"Russia carries out massive missile and drone attack on energy targets, Ukraine says...Ukraine's energy and gas infrastructure also came "under massive missile and drone shelling", the country's energy minister says" bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg70…

EQUATOR 2025 Mentoring Network, which will take place from April to August. This mentoring programme aims to improve experiences and increase retention of Black, Asian and minority ethnic students in Geography, Earth and Environmental Science disciplines. shorturl.at/HbFVI

Great to host today's panel on Gender and fieldwork, to mark International Women's Day. Thank you to panellists Catherine Souch Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Anya Lawrence College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Alison MacLeod, Selma Benyovszky , & Alanna Cant (UoR) for your thoughtful input! UoR - Geography and Environmental Science

Hello from the part 2 Scotland field class 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 👋 - beautiful views at Glencoe and Glenfinnan UoR - Geography and Environmental Science

Big thank you to Argaty Red Kites for having UoR - Geography and Environmental Science students on our Stirling field class to visit today. Fantastic to learn about conservation and rewilding of red kites and beavers, and reflect on nature-society relations. And a beautiful day too! ☀️🦫🪶

Interested in promoting #equity, #diversity and #inclusion in university #geography? Make sure you take a look at our selection of 'Engaging Equitable Cultures' resources. These #EDI resources were developed through a partnership with Natural Environment Research Council ow.ly/9kxI50SlBKH

Great to present at today's Royal Aeronautical Society's Remotely Piloted and Autonomous Aircraft Systems Conference. Shared findings on research with UK local authorities and drone industry on societal impacts and benefit aerosociety.com/media/26274/pr…

'Fibre optic drones were an experimental response to battlefield jamming & rapidly took off late last year. With no radio connection, they cannot be jammed, are difficult to detect & able to fly in ways conventional FPV drones cannot' theguardian.com/world/2025/apr…

Pleasure to review Adam Fish's provocative and thoughtful book 'Oceaning: Governing Marine Life with Drones'. Focusing on drones in marine conservation, it explores the drone's potential as a 'tool for an affirmative multispecies ethics' h-net.org/reviews/showpd… UoR - Geography and Environmental Science

A Russian Shahed drone reportedly ‘inflicted tens of millions worth of damage to the site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant…The strike in mid February did not cause an immediate radiological risk, but significantly damaged the containment structure’ theguardian.com/world/2025/may…

'In 2023, the DfT sponsored the CAA to review the regulation of UAS in the UK, publishing the “Review of UK UAS Regulations consultation”...The CAA engaged with all responses to the consultation. This reply sets out the CAA’s final policy recommendations' caa.co.uk/our-work/publi…

How can educators create inclusive, safe, and meaningful field learning experiences for all students Annie Hughes (Kingston University) argues for the adoption of an anti-racist approach to field education in a new post on @geogdirections. Check it out here: blog.geographydirections.com/2025/05/19/how…

What is the 'degree awarding gap' and how does it affect UK #geography? Find out in this online resource ow.ly/Pigm50SlzlZ

‘In an ever-evolving conflict, soldiers rapidly adapt…the latest threat comes from fibre optic drones. A spool of tens of kilometres of cable is fitted to the bottom of a drone & the fibre optic cord is attached to the controller held by the pilot’ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'From 5G to drones: For a feminist geopolitics of the electromagnetic spectrum'. New in Progress in Human Geography, Dr Daisy Curtis & I think across the spectrum, developing a feminist-inspired agenda attentive to bodies, more-than-human encounters, and living with spectrum journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

UK to invest £2bn in drones to make army '10 times more lethal' - The Guardian theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Are you teaching #geography at university for the first time? Make sure to check out our New to Teaching Guide, developed with the Geography & Education Research Group (GeogEd) Research Group. rgs.org/research/highe…

Drones 'pose a growing threat as criminals, terrorists, & hostile foreign actors...weaponize the tech to endanger public safety & national security. The Order establishes the Federal Task Force to Restore American Airspace Sovereignty & propose solutions' whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/20…

📢 New in Gender, Place and Culture - 'Techno-legal geographies: consumer drone misuse and harms'. Louise Hooper Garden Court Chambers and I reflect on the legal dimensions of off-the-shelf drone incidents and the potential diversified harms accompanying them. UoR - Geography and Environmental Science tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📢 Report launch: ‘From Ambition to Action: Insights into drone use by Local Government in England’ explores real-world use cases of drones by local government in England - reflecting on benefits, drivers & barriers. research.reading.ac.uk/drone-geograph… ➡️ Blog post: research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/…