The committee also includes one member appointed by each of the parent societies, to ensure adequate communication between themselves and the BGA.
The committee had in the past included members from five affiliated groups (Education, Environmental and Industrial Geophysics, Geodesy, Geomagnetism and Palaeomagnetism, Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior), however leading up to the 2009 AGM these positions have been removed and an Education Secretary position created.
The committee vote when awarding the prestigious Bullerwell Lecture prize each year.
In the report it noted that: the growing demands of industry and government service are facing a severe shortage of trained UK graduates with geophysics skills.The paper predicted that, at current rates, there would be no undergraduates by 2030.
[2] As such the review was undertaken with the aims of properly assessing the current state of geophysical education within the UK and consequently identifying problems and recommending further action to take.