Mr Michael Ashby CGeog (Teacher)

Biography

Occupation: Teacher Memo: ASHBY, Michael Michael is Head of Geography at the Latymer Upper School in London, having previously worked as a Head of Geography at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. During his teaching career Michael has been involved in a variety of projects including raising funds for his geography department from Beacon School funding, setting up a link with a school in Kenya, organising Royal Geographical Society lectures, organising three Worldwise Annual quizzes on behalf of his local Geographical Association branch and also participating in the RGS-IBG Ambassadors Scheme. Michael has been awarded the OCR Offsite Safety Management accreditation and also has a Masters in Geography from King's College London. He has spent many years working with the RGS-IBG as a member of the Secondary Education Programmes Advisory Group and also the Education Committee. In 2009 he was elected onto the Council of the RGS-IBG as Ordinary Member for Education. In 2011 he was Honorary Secretary (Education). He was also the Secretary for the International Committee of the Geographical Association for several years. He has extensive fieldwork and CPD experience, and has also worked in an advisory teacher role for channel 4. He has published papers on several topics including overseas fieldwork, migration and megacities, structural adjustment and economic geography with a particular focus on East and South East Asia. Geog Club: Member since 2012. Proposed by Richard Byrne, seconded by Rita Gardner.