Meet our Field Study Tutors
It’s been a really busy time at Rayburn HQ over the last few weeks and we wouldn’t have it any other way! Wherever your chosen destination you can rest assured that the team are working hard to...
Great Baddow High School on tour
Currently sitting in our cosy common room at Husid (near Vik) in Iceland, we realise what an amazing trip this has been! The main highlights for all of us were the Blue Lagoon, a ‘once in a...
Eastbourne College
The solar eclipse might have stolen the headlines but for 33 geography students and their teachers their arrival at Keflavik airport was the most important event of the day. Their Icelandic adventure...
A Sicilian Escapade! – Part 2
Day 3 Today we had planned to visit the Aeolian Island of Vulcano; the weather is unsettled so we are switching our days and visiting the Alcantara Gorge and Taormina. Travelling inland we can...
A Sicilian Escapade! – Part 1
Day 1 We left a very cold wintery morning behind at Manchester, so stepping off the plane to be met with a glorious crisp winter’s day with clear blue skies and sunshine was wonderful! Staying on...
Extreme Iceland – Bury on Tour
The staff and students from Bury Church of England School were introduced to some of the worst conditions Iceland has to offer when they stepped out of the airport building on arrival at Keflavik....
Iceland’s got the WOW factor…
35 students and 4 teachers finally landed at Keflavik Airport tired yet excited to be here in Iceland. Months of eager anticipation, asking their teachers what it would be like, if it’ll be...
And so the adventure begins…
Leaving behind the arrivals hall at Keflavik Airport we headed along the south coastal road bound for the Hotel Ork in Hvergardi, our home for the next 7 days. A very warm welcome from all the staff,...
What impact does geography have on young people?
What impact does geography, as a subject and academic discipline, have on young people? It’s a fascinating question posed by the President of the Geographical Association Mark Higginbottom...
70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
When the Soviet Army entered the gates of Auschwitz 70 years ago they had no idea what awaited them. In the days prior to the liberation, the Nazi camp guards had marched those inmates that were...
10 Years On
It’s hard to believe that the Indonesian Tsunami occurred 10 years ago. For me this was definitely one of those “I remember where I was when …” events. Waking up on that Boxing Day morning,...
“Earhquakes don’t kill people, buildings do!”
Being in a room full of 900 A Level geography students may not be everyone’s idea of fun but there’s something strangely reassuring about their presence. What would bring so many teenagers...