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The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy

Healey, Ruth L.; France, Derek; Hill, Jennifer; West, Harry

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Ruth L. Healey

Derek France

Jenny Hill Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning

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Dr Harry West Harry.West@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Geography & Environmental Management



Abstract

The opening paper in our special section sets the scene for the discussions that follow by evidencing and reflecting on the history of the Higher Education Research Group. We report on the purpose of the Group when it was established in the late 1970s as the Higher Education Learning Working Party, and trace its development to late 2019 when its members voted to change the name of the Group to the Geography and Education Research Group. Through a systematic analysis of the annual reports published in Area (from 1980 to 1994) and the minutes of the Annual General Meetings (from 1998 to 2019), alongside personal correspondence with former members of the Committee, we explore the history of the Group. We contend that the Group has passed through four distinct phases related to the broader geography and education context. The recent re-naming of the Group to publicly codify and celebrate the diversity of links between geography and education represents a fifth phase in the Group’s evolution. Throughout its history, the Group has had strong connections with geographies (and geographers) of education across a range of sectoral levels, indicating that this fifth evolutionary phase aligns well with the Group’s original purpose and vision.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 8, 2020
Online Publication Date Nov 11, 2020
Publication Date 2022
Deposit Date Nov 9, 2020
Publicly Available Date Nov 12, 2022
Journal Area
Print ISSN 0004-0894
Electronic ISSN 1475-4762
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 54
Issue 1
Pages 6-14
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12685
Keywords Geography and Education Research Group; Higher Education Research Group; Institute of British Geographers; Royal Geographical Society
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/6841304

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Healey, R. L., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2022). The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy. Area, 54(1), 6-14, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12685. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.


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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Healey, R. L., France, D., Hill, J., & West, H. (2022). The history of the Higher Education Research Group of the UK Royal Geographical Society: The changing status and focus of geography education in the academy. Area, 54(1), 6-14, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12685. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.





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