Biographies of Chartered Geographers - Royal Geographical Society

and a PGCE from the Institute of Education London She began teaching at The Latymer School before
joining Edge Hill College, Ormskirk to develop B.Ed teaching. She then moved to Avery Hill College, now
part of University of Greenwich and latterly has concentrated upon Primary Geographical Education. Her
research interests focus upon children's understanding of their local area. She regularly contributes articles,
chapters, develops teaching resources and contributes conference papers at all levels on both primary
geography and ICT. She was a consultant with QCA, and has worked with TTA and DfES. She is an active
Long Serving Fellow of RGS-IBG and received Hon.FRGS status in June 2009 for her services to education.
She is a member of GA committees, a GA consultant, involved with the GA professional network and was
made an Honorary GA member in 2011. She is also a corresponding member of the IGU Commission for
Geography Education British Sub-Committee and the GA ICT Special Interest Group.
BRANSON, Julia
Julia is a geospatial business analyst at the GeoData Institute, a research / consultancy unit at the University
of Southampton. Her main role is assessing the geospatial data management requirements for external
groups (government departments, agencies, charities, NGOs and commercial sector). During her 16 years
at the Institute she has been involved in a wide variety of research and consultancy projects in the UK and
overseas, specialising in environmental data management, analysis and processing, and data standards.
BRIGGS, Barnaby
Barnaby is the Strategic Relations Manager for Shell International. Prior to this he ran the Social
Performance Unit, creating social policy for Shell, and helping to implement this policy in some of the
challenging places that Shell operates in, including Nigeria, Sakhalin and Alaska. He was previously the
Issues Manager for Shell Chemicals Ltd, with projects in Louisiana, Brazil, the Philippines and China. He
has a Geography degree from King’s College, London. He has been involved in a number of international
organisations, working for the Dhammanaat Rural Conservation and Development Project in Thailand, for
Shell International Petroleum Company as an environmental affairs and societal change analyst, for the
RSPB as energy and transport policy officer, and for ERM Ltd as a consultant.
BRIGGS, Zoe
Zoe has worked for British Waterways since 2003. She started as GIS Assistant at British Waterways (BW)
Midlands and South West Region and has worked her way up to Geographic Information System (GIS)
Team Leader, managing a team of two, covering the Technical and Operations Directorates. She has been
instrumental in helping GIS move forward within British Waterways, enthusiastically showing colleagues how
it can benefit them in their roles. Zoe has a BSc in Physical Geography from University of Hull and MSc
Geographical Information Systems from University of Nottingham.
BRIMICOMBE, Allan
Allan is Professor and Head of the Centre for Geo-Information Studies at University of East London. He has
a Geography degree from Sheffield University, an MPhil in Applied Geomorphology and a PhD in
Geographical Information Systems, both from the University of Hong Kong. Allan started his career as an
engineering geomorphologist in Hong Kong, Malaysia and China during which he progressively focused on
GIS and environmental modelling. Allan moved from private practice into academia to focus on research and
curriculum development. In his current post, Allan concentrates on research and consultancy in data
integration, analysis and modelling for both public and private sector organisations and in applications of
geo-information engineering such as location-based services.
BROOKES, Andrew
Andrew is an Associate at Gifford and Partners working as an environmental scientist. He has a Geography
degree and PhD (a CASE studentship with the Freshwater Biological Association) from University of
Southampton. Andrew has over 20 years of experience in research, private practice and government
agencies. He has considerable experience and expertise in the development of sustainable solutions to
environmental challenges, of EIA work and restoration and protection of river ecosystems. Andrew has
worked for the Environmental Agency, National Rivers Authority, Thames Water and has been a research
fellow at University of Wales and Ministry of Environment, Silkeborg, Denmark.
BROOKS, Clare
Clare is currently a Lecturer in Geography Education at the Institute of Education, University of London,
where she leads the MA in Geography Education and the Geography PGCE. Clare has a PGCE in
secondary geography, an MA in Geography in Education and a PhD. Before working at the Institute, Clare
was a Head of Geography in London. Clare had had a range of papers and articles published, and is also
the co-author of the Geotext Key Stage 3 geography textbook series. She is the editor of GeogEd (an online
journal for GTiP), and an honorary website editor for the Geographical Association. She is a member of
various committees and groups, and is also an external examiner for other PGCE courses. She has
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