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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Royal Geographical Society Dissertation Prize Winner

Sam McConnochie, who graduated from Geography and Environment at Loughborough University in 2019, has won the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Planning and Environment Research Group Undergraduate Dissertation Prize.

MA student at the EU Parliament for European Care Leavers Project

Carrie Harrop – a current postgraduate taught student on our MA Childhood, Youth and Social Policy degree – was recently at the EU Parliament as part of her role with the European Care Leavers Network Project.

‘Natural’ flood management would be overwhelmed by Britain’s winter super-floods by Professor Robert Wilby

Professor Robert Wilby has been busy on the media front in the aftermath of Storm Dennis.

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    • 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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