In the News
A flare is lit in the energy gloom
12th February 2016
It happened this week without much of a fanfare – but was marked by the lighting of a gas flare; the opening of Britain’s newest stream of gas from the North Sea on Shetland. Intended to supply up to 8% of the UK gas needs it is one bright light amidst the gloom of closures and redundancies hitting the North Sea energy industry.
Andy Day
Andy recently finished being a classroom geographer after 35 years at two schools in East Yorkshire as head of geography, head of the humanities faculty and director of the humanities specialism. He has written extensively about teaching and geography - with articles in the TES, Geography GCSE Wideworld and Teaching Geography.
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