Free Conference for geography students and trainee teachers

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Every year the Geographical Association offers all full-time and PGCE students FREE registration to its Annual Conference and Exhibition.

The 2011 event will take place from 14-16 April at the University of Surrey in Guildford and features an extensive programme of lectures, workshops, discussion forums, networking events and the UK's largest exhibition of geographical resources!

Programme highlights include:

• Hans Rosling, Director of the Gapminder Foundation will present the Keynote Address on Saturday 16 April
• Mike Parker, Map Addict author presents the Public Lecture on Thursday 14 April
• A full-day Olympics field visit by the GA's Community Geographer, Bob Digby
• A lecture on Poetry and geography by Eleanor Rawling, Research Fellow, University of Oxford
• Google Earth beginner and advanced IT workshops will be led by Richard Treves, University of Southampton
• Hazel Barrett, Coventry University on HIV and AIDs
• A lecture from John Morgan, IoE on Geography as if the planet matters
  
• So you're thinking of doing a Masters? primary and secondary PGCE/NQT workshops

Further information and online booking is available on the GA website - just search for "GA Annual Conference" on Google!

See you there!