Resources for teachers and advisors

Please see below for a selection of resources which you might find useful. Subscribe to our mailing list to stay up-to-date with the latest information and resources.

• SoGE YouTube: Browse our YouTube channel for videos including lectures, research showcases, and insights into student life.
• University of Oxford YouTube - Official Guide for an Oxford Applicant: View the University's video guide on applying to Oxford.
• Video on how to write a personal statement for Geography (The Curious Geographer)
• Video on writing a personal statement for Geography (Oxford from the Inside)
• Nathan's *Geography* Personal Statement Advice (Nathan Lawson)
• Video on studying Geography at Oxford Uni (GoodLuckNabs): YouTuber Nabeela talks to different Oxford students about their subject - in this episode she speaks to Tony, then a first year Geography student.
• Undiscovered: Episode One | Oxford ACS, Journey to Oxford, Subject Choice, Future Plans & More: 'Undiscovered' series which is about students of African and/or Caribbean heritage who study "non-traditional" subjects, featuring Geographer Tony Farag.
• Q&A with an Oxford Geography Student at St Edmund Hall : Teddy Hall student Ellie answers questions on applying to Geography at Oxford.

There are a numerous mentoring programmes and platforms for students from under-represented backgrounds. You might like to recommend that your students take a look at these websites to see if they are eligible.

• Zero Gravity
• UniReach
• Target Oxbridge

Please note that this is not an official endorsement, these recommendations are for informational purposes only, and the School is not responsible for the quality of their services. Other third-party mentoring programmes are available.

Please see our webpages for prospective undergraduates for more student perspectives.

Debating Global Governance: "Model UNPO" role play
A role-play debating exercise for school groups on issues of human rights, conflict resolution, and environmental justice that is loosely based on Model UN simulations, developed by Prof Fiona McConnell and Dr Liam Saddington.

Debating global governance: resources to engage A level students with geopolitics
Dr Liam Saddington and Prof Fiona McConnell describe the 'Model UNPO (Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization)', their simulation exercise designed to support the teaching and learning of global governance and geopolitics.

Geography in Outer Space
A guest blog written by Access and Outreach Officer Dan Hall on the question of whether Geographers should care about outer space, a topic stemming from his Masters research, on the Geography Southwest website. Geography Southwest is a website that aims to promote geography in the south-west of England and more broadly, and they have a variety of useful materials for teachers.

Lesson: Changing our thinking about drought
Dr Kevin Grecksch, one of our researchers, collaborated with colleagues at the Geographical Association to produce this lesson plan on drought and water scarcity.

More Geography teaching resources coming soon!