WHY STUDY GEOGRAPHY

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WHYSTUDY GEOGRAPHY?
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What use is Geography?

• Employers voted GEOGRAPHY the
• most valuable GCSE after English,
• Maths Science
• GEOGRAPHY graduates are highly
• valued for a combination of
• knowledge, flexibility, and
• competence in the key skills.
• This means Geography has
• one of the highest rates of
• graduate employment.

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• Some graduates go into careers
• where their GEOGRAPHY is directly
• applicable e.g. town planning,
• agriculture, environmental
• management and consultancy,
• GIS applications, teaching,
• research etc.
• But most GEOGRAPHY graduates
• take up more general graduate
• opportunities in the financial
• services, media, computing,
• management, administration,
• marketing, etc.

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Jobs with geography
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Geography links well with other subjects!
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Geography Dept. examination results 2004
GCSE 92.8 A to C 58.9 A A A Level
100 A to D 66.7 A B CONGRATULATIONS TO
ALL OF LAST YEARS STUDENTS!
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Geography Fieldwork
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Geography is for students who . . .

• have an opinion!
• care about issues affecting people and the
  environment
• want to study a subject that is
• relevant to their own life and
• experiences
• want to do practical fieldwork
• as well as classroom-based work
• enjoy finding out about other
• cultures, places and landscapes
• are fascinated by people and their actions
• want to change the world for the better!

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Students give Geographythe thumbs up!

• It is an active lesson, you can do things in
  groups and its hands on work. I want to work in
  computer programming.
• I like it that we do not just write notes in our
  books, thats boring! We do lots of group work.
• It is a useful subject. It is a GCSE I can be
  proud of and go far with. I want to be a
  journalist.

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• I chose geography and art. The thing I like
  most about geography is you get to visit the
  places you study! I want to be an interior
  designer.
• The A Level field trip - getting wet in a river
  and studying soil samples in the mist on Exmoor
  are experiences I will never forget!
• Its fun and interesting and is great to learn.
  Geography is an exhilarating subject and this is
  the place to learn it!