UPDATE: The schedule for the conference, which runs from Tuesday 25th of August to Thursday 27th of August, is now available! Click 👉here👈 to download the schedule. We’ve also produced a comprehensive audience guide – available here. What is the PGF Twitter Conference? This conference is an opportunity for PhD students in geography and related…
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Publishing in Geography (Part 3): My article has been accepted, what’s next?
This is the third and final post in a series of reflections on publishing in geography, which we’re sharing as part of PGF@Home. You can find part one here, and part two here. In my first two blog posts on publishing, I discussed both the basic principles of academic publishing, and how to prepare, submit,…
Publishing in Geography (Part 2): Preparing, submitting, and revising a manuscript
This is the second in a series of reflections on publishing in geography, which we’re sharing as part of PGF@Home. You can find part one here, and part three here. In the first blog on this topic, I looked at the basic principles of academic publishing, focusing on questions of what, why, when, where and…
Publishing in Geography (Part 1): What, why, when, where and how?
By Phil Emmerson, Managing Editor: Academic Publications (RGS-IBG) This is the first in a series of reflections on publishing in geography, which we’re sharing as part of PGF@Home. You can find part two here, and part three here. ‘Publishing’ is a fundamental part of academic life. Lots of many academics’ time is spent thinking about…
A talk on literary geography with the scientific advisor
This blog post is written by Milena Morozova, who is a postgraduate student at Moscow State University, Russia. Following a conversation between Milena and Professor Vladimir Kalutskov (Moscow State University), they introduce us to an interesting and developing field in geography – literary geography.
Postgraduate experiences of convening a session at the RGS-IBG Annual International Conference
This blog post contains some reflections from members of the geographical postgraduate community on their personal experiences of organising an RGS-IBG conference session.
5 reasons to consider attending a conference as a masters student
In this post Aimee Morse, our Masters’ Rep, reflects on some of the benefits of attending a conference during your masters degree.
Reflections from 2019 Mid-term Conference, MMU
The 2020 Mid-term conference will be held at University of Glasgow, on April 30th and May 1st. To give you a flavour of what you might expect, here, Adora Udechukwu, a delegate at the 2019 Mid-term conference in Manchester, shares some reflections on her experience.
Masters: Mapping it Out (5) – The Transition from Masters to PhD
Nearing the end of a Master’s degree can feel like you’re approaching the end of student life as you know it. No more lectures or taught classes to attend. Very few seminars or tutorials lined up in the calendar. Indeed, the transition from a Masters to a PhD – or to the world of work…
Masters: Mapping it Out (4) – A Day in The Life of a PhD Student
Researching boundless PhD projects and writing and re-drafting your own proposals can leave you prone to getting lost in the world of academia and contracting a clear case of application-fever. It’s easy to lose sight of the end goal when the volume of information out there is so vast and the deadlines seem to be…