On 25th April the Geological Society hosted the fifth and largest ever National Schools Geology Challenge and Early Career Geologist Finals at Burlington House. The day brought together a record eight school teams and six young geoscientists, each representing a different Regional Group, to present their topic of choice to our panel of four judges from industry … Continue reading
Earlier this week, we posted the quick fire quiz round from last week’s National Schools Geology Challenge – click on ‘continue reading’ to view the results! Continue reading
Those of us who follow our twitter account will know that we held the national finals of the Schools Geology Challenge at Burlington House last week – culminating in the infamous quiz round! As the school teams fought it out, in competition with their teachers and the finalists of the Early Careers Competition, we joined … Continue reading
A guest post from Science from the Start’s Laura Hobbs…. The Geological Society’s 2015 Year of Mud celebrated the wide-ranging benefits of advances in the science of mudrocks. But aside from underpinning ground-breaking engineering projects and improved understanding of soil quality, mud also offers a vital resource in the most fundamental learning activity – play. Continue reading
Following months of planning, writing, designing and developing, we are delighted to announce the launch of our brand new, interactive education and careers website: “Geology Career Pathways”. Continue reading
Outdoor Learning company The Hive are organising a series of activities for 5 1/2 – 9 year olds (Years 1-4), and are searching for some geologists to help! ‘The Legend of the Lost Jewels’ will include a one hour ‘rocks and gems’ workshop at Eltham College, London, on the following three dates: 18th February 2016 31st … Continue reading
With UCAS applications now well underway, Nick Koor of Portsmouth University has news of a great opportunity for students considering a geoscience degree. The Engineering Geology & Geotechnics degree at Portsmouth, of which Nick is Course Director, is a three or four year course providing students with technical expertise to work in engineering geology projects, such as … Continue reading
A guest post from Natasha Cowie. Natasha has just finished her GCSEs and plans to read geology at University, and hopefully enter the field afterwards. I was probably around 8 years old when I began to make a small collection of different rocks that I found when my family and I went on our summer … Continue reading
Earth Science Week 2015 is already underway, and as per tradition, we will be hosting #askageologist sessions on twitter every day with five brilliant scientists. All you have to do is use the hashtag to ask them your questions! If you don’t tweet, or can’t be there for the live session, send … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, we headed to Lyme Regis for the annual geological extravaganza that is the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival, armed with fossils, badges, geological colouring in and a brand new activity. This year, for the first time, we took part in the schools programme, talking to over 140 primary school children about all … Continue reading
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