
@CQRRHUL
https://twitter.com/cqrrhul?lang=en
Human Geography resources
Time for Geography
https://timeforgeography.co.uk/
Gentrification: economic, social and political effects
Dr Mike Dolton (cities/gentrification/urban change)
https://timeforgeography.co.uk/videos_list/cities/gentrification/
Portraits of No Man's Land
Dr Alasdair Pinkerton (geopolitics, political geography, sense of place)
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/portraits-of-no-man-s-land
Aerocene
Dr Sasha Engelmann (The Geohumanities, Creative Geography, Air and Atmosphere)
http://www.sashaengelmann.com/aerocene
How to prepare for a pandemic
Dr Jennifer Cole research profile (Geographies of Health and Disease)
Articles on The Conversation:
https://theconversation.com/how-to-prepare-for-a-pandemic-137116
https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-why-changing-human-behaviour-is-the-best-defence-in-tackling-the-virus-134500
Royal Holloway Centre for the Geohumanities
@RHGeoHumanities
https://twitter.com/rhgeohumanities?lang=en
Royal Holloway Geography Resources
Royal Holloway Geography Resources @ The Royal Geographical Society:
https://www.rgs.org/schools/teaching-resources/?keyword=royal%20holloway
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