Dr Lynda Yorke
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography
Affiliations
Contact info
Room: F22, Thoday Building
Email: l.yorke@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)1248 388 641
Lynda is a Quaternary geomorphologist, with principal emphasis in fluvial and pro-glacial sequences. Her doctoral research was focused on northern England, and the River Tyne sequences that developed post-glacially. She is interested in Quaternary environmental change and fluvial histories, including geoarchaeology, relict glacial environments, and flood risk and hazards. In addition, Lynda has research interests in the Geographies of Education, Inclusion and Accessibility in Environmental Science, and the use of Virtual Technologies to Enhance Learning.
She is currently PI on the NERC-funded Growing Roots Environmental Science Public Engagement 'Shore to Shelter' grant. She was also awarded a Learned Society of Wales Research Workshop grant (ClicherNet4Wales) in March 2023. From Dec 2021 to May 2022, she was PI on the NERC-funded CULTIVATE project (‘Digital Technologies to open up environmental sciences’), and co-I on the NERC-funded project ‘More Inclusive Fieldwork’ (‘Making environmental science equal, diverse and inclusive’). From Jan to Mar 2023, she was co-I on the NERC-funded ClicHerComm project (Discovery Science).
She is the Degree Programme Director for the Geography programmes at Bangor. She is a member of the Equality Network Steering Commitee within the School of Natural Sciences. Lynda is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). She is the Chair of the RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd). In 2021, she co-founded the TeaS (teaching and scholarship) collective.
Lynda has studied and worked in a number of UK Universities. She began her career at Northumbria University (BSc.), went on to Durham University (MSc.) and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Hull. She worked in industry prior to her undergraduate degree and following her Masters' degree. She worked as a Junior Research Associate in the early 2000s on a number of Aggregate Levy Funded projects. She was a post-doc at the University of Liverpool.
MEDIA
Lynda is available for media contact. She has experience of both radio and televsion (BBC and ITV), pre-recorded and live delivery.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2023-date External Examiner (Geography) Trinity College Dublin
2021-date Chair, RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)
2021-date External Examiner (Physical Geography/Hazards) University of Chester
2020-2023 Member, RGS-IBG Geography Programmes Accreditation Panel
2020-2023 Editorial Board Member, Routes Journal
2019-2023 External Examiner (Physical Geography), Bath Spa University
2019-2021 Deputy Chair, RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)
2014-2017 Ordinary Secretary, Outreach Committee, British Society for Geomorphology (BSG)
- Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
Channel bar dynamics on multi-decadal timescales in an active meandering river
Hooke, J. M. & Yorke, L., 1 Nov 2011, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 36, 14, p. 1910-1928Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Depositional history of the Tyne valley associated with retreat and stagnation of Late Devensian Ice Streams
Yorke, L., Rumsby, B. T. & Chiverrell, R. C., 1 Aug 2012, In: Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 123, 4, p. 608-625Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Flooding: is it really getting worse:
Yorke, L., 25 May 2017, In: Geology Today. 33, 3, p. 114-118Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Glaciodynamics of the central sector of the last British–Irish Ice Sheet in Northern England
Livingstone, S. J., Evans, D. J., Cofaigha, C. Ó., Davies, B. J., Merritt, J. W., Huddart, D., Mitchell, W. A., Roberts, D. H. & Yorke, L., 1 Feb 2013, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 111, 1-2, p. 25-55Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- E-pub ahead of print
Lateglacial and early Holocene evolution of the Tyne Valley in response to climatic shifts and possible paraglacial landscape legacies
Yorke, L., Chiverrell, R. & Schwenninger, J-L., 1 Dec 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geomorphology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Looking ahead to the future of GeogEd: Creating spaces of exchange between communities of practice.
Finn, M., Hammond, L., Healy, G., Todd, J., Marvell, A., McKendrick, J. & Yorke, L., Mar 2022, In: Area. 54, 1, p. 41-51 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Rates, distributions and mechanisms of change in meander morphology over decadal timescales, River Dane, UK
Hooke, J. M. & Yorke, L., 1 Oct 2010, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 35, 13, p. 1601-1614Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Article › Research
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Preliminary investigations of outwash environments in the Tyne Valley: implications for Late Devensian (Dimlington Stadial) deglaciation.
Yorke, L., Fuller, I., Howard, A. & Passmore, D., 10 Apr 2007, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 118, 2, p. 201 211 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
- Other contribution › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- Published
Cultivate Project Website
Yorke, L., Hutchinson, S. & Hurrell, L., 31 May 2022Research output: Other contribution
- Published
More Inclusive Fieldwork Website
McDougall, D., Hutchinson, S. & Yorke, L., 31 May 2022Research output: Other contribution
- Other contribution › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
The need for a people’s perspective when exploring climate change and cultural heritage
Forino, G., Yorke, L., Robinson, G., Austin, M., Sieradzan, K. & Hewitt, J., 28 Jun 2023, Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers .Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
- Published
Virtual field trips: Equitable, sustainable, develops the learner?
Yorke, L., McDougall, D. & Hutchinson, S., 28 Nov 2022, Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers).Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
- Published
Ways to make field work more inclusive and accessible: insights from the CULTIVATE team
Yorke, L., Hurrell, L. & Hutchinson, S., 25 Jul 2022Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
- Book › Research › Not peer-reviewed
- Published
10 ways to make fieldwork more inclusive and accessible : a guide for educators
Yorke, L., Hutchinson, S. & Hurrell, L., 31 May 2022, 16 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
- Book › Research › Peer-reviewed
- Published
New to Teaching Geography: A practical guide for higher education teaching assistants, teaching fellows and demonstrators.
Yorke, L., Tate, S. & Davis, M., 13 Dec 2021, Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers). 42 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
- Published
The Quaternary of Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire: Field Guide
Davies, B. (ed.), Yorke, L. (ed.), Bridgland, D. (ed.) & Roberts, D. (ed.), 13 Sept 2013, Quaternary Research Association, London. 208 p. (Field Guide)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review