Visit the department, meet students and discover what it is like to study Geography at Oxford.
The School of Geography and the Environment holds an annual Department Open Day in early June, for which bookings are taken on a first-come first-served basis. The School also participates in the wider Oxford Open Days which take place on two days in late June/July and on one day in mid-September, and there is no need to book for these.
On all Open Days you can attend a short talk followed by a question-and-answer session, and see displays about the course and past field trips. The dates for all the Open Days are posted early in the year on our website, along with other details.
"The range and scope of opportunities here are endless, and all staff of the School are incredibly passionate about both their field and bringing out the best of us as undergraduates."
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Department Open Days
The School of Geography and the Environment holds an annual Department Open Day with events and information provided for prospective undergraduate students.
Due to current circumstances we have decided to cancel the 2020 Departmental Open Day. We are currently exploring whether a virtual alternative is possible. Further information will be posted here in due course.
If you have any queries about the Department Open Day, please contact our Events Officer. If you are interested in attending an open day please see the Oxford Open Days for more information.
Oxford Open Days
1-2 July and 18 September 2020
The School of Geography and the Environment participates in the University's Oxford Open Days.
You do not have to book in advance to attend the School of Geography and the Environment at the Oxford Open Days.
Oxford Open Days provide a perfect opportunity to visit the colleges of University of Oxford. Please see the open day guide for college events posted on the Oxford Open Days website.
Please follow @OxOutreach on Twitter for the latest news and information about Oxford Open Days. Got an open days question? Get in touch using #OxOpenDays!
Open day programme and presentation
- Open Day Programme - Monday 17 June 2019 PDF: 0.9 MB (Updated 25/03/19)
View the presentation of Geography at Oxford from the 2019 Open Day
Previous Taster Lectures
Listen to Professor Gillian Rose's 2019 Open Day talk: What are the geographies of your smartphone, and why do they matter?
View the presentation of What are the geographies of your smartphone, and why do they matter? from the 2019 Open Day
View slides from Dr Louise Slater's 2019 Open Day talk: How and why is global flood risk changing?
Listen to Professor Heather Viles' 2017 Open Day talk: Geography and Heritage: from Oxford to the Silk Road
View the presentation of Geography and Heritage: from Oxford to the Silk Road from the 2017 Open Day
Listen to Dr Alex Vasudevan's 2017 Open Day talk: What a city is for: Confessions of an urban geographer
View the presentation of What a city is for: Confessions of an urban geographer from the 2017 Open Day
View slides from Prof David Thomas's 2016 Open Day talk: Deserts, dust and climate change: Why Physical Geography matters
Listen to Dr Marc Macias-Fauria's 2015 Open Day talk: Climate and ecological change in the Arctic: living in the fast lane 
Listen to Professor Rob Whittaker's 2014 Open Day talk: The rise and fall of co-evolved systems on remote oceanic islands: a biogeographer's perspective 
Listen to Professor Judith Pallot's 2013 Open Day talk: 'Eurasia': A newcomer to international migration 
Listen to Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright's 2012 Open Day talk: Geographies of pollution, illness and activism 
Listen to Professor Richard Washington's 2012 Open Day talk: Climate in the central Sahara 
Listen to Dr Richard Grenyer's 2011 Open Day talk: Biodiversity conservation to 2050 
Listen to Professor Linda McDowell's 2011 Open Day talk: Work matters: understanding new divisions of labour