Thinking about taking geography at GCSE and beyond?

1. Thinking about taking geography at GCSE and beyond?

2. We live in a Risky World

3. Understanding our risky world • What is risk? • Who is most at risk? • How do people adapt to living in a risky place? • In what ways am I at risk?

4. What is risk?

5. What is risk? Great answers Risk: A state of uncertainty where some of the possibilities involve a loss, catastrophe, or other undesirable outcome Or Risk = Likelihood of Occurrence x Seriousness if incident occurred Parts of a good answer include these words Danger/ Natural hazards /Natural disasters /Human made disasters

6. Which environments are risky?

7. Which environments are risky? • Flooding • Low lying coastlines • Near volcanoes • Earthquake zones • Mud flows • Avalanches • Hurricanes or storms • Droughts • Fires

9. Human made risks/ disasters • Famine • War • Flooding • Climate change / global warming • Terrorist attacks • Toxic waste • Nuclear power stations • Air traffic accidents • Pandemics • Disease • Fires

11. Who is at risk?

12. Most vulnerable • Poor • Less mobile • Less well nourished • Babies and children • Elderly • Less accessible and more remote • Lower technology

14. How am I at risk? • Think about how you are at risk ………….in terms of your future success.

15. How am I at risk? • Risk of choosing a subject which isn’t interesting • Risk of choosing subjects in which I won’t succeed • Risk of choosing subjects which are not respected by universities and employers • Risk of choosing a subject for final study which won’t make me employable

16. What will GCSE geography give me? • Variety • Fieldtrips • Hands on • Reinforces literacy and numeracy • A well respected academic GCSE • Well taught – good results • The chance to shine Where is the risk in that? !

17. Geographers look at the world and see things differently • Looking beyond • Being critical • Being analytical • Making links • Seeing the relevance and the interest

18. Geography at school Wide range of topics – human and physical (food crisis to glaciers!) Case studies about amazing places Relevant, topical and current Field trips – putting theory into practice Practical and transferable skills including data handling and ICT skills GCSE - broad topics A level – options, select your favourite topics Gain a greater knowledge of the world!

19. Why choose geography? Relevant Local and global Big questions Practical subject Fieldwork Well respected

20. Geography is an ebacc subject Increasingly popular at GCSE: large numbers study geography - over 225,000 pupils took GCSE geography in 2014 – placing it as the eighth most popular subject taken

21. The top universities geography A Level

22. Study geography at QMUL A Russell Group university

23. Choice and Quality at QMUL Choice of physical or human geography or environmental studies Ranked highly for both research and teaching Vibrant area of London and excellent transport links

24. Exciting fieldwork

25. State of the art facilities

26. Employability Statistics show that geographers are highly employable QMUL geographers go in to all sectors of employment

27. Do you see geography as your future? Where is the risk in that?