... the core principles are closely linked together. From 6th form and onto degree intensity, fields of study are much more varied, including many more topics, thus distancing the areas. Higher education geography is so specialised that it is sometimes near impossible to believe that the human and physical aspects are related at all. Physical specialisations such as quaternary environmental change, biological productivity and periglacial geomorphology are supporting the fact that the discipline is firmly moving into the sciences. On the other hand, human geography specialisations such as globalisation, colonialism and urban gentrification secure its move into the social science aspect. While each of the two broad areas of geography exists in its own right, the subject also combines them to provide a much needed capability to study and understand interactions between people and the physical environment in which they live and depend on, both locally and globally. [www.rgs.org]. The basic bond, ...

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