Steve Brace (Head of Education at RGS) sharing the value of Geography, how 10% of all PLC business is down to OS data, that geographers are employable, etc. #tMRGS

1. Teach Meet 4.11.15
Steve
Brace
Head of
Education
RGS-IBG
Welcome

2. Welcome
A couple of reflections on where we are:
 The Home of Geography
 The discipline’s value
 The workforce
 @rgs_ibgschools www.rgs.org/schools

3. Our subject’s value
• Reducing Risks of Future Disasters
• Migration and Global Environmental
Change
• International Dimensions of Climate
Change
• Global Food and Farming Futures
• Land Use Futures
• Floods and Coastal Defences
• The Future of Manufacturing
10% of UKplc from OS data
Esri a $1B business

4. On the up!

5. Making the uncool cool, Wayne
(Hemmingway) explores his old
geography teacher's fashion with
corduroy, tank tops & lurid shirts.
1997
“You teach ****ing geography. The most tedious
subject in the history of subjects, historically
taught by the most tedious ***ing teachers.
You’re supposed to be boring. Live with it!”
(Kurt to Brian the PE/Geography Teacher
Teachers 20th August 2003)
“ (Corbyn) looks
like a geography
supply teacher”
TES 29.09.15.
Geography Teachers
Is there really an issue …?

6. Not if we’re prepared to
own our professional
standing
• FRGS
• CGeog (Teach)

7. Thank you to
 David Rogers
 Jo Debens
 Richard Allaway
 Claire and Laura
 Over to you …