Geography seen as ‘soft option’ by ‘posh’ students, warns Dorling

Oxford professor challenges his fellow geographers to reflect on their often myopic perspectives

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November 27, 2019

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November 27, 2019

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Macho image: geographers climb mountains, are explorers, are more robust, more rigorous and more “out there” than other academics

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