Category: Outreach

I was leading a Geology Hull first year fieldtrip to Filey on Thursday, in the teeth of a gale, barely able to be heard above the wind, barely able to see the cliffs through the clouds, barely able to get to the rocks because the waves were too high, the students struggling gainfully to begin collecting geological data, wondering what...

One way or another, 1988 was a momentous year for geology collections in the city of Hull. In March of that year, it was announced that – after a contentious government review – the Geology degree programmes at the University of Hull would cease. Most of the university’s rock and fossil specimens would move to other universities. Then, in October...

As the chief organizer of the 2018 Yorkshire Fossil Festival, I ought to have been doing a lot more promotion of the event, which is now less than 3 weeks away. Still, better late than never. I’m delighted to confirm that the following organizations will be taking part, and bringing their finest fossiliferous activities along: The Palaeontological Association will be...

The slides for my 2021 University of York Centre for Lifelong Learning half-day class on the ‘Geology of the Yorkshire Dales’ can be downloaded here: 2021_GYD_slides (pdf) and 2021_GYD_slides (pptx). Slides from my 2016 CLL one-day class can be found below: Part 1 (Intro/Early Palaeozoic): 2016GYD_1Intro_SML Part 2 (Early Carboniferous): 2016GYD_2LowerCarb_SML Part 3 (Late Carboniferous): 2016GYD_3UpperCarb_SML Part 4 (Quaternary): 2016GYD_4Glacial_SML...