Conference report: ‘How is geography going to help me when I leave school?’ A secondary teacher's perspective on the International Geographical Union (IGU) Conference, Brisbane, Australia, July 2006.

The article presents the report entitled, How Is Geography Going to Help Me When I Leave School?, by Geoff Connell. The reports is a perspective on the International Geographical Union Conference, held in Brisbane, Australia in July 2006. It aims to get an appreciation for what the study of geography at tertiary level entails and to see how geography is being applied around the world.