Earth Science
students in Death Valley, California.

Earth Science students in Death Valley, California.

Our inter-disciplinary team of world-class academics teaches a suite of degree programmes focused on challenges including climate change, natural hazards, social justice, pollution, energy transitions, land- and seascape conservation and the sensitive development of natural resources. All of our degree programmes are professionally accredited and designed with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in mind.

Professor Jon Shaw
Head of School
Professor Jon Shaw

Read about our student and staff success in our latest newsletter.

Recent edition: Spring 2025

Jon ShawProfessor Jon Shaw
Head of School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

SoGEES newsletter cover Spring 2025

Fieldwork

Fieldwork is a fundamental part of our school. Environmental science , geography and earth science are field-based disciplines and you will gain training in field techniques in spectacular environments locally and further afield.
Final year students from across our school subject areas have the opportunity to join a novel multidisciplinary overseas fieldtrip , which currently goes to Namibia.
Our field trips are designed to be inclusive and accessible (we are a signatory to the ).
Core field trip modules have a cost-free option, and subsidies are available for our longer-haul trips on which students experience landscapes and cultures not available locally.
Namibia Anne Mather