Professional outreach to students
Too often we hear that young people don’t know about careers in/with geography. We aim to inspire, inform, and enable the next generation of geographers by connecting them with professionals like you.
We’re looking for geographers to share their stories and insights with school and university students. Whether through online panels, career profiles, or live Q&A sessions, you’ll help bring geography to life by showing how what’s taught in the classroom connects to the real world.
Explore opportunities to engage with young people, schools and educators in our guide, and read about the benefits for your staff and business in getting involved in education outreach.
Whether through webinars, being featured in career profiles and curriculum resources, work experience, placements, apprenticeships or more there are many ways to be involved.
Current opportunities
I’m a Geographer Get Me Out of Here provides schools with access to free, live online chats with professional geographers about the world of work to explore how they use geographical skills and knowledge in the real world.
The activity is entirely online so you can take part wherever you are and at a time that suits you.
Volunteer to engage with students and schools
Young people benefit from hearing from and engaging with professionals throughout their education.
As well as supporting the next generation of geographers, professional outreach can be a fulfilling experience and is recognised by many employers and professional accreditations, including Chartered Geographer, as a form of Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
Guide to professional outreach
Our for professional ambassadors provides ideas for finding outreach opportunities for outreach and resources to support you.
More ways to get involved
Be an expert voice
We host a broad range of events, both online and in person, which feature professional geographers.
We are always planning more events, so whatever sector you are in, please contact us at professional@rgs.org to explore your opportunities.
Be featured
Our 'I am a geographer' professional profiles provide an opportunity to share your geographical career in ways which students, teachers and parents can use to explore the potential of geography.
Contact professional@rgs.org to get involved.
Tell us about work-based experiences
We would like to hear about opportunities for young people to take part in work-based learning experiences. Join our work experience directory.
Register using our online form and share your opportunities with our network of schools and students.
Contact the Professionals team
We are keen to discuss opportunities with you or your employer to get involved in our work or to develop partnerships, for example through placements, site visits or fieldwork.
We also welcome the offer of ‘real world’ problem-solving, data and other information that can be used for curriculum-specific teaching resource packs in different environments.
If you have any feedback, questions, or would like more support or to discuss ideas, please contact professional@rgs.org