Cultural Geography Blog

It's that time of year again for the launch of the Young Geographer of the Year category.  This annual competition is run by the Royal Geographical Society. The Young Geographer of the Year is the Society’s annual competition which recognises the outstanding work of the next generation of geographers. With its age ranges spanning the primary years to A Level, the competition encourages thoughtful and creative answers to the competition’s theme which is set each year. The Society encourages schools to run their own in-house competition and then send their top 10 entries into the international competition. The Young Geographer competition has been running for over 20 years and every year thousands of children across the world take part. 2025 competition The theme for the Young Geographer of the Year competition 2025 is: Understanding islands Let’s take a closer look at the World’s islands. It is estimated that our planet contains almost 670,000 islands, of which around 11,000 are p...

  That is the theme of the 2024 Young Geographer of the Year competition , which is always revealed about the time of the GA Conference, with postcards and other information on the RGS stand. There has never been a better or more important time to study geography. Geography helps you to make sense of the world around you. It's hands on, relevant, and fun. Whatever your passion for the world – fascination with landscapes or concerns about sustainability – geography will provide you with knowledge and transferable skills that will reward you personally and advance you professionally. The Society invites you to create your own #ChooseGeography poster to promote the value of choosing geography at school, in further study and in the workplace, linking geographical skills to real people and jobs that make a difference. We are looking for eye catching, creative and informative posters that promote geography as an excellent choice, highlighting its relevance and demonstrating how studying ...

This year’s RGS-IBG  Young Geographer of the Year competition gives young people the chance to explore the potential that geography holds. The title this year is particularly apt. Although we might all be confined to our homes, and doing #geographyathome , the RGS-IBG are asking young people to explore their wider geographical horizons by providing entries to the  Young Geographer of the Year competition and explore the geography of: 'The world beyond my window' They are interested in entries that explore the human and physical geography of places that exist beyond a young person's window, be it locally or further afield. They want to know how young people’s lives are connected to and influenced by these places - be the connections physical, digital or emotional. They also want students to demonstrate that they understand how geographical processes in the physical and human worlds have created these places and might be changing them. The competition has four...