Our annual GeoWeek Competition is over and the winners have been announced.
Click below to see the winners and all our fantastic entries
Click below to see the winners and all our fantastic entries
Dozens of events are taking place around the country over the coming week as part of GeoWeek 2016.The annual event, coordinated by the Geographical Society of Ireland, aims to provide opportunities for people to engage with their environment and understand and share more about their locality. This year's theme is Exploring the Power of Parks.
Professor Niamh Moore-Cherry (UCD) the President of the Geographical Society of Ireland, hopes that members of the public will get involved in the many activities taking place during the week: “Geoweek 2016 will be dedicated to celebrating the discipline of Geography in Ireland and during this GeoWeek we are asking people to get out and about in their local park and discover a world of difference”. A range of activities are planned including mapping competitions in schools, tours of university facilities, fieldtrips to local parks and public lectures.
A week dedicated to Geography Awareness is a global event organised to inform students and the wider public about the opportunities and diversity of topics available when studying geography. Many people mistakenly assume that Geography simply refers to knowledge about capital cities and longest rivers (i.e. ‘trivial pursuit geography’). However, as Dr Frances Fahy, Head of Geography at NUI Galway, highlights: “Geography is about so much more… it helps us understand how the world works. Geographers explore different systems – human and physical systems - through space and time. Geography is something you do and employers across all sectors value the wide-ranging research, analytical, practical and computer skills that geography students offer, as well as their extensive knowledge about human and physical processes”.
Geography is a very popular subject in Ireland, at primary, post primary and third level. Indeed the Geographical Society of Ireland recently won the bid to host one of eth largest Geographical events in the world in Dublin in 2024. The International Geographical Congress (IGC) is the largest international gathering on geographers in the world. It takes place every four years and is sometimes referred to as the Olympics of Geography. Over 3000 geographers from around the world will join us in Ireland for a week of activities including keynote plenaries on topics of major international importance, workshops for early-career researchers, field excursions in the host country and the Geography Olympiad for high-school students.
Professor Niamh Moore-Cherry (UCD) the President of the Geographical Society of Ireland, hopes that members of the public will get involved in the many activities taking place during the week: “Geoweek 2016 will be dedicated to celebrating the discipline of Geography in Ireland and during this GeoWeek we are asking people to get out and about in their local park and discover a world of difference”. A range of activities are planned including mapping competitions in schools, tours of university facilities, fieldtrips to local parks and public lectures.
A week dedicated to Geography Awareness is a global event organised to inform students and the wider public about the opportunities and diversity of topics available when studying geography. Many people mistakenly assume that Geography simply refers to knowledge about capital cities and longest rivers (i.e. ‘trivial pursuit geography’). However, as Dr Frances Fahy, Head of Geography at NUI Galway, highlights: “Geography is about so much more… it helps us understand how the world works. Geographers explore different systems – human and physical systems - through space and time. Geography is something you do and employers across all sectors value the wide-ranging research, analytical, practical and computer skills that geography students offer, as well as their extensive knowledge about human and physical processes”.
Geography is a very popular subject in Ireland, at primary, post primary and third level. Indeed the Geographical Society of Ireland recently won the bid to host one of eth largest Geographical events in the world in Dublin in 2024. The International Geographical Congress (IGC) is the largest international gathering on geographers in the world. It takes place every four years and is sometimes referred to as the Olympics of Geography. Over 3000 geographers from around the world will join us in Ireland for a week of activities including keynote plenaries on topics of major international importance, workshops for early-career researchers, field excursions in the host country and the Geography Olympiad for high-school students.
Prizes for GeoWeek 2016 Mapping Competition are sponsored by
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