2026 news

The results of the 2026 National Student Survey (NSS) have revealed the strengths of the Department of Environment and Geography for the study of physical geographical sciences.

York is ranked 16th in the UK for Geography and Environmental Science in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2027).

The first in a new series of E&G Research Conversations - informal sessions designed to surface the research connections that cut across our department.

Scientists have warned that understanding the complex make-up of the world’s peatlands is an underestimated climate battle.

New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the ‘rules’ of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.