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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

Trustees Report and Consolidated Financial Statements 2022

The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) is the UK's learned society and professional body for geography. In 2022 it supported over 2,000 teachers through 50 CPD sessions, saw GCSE geography reach a 20-year high of 289,000 entries, accredited its 1,000th Chartered Geographer, funded 65 fieldwork projects, and hosted an international conference with 1,850 delegates. It also launched the Geography for All programme to widen diversity in the subject.

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Geography teacher CPD and school resources; Chartered Geographer (CGeog) professional accreditation; fieldwork and expedition grants; Geography for All diversity programme; Young Geographer of the Year competition (865 entries); Geography Ambassadors school visits programme (200 new ambassadors trained); Earth Photo international competition; academic journal publishing; Collections of over 2 million items open to the public Custom geography from upload: UK

Key Metrics

Key Metric 1 Over 2,000 teachers participated in 50 CPD sessions; GCSE geography entries reached a 20-year high of 289,000 (up 2.7%) and A Level entries rose 6.2% to 37,443
Key Metric 2 1,000th Chartered Geographer accredited during 2022; 14 university programmes reaccredited against the new QAA geography benchmark statement
Key Metric 3 Annual International Conference attracted over 1,850 delegates across 380 in-person, online and hybrid sessions hosted at Newcastle University

Key Outcomes

  • Geography Ambassadors programme completed 95 school visit requests in 2022, re-engaging with schools post-COVID and training around 200 new ambassadors to promote geography careers
  • 65 grant-funded fieldwork projects went into the field in 2022, advancing geographical research across the UK and internationally
  • Published research showing GCSE geography has a diversity problem — perception as a subject for 'white' or 'higher-class' students — prompting launch of the Geography for All widening participation programme

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