GA Annual Conference 2026

The Open University have been world leaders in online and distance education for over 50 years. Geography and Environmental Studies are pleased to showcase our resources for educators and their learners – drawing on teaching and research materials developed in the OU – for use in geography Sixth Form education contexts.

We can support teachers and their students in the following ways:

Visits to schools
The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies can offer a range of in person and online sessions for GCSE and A-Level Students. The department can offer a wide range of topics to fit your interests.

Virtual Fieldwork
Two ArcGIS StoryMap learning resources aimed at post-16 (but can also be used for pre-16 students). Each StoryMap includes teacher guidance notes on how these can be related to different geography curriculums and awarding bodies.
1. Virtual Field Trip to Strand-Aldwych that uses the recent pedestrianisation project of The Strand, London to explore the social and environmental entanglements of the area using a range of data including quantitative, textual, historical and audio-visual (including both day and night time walkthrough of the area).
2. Who tells Stories? Migrant Business Women in Bloomsbury, 1911. This recent OU research project brings census data of marginalised communities to life with a virtual walking tour and song.

Teacher CPD and resources
Open Learn offers a range of learning materials, including geography, environmental studies and across the OU range of modules. It also includes study and work skills resources such as writing and time management articles, short courses. Some courses also offer digital badges and certificates that can be used to evidence learning.

The Open University offers a range of Geography Modules that can be studied in isolation or as part of a degree. Find out more at Geography and Environmental Studies modules

Online events can be found here: Events | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

If your careers’ team would like copies of the OU undergraduate and/or Geography prospectuses, please email.


We also worked with the President of the Geographical Association for a post on her blog - GEOGMUM - which might be of interest to you and your colleagues in providing an overview of study at The OU.

Just get in contact [email protected] or visit us at the conference to discuss.