Why choose Geography? GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY

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Why choose Geography? GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY Get to know the physical and human world through fieldwork! Geography is about the future and encourages flexible thinking! If you love Geography, why not choose it? GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY It fosters transferable skills which employers look for! Make wise decisions that balance the environment, economic and social concerns in the context of sustainable development!

Fieldwork! GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY

What do Geographers do? GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY Nationally, Geography has one of the best graduate employment records in the country! Geography graduates are among the most employable. They possess the skills that employers look for. In part this is because Geography brings together all other subjects. To study geography will give you an oversight that no other subject can give. It therefore combines well with any GCSE subject. GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY

Just a few jobs that Geographers do... Discover new places! Travel Agent Tourism Officer Eco-Tourism Advisor Tour Guide Media Researcher Enjoy being in the landscape? Hydrologist Coastal Manager Geologist Civil Engineer Soil Conservationist GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY Care about the planet? Estate Manager Forestry Ranger Environmental Consultant Pollution Analyst Conservation Officer Interested in Weather? Weather Presenter Disaster Manager Flood Prevention Officer Risk Assessor Water Supply Coordinator

Just a few jobs that Geographers do... Fascinated by maps? GIS Specialist Cartographer Utilities Manager Remote Sensing Analyst Interested in human behaviour? Planner Social Worker Market Researcher Housing Officer Estate Agent GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY Want to know why people work where they do? Economic Developer Location Analyst Retailer Regional Developer Transport Manager Interested in world events? Aid Worker Diplomat Refugee Advisor Charity Coordinator

Interested in Further Education? -PGCE (teaching qualification). -MSc (e.g. environmental assessment, land management, pollution and environmental control, information systems engineering, rural resource management). - MA (e.g. cultural geography, society space, international business, town planning). - PhD (e.g. glaciology, geography of finance, quaternary environmental change, geography of health care). GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY

Famous Geographers GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY Prince William, John Lennon, Michael Jordan, Nick Hodgson (Kaiser Chief Drummer), Stuart Pearce (Ex England Footballer), Ellen Macarthur, Top Gear Boys always using Geography! Amy Macdonald, Matthew Pinsent (Olympic Rower), Michael Palin, Mark Beaumont used it to circumnavigate! Postman Pat famous in all Geography Departments, Ellie Harrison (TV Presenter- The One Show), Kurt Angle (Olympic Wrestler), Mother Teresa.

Geography Matters! GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY

GCSE Geography GCSE GEOGRAPHY GCSE GEOGRAPHY Choose Your Future. Choose Geography.