The EFL project team coordinates an annual Showcase event that brings together fieldwork educators from a range to disciplines to share innovations in field teaching and learning with a particular focus on the use of technology.

We are delighted to announce that the 15th Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase will focus on the theme of collaboration. The free Showcase Event will be held on the 3/4th September 2025. The hybrid event will be in-person at the Institute of Geography, University of Edinburgh and broadcast online.

Registration will open at 09:30 on the 3rd September and the event will close by 13:00 on the 4th September.

The full programme is available here:
2025-EFL-Showcase-Programme

We have an exciting programme of talks, demonstrations and interactive sessions related to the themes of collaboration, innovative technologies, EDI, and the student voice in fieldwork. 

The book of abstracts is available here: Enhancing Fieldwork Learning 2025 Abstract_Book

We also pleased to confirm our two Keynote speakers:

Dr Sarah Davies (The Open University) Virtually in Ghana: an international collaboration for virtual fieldwork learning

Dr Alan Marvell (University of Gloucestershire) Utilising peer learning and teaching – a framework for fieldwork collaboration

Registration is still open for online attendance. Closing end of August.

The event is kindly supported by the British Ecological Society, The University of Edinburgh, the British Society for Geomorphology, and ESRI-UK and will be of interest to fieldwork practitioners from a range of disciplines including Environmental and Ecological Sciences, Geology, Physical and Human Geography, Agriculture, Archaeology and the wider Biosciences. 

We look forward to the event with talks, hands-on workshops, field-based learning and lots of discussion! Please follow @fieldwork_ntf on X for the latest news or contact us by email at enhancingfieldworklearning@gmail.com.