Geography, Geology and the Environment

The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment (GGE) was founded in 2000, although Geography and Geology have been taught at Kingston for over 60 years.

There are currently 28 academic staff in the School, as well as research assistants and a number of research students. The School has human and physical geographers, GIS specialists, geologists, geochemists and environmental scientists. In addition to our full time-staff we also have a number of experienced part-time lecturing staff who contribute to our teaching across a range of courses.
The School prides itself on a high quality of teaching, as recognized by the award of excellent and satisfactory in various Subject Reviews undertaken by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council.

The School has invested in the development of its laboratories for teaching and research into subjects such as environmental monitoring, geology, geochemistry, mapping / GIS / computing facilities, and specialist instrumentation laboratories (e.g. nuclear metrology; laser raman spectroscopy; 3D mapping).

Many of the staff in GGE belong to the Centre for Earth and Environmental Sciences Research (CEESR) in terms of their research activity. It is recognised as a centre of research excellence within the University receiving £415k pa of University funding.

We offer a variety of undergraduate courses in Geography and Geographical Information Systems and Geology and Earth Sciences as well as postgraduate courses in Geographical Information Systems.