Dr Lynda Yorke
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography
Room: F22, Thoday Building
Email: l.yorke@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44(0)1248 388 641
Lynda joined SNS in January 2012 as a Lecturer in Physical Geography, and became a Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography in February 2018. She is the Degree Programme Director for the Geography programmes at Bangor. Lynda is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
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.
Lynda's research interests lie in reconstructing fluvial histories, glacial sedimentology. and geoarchaeology. She has a strong interest in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, paricularly within the GEES disciplines. Lynda works with colleagues in the School of Ocean Sciences and the School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences on teaching and research, reflecting her wide interests.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2021-date Chair, RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)
2020-date Member, RGS-IBG Geography Programmes Accreditation Panel
2020-date Editorial Board Member, Routes Journal
2020-date 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)
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Cert. Teaching Higher Education
Aberystwyth University, 2009–2011 - PhD: Quaternary Geology
University of Hull, 2004–2008 - MSc: Geomorphology and Environmental Change
Durham University, 1999–2001 - BSc: Geography
Northumbria University, 1995–1998
Teaching and Supervision
Teaching
I am the module organiser for:
- DXX-1006 Introductory Fieldwork: Snowdonia
- DXX-2008 Geohazards, Disasters and Mitigation
- DXX-3018 Rivers, Coasts and Oceans
I contribute to:
- DXX 1005 Earth Systems and Processes
- DXX 1006 Introductory Fieldwork: Snowdonia
- DXX 1007 Academic Tutorial & Key Skills
- ONS 1001 Environmental Data Analysis
- OSX 1003 Earth, Climate and Evolution
- OSX 2011 Ice and Oceans
- HTA 2136/3126 Geoarchaeology
- DXX 3707 Geography Dissertation (Honours Project)
- DXX-4103 MGeog Dissertation
PhD Student Supervison
Rachel Jones The ancient cultural maritime landscape in Wales. 2020 -
Research Interests
Reconstructing long-term river histories
Glacial sedimentology
Geoarchaeology (fluvial/coastal settings)
Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Publications
2021
- E-pub ahead of printLooking 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., 9 Feb 2021, In : Area.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2017
- PublishedFlooding: is it really getting worse:
Yorke, L., 25 May 2017, In : Geology Today. 33, 3, p. 114-118
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2013
- PublishedGlaciodynamics 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. 25-55
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article - PublishedThe Quaternary of Northumberland, Durham and North Yorkshire: Field Guide
Davies, B. (ed.), Yorke, L. (ed.), Bridgland, D. (ed.) & Roberts, D. (ed.), 13 Sep 2013, Quaternary Research Association, London. 208 p. (Field Guide)
Research output: Book/Report › Book
2012
- PublishedDepositional 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. 608-625
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2011
- PublishedChannel 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. 1910-1928
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2010
- PublishedRates, 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. 1601-1614
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Other Information
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
MEDIA
- BBC Radio Wales, Interview on The Day the Sea Came In. Broadcast February 2020.
- BBC RadioWales, interview on BBC Science Café. Broadcast March 2017.
- BBC Two/BBC One Wales, television interview/contribution to Richard Park’s Extreme Wales. Broadcast September and November 2016.
- Skinner, C., Yorke, L. (9 December 2015). Flooding and Geomorphology [British Society for Geomorphology Press Release]. Retrieved from https://geomorphology.org.uk
- ITV1, television interview/contribution to Bear Gryll’s ‘Britain’s Biggest Adventures’. Broadcast September 2015.
- Daily Post Wales ‘We can’t cope with more storms’. Interview and comment on flooding. Published 11th January 2014.
- BBC One Wales, television interview/contribution to Week In Week out ‘Holding back the floods’. Broadcast 5th November 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03gq1hf