Earlier this year we announced the winners of our Blog Competition. We were very pleased to present the winners with their prizes and certificates at the recent GfGD Conference. From left to right… David Litchfield (Best Photograph), Philip Irwin (Best Blog), Robin Wylie (Best Blog), Rosalie Tostevin (GfGD National Committee) and Professor Alan Lord (Secretary for Foreign & External Affa ...[Read More]
Friday Photo (102): #GfGDconf
A full house at the Geological Society of London on Wednesday, 23rd October, for our first National Conference. 150 students and recent graduates from universities around the UK and ROI joined development professionals and practitioners to ask the question ‘fighting global poverty – can geologists help?’. The answer was a resounding YES, we can. More photos from the day can be fo ...[Read More]
#GfGDconf – happening NOW!
After many months of planning, the first Geology for Global Development National Conference is finally here! It’s 10am, and we are expecting over 150 delegates at the Geological Society of London, ready to listen to some opening remarks from Jeremy Lefroy MP. Jeremy is the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tanzania, and a member of the international development select committee. ...[Read More]
GfGD National Conference – Two Days to Go!
We are unashamedly blogging again about our upcoming conference today, with some practical information for all of those attending. All of our tickets have now sold out, so please don’t turn up on the day without having registered! It promises to be a fantastic day, and we are looking forward to meeting many of you. If you have registered, but did not receive an email over the weekend with a ...[Read More]