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"Not just any Geol Soc, the OPEN UNIVERSITY Geol Soc!" #OUGS, student association for the UK's OU Earth science/geology students (but anyone welcome!) Website: ougs.org. Social Media admin: Linda Fowler. Affiliated to Open SU @oustudents.bsky.social
OUGS members: time to vote for your favourite! Moyra Eldridge Photo Comp 2026 Go to the link in Society News on ougs.org, or click here: ougs.org/news/762/moy... for full instructions on viewing entries and voting. 30 photos to choose from, in 5 categories. Take a look and choose your favourite!
Still a couple of field trips in July - Durham and Matlock. All welcome - for details and contacts see ougs.org/events/
The OUGS Annual Report for 2025 is now available online in the Members Area of our website ougs.org Printed "Proceedings of the OUGS" will be with members in the next few weeks.
NWe (England) OUGS Branch newsletter now out. Our branch newsletters are in the Members Area of our website ougs.org
Popular Vote is open! Moyra Eldridge Photographic Competition 2026 Whilst individual categories are judged by the panel, you, the OUGS members, are invited to choose your favourite! Go to ougs.org/news/762/moy... for full details
The latest Sabrina Times from OUGS Severnside, With a detailed report on the Auvergne trip organised by Nicole Gay Branch newsletters are on our website members area ougs.org
Woo hoo found this! www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-londo... @pavementgeology.bsky.social
Geology/earth sci course soon? Get off to a good start - see some rocks! Beginners and non-members welcome :) Full list with live links in the website Events Diary ougs.org New members joining OUGS now the fee covers up to the end of December 2027!
"Rockhopper" is out! The latest OUGS Nene-Tees Branch Newsletter Tracy Atkinson particularly draws your attention to the next field trip, which is on Sunday 19th July to Ashover, near Matlock!
Mainland Europe Branch newsletter just dropped into my mailbox. Branch members please, please, attend the OUGS AGM (by Zoom if not attending Symposium weekend) to vote in favour of the Charity Registration motion - especially important for the continued smooth running of this branch!
What is in the new 60 point Geology course? Thinking of brushing up on your geology? Want to know what might attract student members in particular to OUGS events? Here is the course description from the OU website There is also a 4-day optional field school at Blencathra
We used to call it "publichouseite" Have you been to Larvik town centre? So many colour varieties, but my favourite is the sign on LarvikBank!
Last chance... Moyra Eldridge Photo Comp closes 21 June! No photo from the last five years to enter? Then look through those drawers of "finds", take a photo, with scale, and enter that. Here's last year's winner and one I just took with my phone on my back doorstep! ougs.org/photo-compet...
Two Branch newsletters for you! Soft Rock (SE England) and Northumbria Branch All our branch newsletters are available to Members in the Members Area of our website ougs.org.
Thursday night, hear about the recent Glencoe trip ougs.org/events/popup...
MEPC26 closing date is looming! Get those photos sorted out, fill in the entry form, and send them off by Saturday: it would be great to see more "annotated" entries this year - a picture is worth a thousand words... ougs.org/photo-compet...
Mercia Rocks - latest issue of OUGS West Midlands branch newsletter All OUGS branch newsletters are available in the Members Area of our website ougs.org
Going on this trip today? Do share your photos! #urbangeology #buildingstones ougs.org/events/popup...
Field trip College Lake Nature reserve AONB, SSSI, Tring 5 July 2026. Tessa Folkes, Alun Beynon. Old quarry,Cretaceous chalk, ice age river channels. Periglacial slope deposits. Ornithology, Cornfield Flower Project. All welcome, provided space. Details, contact, see ougs.org/events/popup...
OUGS Summer Bulletin and AGM registration Note timing, and note that Zoom attendees MUST register - follow instructions in your Bulletin email. Any questions BEFOREHAND please LINKS IN PHOTO BELOW ARE NOT LIVE!
OUGS members I've sent some entries, have you? Moyra Eldridge Photo Competition 2026 Getting near the closing dateof 21 June... And here, to give you inspiration, are the winners of last year's Annotated category! ougs.org/photo-compet...
#WorldOceansDay2026 The Atlantic, Cape Trafalgar. Celebrate World Ocean Day: Protect, Preserve & Enjoy Our Oceans share.google/H8N0qOGjePCa...
This weekend - Glencoe vacancy, or lead mines? All events open to all, provided there is space. See ougs.org/events/ for contacts Pauline Kirtley tells me there is a room unexpectedly available for the Glencoe trip PM me for her email if interested!
Crag Rock Times - OUGS East Anglia's latest Newsletter Andrew hopes you are all having a fantastic time, and managing to get about doing some Geology. He adds " If you have done please let us know about it and pass it on to Julie our Newsletter Editor."
Happy 300th birthday James Hutton! OUGS visiting one of Hutton's "proof of plutonism" sites in Glen Tilt, Blair Athol