Cambridge University Geographical Society (CUGS)

CUGS is back again with a Ceilidh for our first event of the term!! 🥳☘️

Come dance with us and let loose before exam season is in full swing! 🕺📝

Tickets will be available shortly on FIXR 🎟️

Come join us for a Talk held by John Cornell, the Natural Environment Team Leader for the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service! 🌿♻️

⏰: 5:00 PM, Wednesday, 6th March
📍: Castlereagh Room, Fisher Building, St. John’s College

Sign up here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdb9W2RSehYLh2zqk0K9ageRlADwNzcDt_tuVOMv_YpZ3m5Kg/viewform?usp=sf_link

“Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) is an approach that seeks to mitigate the loss of habitat and biodiversity as an outcome of development. According to Simkin et al. (2022), a burgeoning global human population and its associated urban expansion will be a leading cause of global habitat loss over the next 30 years, predominantly in the Global South. However, this problem is not confided to far-away places as centuries of farming, building and industry have made England one of the most nature-depleted countries in Europe. Within this context, BNG is an important new tool to help reverse this trend through the lens of planning and development.
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My presentation explores how Biodiversity Net Gain will work in England, examined through the lens of our experiences getting ready for the arrival of the new legislation in Greater Cambridge. I will present and discuss the opportunities and challenges that this new legislation affords to placemaking and to protecting and restoring biodiversity and present some early examples from Greater Cambridge Shared Planning.”— John Cornell

Meet the rest of the CUGS committee members for 2024!! ✨🌎 Can’t wait to reveal all the fun events we’ve got planned this year!

Meet the committee members for CUGS 2024! 🌎🌱 Stay tuned for part two! ✨

✨CUTTY SARK X CUGS - UCIM MEET AND GREET✨

Join Cutty Sark Investment Society and Cambridge University Geographical Society on Monday, February 5th for “UCIM Meet and Greet”! [Sign-up link in bio!]

Do you want to know how the University’s assets are managed? How will the Cambridge University Endowment Fund reach their 2038 net zero goal? How are Cambridge and other world-renowned universities revolutionising their fund allocation? How are they engaging with portfolio companies to reduce carbon emissions? Then don’t miss out on this session with UCIM, University of Cambridge Investment Management Limited, which manages the Cambridge University Endowment Fund (“CUEF”).

We will be joined by Benoit Ramsay, Managing Director at UCIM, and Sarah Wood, Associate Director at UCIM. They will be sharing the strategyand performance of CUEF, its investment philosophy, what they are doing to reach the ambition for CUEF to become net zero by 2038, and their daysin life working at a top tier university fund. We will also ask them a list of questions most concerned by geographers and sustainability lovers, before opening up the mic to the audience.

This is a great networking opportunity especially for those who have applied to UCIM’s summer internship and those interested in buy-side’s multi-asset management strategy.

Date: Monday, February 5th, 6-7pm
Location: TBC

Register and join us for an informative evening!

Lent term events for CUGS🌟more information will be confirmed as the events get closer! For now, get excited for a range of speakers events, wellness sessions and socials!🌏🌟

Our first speakers event of Lent term 2024!🌟🌟make sure to come along to this amazing event🗺️🗺️

Hi everyone🌟CUGS is looking for a new executive committee for the 2024 election period. These roles will assume in the Lent term and continue until Nov of Michaelmas 2024! Please email your applications to [email protected] by the 7th January🌟🌟 happy new year!

✨✨All key info is included in this post and caption!✨✨
FOOD IS SERVED AT 7.30PM SO DON’T BE LATE! The meal will last until around 9pm, at which point our DJ set begins. The ball will last until midnight! 💃🕺 Should you have any questions, or need further information, don’t hesitate to reach out to Anna (ap2331) or Anya (ap2333) via email, or DM the CUGS Instagram account. We look forward to seeing you there!!

Come for the CUGS x CUHWC bar swap！We will meet you there at the Panton Arms 8:30 Nov 15th😍

TICKETS ARE LIVE🔥 follow this link to access the QPay: https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclubs.getqpay.com%2F%3Feid%3D21880&data=05%7C01%7Cap2328%40universityofcambridgecloud.onmicrosoft.com%7C56a4371af0df414a40db08dbd7010c77%7C49a50445bdfa4b79ade3547b4f3986e9%7C1%7C0%7C638340171744424129%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=rYpQWzk1YnrHk2tbVsZhmUHXh8es0zQe1Fgl6cYCRRg%3D&reserved=0

Tickets on sale from 6pm tonight! Limited availability so get them while you can! We’re so excited to see you all there, it’s going to be amazing🥂🕺🌎

✨📸 To start the year, Compass magazine is running its annual photography competition. This year the theme is ‘Growth’.
Send us a photo that captures best what 'Growth’' means to you, alongside a short description.
Submit your photos to [email protected] by Friday 24th November to be in for a chance to win. AND to get your photo in our next issue! Good luck :) 🌏

Hello everyone, this is the second speaker event of Michaelmas, and we have invited the famous volcanologist and filmmaker Clive Oppenheimer! The event is scheduled on the 23rd of October in St Johns from 5:30-6:30. Come along to see Professor Oppenheimer talk about his experience making documentaries🌋, and we are looking forward to seeing you there！

APPLICATIONS FOR COMPASS ROLES ARE OPEN!

We’re looking for enthusiastic individuals to apply for the following roles:

- Publicity and Design Officers
- Writers
- Outreach Officers
- Running a School Essay Competition

Compass is Cambridge’s Official Geography Student-Run Magazine, focussed on a range of themes - from Physical, to Human Geography, to travel, opinion pieces, and more - whatever you want really! It’s a great way to get some writing experience for your CV, hone your skills, and get your work published and printed in a magazine! No previous experience is needed.

Apply via the link in our bio - which also contains more information on the roles themselves. For more information, message on Instagram, or email Eva (ew635) or Izzy (ic418).

CUGS WINTER BALL✨🥂end your Michaelmas term with a sparkle at the CUGS winter ball! Happening on 25th November, save the date!! More details coming soon; tickets not yet available so keep an eye on our page ✨✨

The first speakers event of Michaelmas Term has been scheduled on the 11th October! Come along and see Professor Gillian Rose discuss Life in Volumetric Cities🗺️this event will take place on Wednesday 11th October from 5:30-6:30pm and we would love to see you there!🙌

Introducing the second half of the CUGS committee!✨Meet our treasurer, ents officers and the publicity and design team!👏see our earlier post for the rest of the committee members! ✨

We’re excited to introduce the CUGS committee members for Michaelmas 2023!! We are introducing the Presidents, welfare officer and speakers officers here, see our next post for the rest of the committee✨✨

We’re excited to introduce the CUGS committee members for Michaelmas 2023!! We are introducing the Presidents and speakers officers here, see our next post for the rest of the committee✨✨

A huge congratulations from us at CUGS on all of your exam results! You should be incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved, no matter the outcome! 👏

We can’t wait to welcome you to Cambridge Geography in October! 🥰

We’ve made a Cambridge Geography Freshers 2023 Facebook group (swipe for link) as well as a WhatsApp group chat (link in the Facebook Group) to help you meet others on the course! Come say hello! 👋

If you don’t have Facebook please DM us for the WhatsApp link!

Good luck to everyone receiving their exam results today! Our thoughts are with you!

Vote for CUGS Treasurer on the SU website!! Deadline: midday tomorrow (29th June).

Vote for CUGS VP on the SU website. Deadline: midday tomorrow, 27th June 2023.

https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/elections/vote/490/

Vote for CUGS President on the SU Website. Deadline: 8pm tomorrow (22nd June 2023).

Plain text:

Ina Bi

Why am I running for this?
As a member of both CUGS and the geography department staff-student committee, I enjoy the events and the ambiance of the society and the department. As someone who has benefited from various CUGS talks and events, I would also like to be able to innovate in terms of events, talks, and promotion and contribute to decolonisation, net-zero goal, and equality. As a geographer, I would also use this platform to better promote our department and society, and cooperate with others while introducing us to a wider audience.

What I can do?
• Back in high school, was president of four societies and the main organizer of two 400+ people events, which makes me quite experienced at setting tasks, managing teams, negotiating, and organizing events.
• As a geographer and an active member of the staff-student committee, I am quite familiar with the system and how to raise and try to solve problems.
• I am interested in not only geography but also many fields, and that makes me able to bring many new aspects and innovations to society.
• Being a journalist and art lover both in college and in high school, involved in media, set designs, art, and filmmaking, I am able to make good promotion of our society and department.

My proposals!
• I would like to make a new promotion video of our department, answering many questions that I would love to know before coming here, and let other people know more about us, especially about the Scott polar institute, which the last video did not mention a lot about.
• I will collaborate more with other societies and departments, and invite scholars who are not only geographers but also from interdisciplinary fields related to geography.
• Comments should be regularly collected, especially on decolonisation and equality, and efforts should be made to improve them in a timely manner.
• As well as big events like the Christmas formal, I will try to organise more of the usual forums, smaller events, and regular meet-ups.

CUGS is looking for the new Executive committee - President, Vice President and Treasurer - to start in Easter Term. Deadline: Tuesday 20th June.

Please submit your manifesto (along with a plain-text version) to Matthew at [email protected] by Tuesday 20th June. Do direct any questions to Matthew as well.

See link in bio for extra information!

Some tips from our welfare officer to help you with those week 5 blues❤️ Make sure to reach out if you need any extra help, and the CUGS welfare team are always available for some support