Geography and Environment

We offer a range of courses, as well as opportunities to join our wider research community as part of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. As the integrated study of landscapes, peoples, places and environments, Geography is a vital subject through which to increase understanding of our rapidly changing planet.

98% Overall Satisfaction for Geographical Studies

NSS 2019

95% of Research Classed as ‘Internationally-recognised’

REF 2014

Top 10 in the UK for Graduate Prospects in Geography

Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020

3rd in the UK for Student Experience for Geography and Environmental Sciences

Times/Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020

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Amy Bell

I enjoy the flexibility that my course offers...the lecturers are extremely passionate about their research areas and they offer quality feedback.

Amy Bell Geography BSc
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Research

We are renowned for our inter-disciplinary, collaborative research focused on understanding our social and environmental futures and have an excellent international reputation for our research across different areas of physical and human geography.

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Latest Radar project to host exhibition exploring the legacy of pioneering arts educator

The project "This is Just What I Saw" by Katarina Hruskova and Dr Sarah Mills, draws on works produced by school-children in workshops using updated versions of Richardson's methods and featuring reproductions of materials from Marion Richardson's archive, which will both evoke and function as a pedagogical and imaginative space.

Professor Ed Brown talks at the 2019 UN Climate Summit

Professor Ed Brown has been at the UN Climate Summit in New York discussing the Modern Energy Cooking Systems project.

The UK Arctic Science Conference 2019

From atmospheric physicists to anthropologists, to political scientists and ecologists, more than 110 researchers from different fields and parts of the world gathered at Loughborough University earlier this month to discuss Arctic matters.

  • Black History Month - Inspirational Black Leaders

  • This is Just What I Saw: Exhibition

    • Staff

    Our academic staff deliver excellent research-informed teaching and we are home to a dynamic community of research students and visiting fellows. Technical and support staff are a vital part of the Geography and Environment student experience and research activities.

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