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GA Annual Conference 2026

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Conference starts

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Kelham Island: growth, decline and intoxicating reimagination TL02

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Making a difference in the field: interesting urban geography fieldwork TL02 Maybe we could think outside? Fieldwork for ages 3 to 11 TL02

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Fieldwork ideas that make a difference TL02

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Sheffield history tour: how water shaped the city TL02 First aid course T221

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GA roundtable and member Q&A SL03

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Awards ceremony SL03

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Public Lecture: Embracing equity in education SL03

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Conference buffet and quiz Showroom Workstation

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Phase Committees and SIGs T221

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Creating lessons that include everyone T209 Empowering quiet voices with personality-inclusive geography classrooms T208 Normalising nature in the classroom and curriculum T211 From intent to impact: decolonising KS3 geography T210 Making a difference through subject leadership T207 Panel session with global industry leaders: careers shaping the future of our world SG03/S103 Bloxham Sustainability Challenge: Building Future Ready Skills through GIS and Real World Enquiry T217 Your rock-powered smartphone T205 Main features of thermohaline circulation-oceanic conveyor belt T216 The pylon paradox: unpacking conflicting views of our energy futures T220

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Rex Walford Memorial Lecture: Reimagining geography: creative and critical thinking for a changing world SL03

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Morning break First timers' reception T220 Geography at scale: how MAT networks support teachers and learners T217 Overcoming barriers: geography in a hospital school setting T216 The Shire Project T210

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Using visual research methodologies in schools T216 Musical geographies: sense of place and storytelling in the curriculum T211 Curriculum Review ‘evolution not revolution’: implications for a coherent 11-16 curriculum T205 GIS for EAL: enhancing understanding and progression T210 Helping students to question sustainability T207 How do you KNOW they know? Checking for understanding in the geography classroom. T209 Teaching careers in geography T208 Geographies of illicit finance: capital flows, social harm and spatial contexts T217 Global warming, air quality and deprivation SG03/S103

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The role of retrieval practice in supporting memory and motivation in GCSE geography T216

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Ensuring high-quality geography is open to all: learning from Routes journal T210 Islands of insight: a Caribbean perspective on geography education T205 The SPC’s working lunch: Find your Dinner Peace T209

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Practical strategies for embedding character education T205 Future Pearson GCSE Geography: Review, Updates and Collaboration Geography for life: bringing learning to life through fieldwork T210 Moments that make a difference: reframing geography fieldwork T208 Digital tools for decolonisation, interdisciplinarity, collaboration & belonging T211 Future Pearson GCSE geography: review, updates and collaboration T216 Geography careers that make a difference T207 Managing political change and challenge in the geography classroom T209 Geography of the future: what, where and how T217 Third place theory: making a difference to social progress and urban landscapes SG03/S103

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Dialogic questioning to improve female students' attainment in KS3 geography T205

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Afternoon break Inspiring students to aim higher with careers in the classroom T210 Singapore geography: cultivating Earth stewards and global citizens T216 Supporting weaker students in A level geography T205

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Islam and geography: critical pedagogy and understanding Muslim students T217 Fieldwork skills that make a difference T207 Green spaces matter T205 Novice teacher co-planning: using AI to make a difference T209 The difference a hierarchy makes: rethinking the power of geographic frameworks T211 Exploring BBC Bitesize 'Planet Planners on Roblox' T216 NetZeroED: making a difference to climate change education T210 The geography of health and disease: making a difference in your KS3 curriculum planning T208 Upland fires and air quality in the Peak District SG03/S103

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Promoting geography teacher agency T220 The National Education Nature Park: mapping a sustainable future T210 Supporting students with SEND in geography: autism focus T208 When worlds collide: maximising curriculum time through cross-curricular enquiries T209 Making a decisive difference: physical geography in National Parks T205 Teaching climate change differently T207 The new Welsh GCSE: making a difference in Wales, lessons to learn for England? T216 Critical pedagogy: learning and teaching about the geographies of Palestine T217 Everyday geographies: teaching local food security through 'foodscapes' SG03/S103

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Geography beyond the reality: exam-oriented cramming vs real-time geographical understanding T211 Using reading groups to support teacher research engagement T220

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Presidential lecture: Geography makes a difference SL03

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Celebratory reception Showroom Workstation

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TeachMeet Showroom Workstation

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Volunteers and SIGs T221

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Are we nearly there yet? Pioneering approaches to full GIS integration SG03/S103 Bringing in the 'wow' factor: using digital maps T208 Revisiting the geographies of difference T220 The land of giants: geography that towers above the ordinary T209 Impactful fieldwork: learner-led changes to school grounds T211 Citizen geographer: from page to classroom T210 Designing a powerful primary geography curriculum T217 How is geography the glue for sustainability education? T205 'Don't you teach science, Miss?': a non-specialist's view on enriching the curriculum T207 Character curriculum In geography T216

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Keynote Lecture: Disaster by Choice: Geography Making a Positive Difference SL03

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Morning break Hands-on learning with drones T205

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Classroom talk: oracy makes a difference SG03/S103 Could you make a difference? Write for the GA journals! T216 GIS makes a difference: seven ideas to help understand our world T205 Hazards, History, and Hope: How Geography Makes a Difference in a Multi-Risk World T209 Getting it right: avoiding pitfalls in interdisciplinary climate change education T208 From local to global in primary geography: planning an effective place comparison study T207 Primary pupils making a difference: action for sustainability T217 Empowering youth: make a difference with Another Way T210 Geological links in geographical decisions T211

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Equity in geography: adapting to make a difference T205 Inspiring green careers in the classroom T216 Introducing the new National Geography Olympiad T209

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Flexible frameworks: adapting shared curriculum resources T205 Primary Keynote Lecture: Why loving the world makes all the difference SG03/S103 National Geographic MapMaker – GIS for Primary Geographers T210 Creating a future-facing KS3 geography curriculum SL03 Earth science is dying! T209 Future Pearson A level geography: review, updates and collaboration T211 The future of AQA Geography T208 Where Fire Meets Ice: Safeguarding Europe’s Last Wilderness T207

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Afternoon break Teaching A level geography: resource and idea exchange T205

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Exploring connections to nature through geography fieldwork T220 Geography research: making a difference T205 AI in the geography classroom: making a difference for teachers and learners T216 Geographical playfulness: storied, embodied fieldwork T209 Linking geography and science: a cross-curricular approach T211 Fostering global citizenship through geography: stories, artefacts and empathy in action T208 Making our curriculum greener, healthier and wilder: how can London National Park City help? T207 Supporting environmental career paths of disadvantaged young people T210 Climate education in the age of social media and consumerism T217 Extreme weather and its engines: uncovering the forces behind the change SG03/S103

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Beyond the bug hotel: creating change through action planning for sustainable schools T220

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Is your school climate ready? Leveraging authoritative data to target support and secure resources T216 Hands-on environmental education makes a difference T207 Re-engaging pupils through outdoor learning T220 Geography education: putting the enjoyment back while making a difference T205 ITE, knowledge and the science of learning T209 Bringing geography to life through integrating indoor and outdoor learning T210 Pushing the envelope: making whole-school difference as a subject leader T211 Playing on home turf: How sport can show that Geography makes a difference T217 Impacts of marine energy infrastructure projects SG03/S103