Coffee & Geography 4x26 Emma Baines (Climate Ambassadors West Midlands)

Special #ClimateAmbassdors mini-series! Learn more about the scheme and get to know each of the England regional teams. Joining Kit Marie from the West Midlands hub is Emma Baines, talking about influences of youth progression into university, voluntourism and research in the Global South, jiu-jitsu, and more! The first 10 years of Emma’s career has mainly been in the post-16 and post-18 education sector. Before her current role she worked for a Uni Connect Partnership, Higher Horizons, before that she was an academic tutor at Keele University, and before that Emma was a Progress Coach and Futures Curriculum Lead at a local sixth form college. Alongside these roles, Emma has been conducting research for her doctorate in education since 2019. The focus of this is to shed light on the influences on young people's progression to a local university. Some links to things mentioned in the chat: - Climate Ambassadors (https://www.climateambassadors.org.uk) - Sister project: National Education Nature Park (https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/) - Sister project: Lets Go Zero (https://letsgozero.org/) - Sister project: Sustainability Support Education (https://www.sustainabilitysupportforeducation.org.uk/) - Regional launch events for Education Settings (https://climateambassadors.org.uk/climate-and-nature-action-in-education/) - Why Protesters Are Squirting Water at Tourists in Barcelona (https://time.com/6995756/barcelona-protesters-water-pistols-tourists/) - Voluntourism (https://www.worldvision.ca/stories/voluntourism-the-good-and-the-bad) - Cada Tanzania (https://mabumbe.com/kb/community-active-in-development-association-cada-details-profile-overview-tanzania/) - English as part of the curriculum in Peru (https://www.britishcouncil.pe/en/programmes/education/english) - Uni Connect Programme (https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-providers/equality-of-opportunity/uni-connect/) - Higher Horizons (https://higherhorizons.co.uk/) - Jiu-Jitsu (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_jiu-jitsu) Expand your geography network and connect with Emma and the rest of the West Midlands Climate Ambassadors regional team at climate-ambassadors.wm@keele.ac.uk. If you’re located in the East of England, get in touch with Kit Marie at climateambassadors_ea@uea.ac.uk. =About Coffee & Geography== The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink! Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/) ==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation== • Follow us on Twitter/’X’ at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. • Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform. • Sponsor us! See https://bit.ly/CoffeeGeogSponsor for details. • Support Geogramblings education efforts by donating at https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley • Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.