I am a Lecturer in Education and joined the School of Educational Sciences at Bangor University in September 2021 with responsibility for our PhD/EdD Programmes as Postgraduate Research Lead. In addition, I teach, supervise and tutor across ITE, Masters and Doctoral programmes and am a personal tutor for PGCE Secondary postgraduates. Beyond the School of Educational Sciences, I am the College of Human Sciences representative on the Sustainability Strategy Group and a member of a Bangor-wide collaborative research group named Places of Climate Change (PloCC). I have various research interests which focus on teacher education, mentoring, school geography, encountering place, and the 11-18 school curriculum.

I was previously a lecturer in the School of Education, University of Leicester, holding a number of roles including PGCE Subject Lead, SCITT Academic Lead, Research Methods Module Lead on the MSc Educational Leadership programme and Doctoral supervisor. I started my career teaching school geography in a range of secondary schools in the UK and abroad, working as examiner/senior examiner and exam author (AQA, Edexcel and OCR), consulting for a range of educational organisations including the GA, RGS-IBG and FSC leading national training events and authoring a range of textbooks and resources for students and teachers.

I am an active member of the geography education community; a member of the Geographical Association’s (GA) Teacher Education Phase Committee and the Teaching Geography Editorial Board. I am a regular contributor to GA publications and co-authored The Handbook of Secondary Geography (Jones, 2017) and Top Spec title Changing Places (Rawlings Smith et al, 2016). Over the last two years I have supported NASBTT as Subject Network Lead for Secondary Geography. I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), Chartered Geographer (and assessor thereof) and interview panellist for the Geography Teacher Training Scholarship programme (DfE/RGS-IBG). I work as an External Examiner for the University of Reading (PGCE Geography) and Liverpool Hope University (SD Secondary PGCE) and I am a member of the Geography Education Research Collective, IPDA Cymru Committee, and BELMAS Reflective Practice RIG.

  • PhD: An exploration of the professional capital of authors who recontextualise knowledge about place in English A level geography textbooks
    University of Leicester, 2020
  • MA: Education (Distinction)
    Liverpool Hope University, 2014
  • Professional: PGCE Secondary Geography
    University of Sheffield, 2000
  • MSc: Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy (Distinction)
    University of Sheffield, 1999
  • BSc: BSc Geography (Biols)
    University of Sussex, 1997
My subject specialism focuses on teacher education, professional learning, mentoring, action research and lesson study, 11-18 school geography, and the school-university transition.

2022

2021

  • PublishedEditorial Summer 2021
    Rawlings Smith, E., 17 May 2021, In: Teaching Geography. 46, 2, p. 49 1 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  • PublishedMaxwell Street: Writing and thinking place
    Rawlings Smith, E., 2021, In: Geography. 106, 1, p. 53-56 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

2018

2017

  • PublishedLesson study: a collaborative approach to teacher growth
    Wood, P. & Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Jun 2017, In: Geography. 102, 2, p. 91-94 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedPost 16 Geography
    Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Jul 2017, The Handbook of Secondary Geography. Jones, M. (ed.). Sheffield: Geographical Association, p. 260-277 18 p.
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2016

  • PublishedChanging Place: Changing Places
    Rawlings Smith, E., Oakes, S. & Owens, A., 1 Jan 2016, Sheffield: Geographical Association. 56 p. (Top Spec)
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
  • PublishedGCSE Geography for AQA
    Kitchen, R., Payne, D., Rae, A. & Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Jun 2016, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 380 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2015

2013

  • PublishedCity: A guidebook for the urban age
    Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Sept 2013, In: Geography. 98, 1, p. 50-53 4 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • PublishedMy Place Abu Dhabi
    Rawlings Smith, E., 1 Sept 2013, In: Teaching Geography. 38, 1, p. 35-37 3 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

2009

  • PublishedAQA Understanding GCSE Geography
    Bowen, A., Pallister, J., Rawlings Smith, E. (Contributor) & Hopkin, J. (Contributor), 1 Sept 2009, Harlow: Pearson Education. 264 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2021

2020

2019