Wonderful to welcome Iram Sammar (PhD student, Kings College London & founder of Salaam Geographia) to our Sheffield conference, Revealing hidden histories and geographies of empire: what demands should we make of our education system? Please book here tinyurl.com/3cjytpsf

Any #gardening tips? What should I be concentrating on first? How do you untangle rose bushes?

Hello #GAConf25 Here is my series of GIS “How to” guides that a colleague kindly plugged in their #GIS talk. I aimed it at staff and also students, looking at procedural knowledge with ArcGIS Online youtube.com/@mrsuttongeogr…

May there be countries that offer scholarships and simplify visa procedures for students who had their US visas revoked. To those students, I hope my message reaches you: by challenging the decaying world we live in, you have paved the way for a new one. May many more join. And

Tulips.

These are my favourites, just waiting for them to bloom!

I am starting a #decolonialreaderclub Please DM your email if you would like to join. Today we will be reading a chapter from Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Let's understand this together.

School improvement is not about perfection — it’s about progress, courage, and the determination to keep moving forward, even when it’s tough. Over the past few years, I’ve learned that meaningful change in schools doesn’t come from chasing perfection or quick wins. It comes

Thank you Sheffield Anti-Racist Education (SHARE) for hosting a great conference with Sahail Chohan, Christine Winter and colleagues. We witnessed the 'Revealing hidden histories and geographies of empire: what demands should we make of our education system?' - spoke with Alan Lester Abtisam Mohamed

Members of Geographical Association we have a ballot for a Trustee. The candidates are: Emma Espley, Denise Freeman, Kate Glanville & Chantal Mayo-Hollaway Ballot runs from Monday 19 May to 5 pm on Friday 6 June 2025. Each candidate statement & how to vote ⤵️ geography.org.uk/ballot-for-ga-…

I was in a blogging kinda mood! Please do read my blog on exploring the Peak District for the first time with family. #geography #geographyteacher salaamgeographia.com/2025/05/20/the…

We were delighted to have Iram Sammar address our conference last week. Her valuable knowledge and insights about the teaching of geography provoked lots of ideas for our anti-racist education work going forward. We look forward to collaborating with Iram in the future.

They bloomed:

'Adopting an anti-racist approach to field learning, which recognises the complex relationships between race, racial identities, and the field, will help provide culturally relevant, safe, and meaningful experiences for all' - Annie Hughes (Kingston University). blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/19/how…

It’s almost here!! 10 days to go! Written by mostly practicing teachers, we are hoping this book will be useful for geography teachers everywhere ❤️ Catherine Owen

What a great collaboration! Looking forward to reading this. Thank you for honouring our work.