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Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Fieldwork is an integral part of geoscience subjects, but changing career pathways and student demographics have major implications for the future of compulsory fieldwork. The ways in which fieldwork is taught and the learning outcomes it fulfils urgently need updating.

Barriers to fieldwork in undergraduate geoscience degrees