Wednesday 7 March 2007

Coastal Animations


Excellent animations of coastal processes.

Click on the image

DEBT RELIEF



I have taught year 13 this week about Debt Relief.
1. WIKIPEDIA has a very good introduction.
2. Make Poverty History has agood little section on Drop the Debt.
3. Good information is available on HiPC's (Heavily Indebted Poor Countries) on the DFID site .
4. CAFOD gives details of some of the recipient schemes.
5. The role of G8 is covered on this BBC news item.
6. BBC news item on Tazania's $3bn debt relief.
7. Tanzania used the money for its Primary Education Plan.

El Nino


An article from the Independant on LA NINA

UK Statistics


These sites contain excellent data on the UK.
  1. DEFRA Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
  2. Office of National Statistics use the headings UK Snapshot, Neighbourhoods, Economy and census.

Nation Master





This is an excellent site that allows you compare countries graphically. Wealth of data that uses several databases.

Careers in Geography




Here are a number of sites related to choosing Geography, Careers in Geography and degree Level Geography.


  1. This is the RGS SITE and a PDF on "Why Study geography".
  2. BIOGRAPHIES of Geographers in documents on right hand side of the page.
  3. A POWERPOINT presentation on Geography and what will it do for you.
  4. A PDF file "Geography exploring the world of work".
  5. CHOOSING a Geography Degree. A list of UK Geography Departments
  6. WHY CHOOSE GEOGRAPHY leaflet
  7. A searchable database of careers from Nottingham University.
  8. The GUARDIAN university information by subject and comparison tables
  9. This site also allows you to SEARCH universities according to your target grades.
  10. UCAS course search engine.
  11. Recommended UNIVERSITIES for Geography.
  12. Graduate destinations from LEEDS UNIVERSITY graduates.
  13. Employment statistics from EXETER UNIVERSITY.
  14. The INDEPENDANT online Careers advice.
  15. Careers in Geography