Dr Cyrus Golding — Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Southampton

Career

Employment

Jan 2026 – present

Senior Teaching Fellow

School of Education, University of Southampton

Sep 2020 – Dec 2025

Tutor and Lecturer in Education

King's College London, School of Education, Communication and Society

Aug 2024 – Aug 2025

Deputy Head Academic

Brighton College, Vietnam

Sep 2021 – Aug 2024

Head of Geography and Head of Academic Enrichment

Dulwich College, London

Sep 2019 – Aug 2021

Second in Geography

Latymer Upper School, London

Directorships

Apr 2024 – present

Golding Education Ltd

Founder and Director

Founder and Director of an educational consultancy supporting international schools across Asia with curriculum and school set-up.

Qualifications

Education

Institution Course Grade Dates

University of Oxford, Brasenose College

DPhil in Geography

Pass

Sep 2016 – Sep 2019

University of Oxford, Keble College

MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Governance

Distinction

Sep 2015 – Sep 2016

University of Cambridge, Queens' College

PGCE in Geography

Pass

Sep 2014 – Sep 2015

University of Oxford, Jesus College

BA in Geography

Double First

Sep 2010 – Sep 2013

Higher Education

University Teaching Experience

Jan 2026 – present

Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Southampton

School of Education, University of Southampton

I lead the PGCE Geography Course responsible for teaching and tutoring for all students.

Sep 2020 – Jan 2026

Tutor and Lecturer in Education, King's College London

King's College London

I was a Tutor and Lecturer on the inaugural PGCE Geography Course for five years.
I was the personal tutor for 5–7 students per year.
I supervised 5–6 students studying the MSc in Education per year.
I was an assessor for each of the 5 Master's programmes in Education.

Aug 2017 – Sep 2019

Sessional Lecturer, University of Oxford

University of Oxford

I delivered tutorials on the Geographies of Nature elective to undergraduate geographers.

Scholarship

Research Outputs

Publications under 'Nayeri' are under my former name.

Journals

Golding, C. & Millis, K. (2025). Sustainable school cultures: A democratic methodology for transitioning schools to net-zero. The Bridge Journal of Educational Research, 1, 25–39.
Nayeri, C. (2022). Writing as participation: The importance of supporting students in their research and writing. Research Intelligence (BERA), 150, 22–23.
Nayeri, C. & Rushton, E. A. C. (2022). Methodologies for decolonising geography curricula in the secondary school and in initial teacher education. London Review of Education, 20(1), 1–14.
Rushton, E. A. C., et al. (2022). What enables student geography teachers to thrive during their PGCE year and beyond? Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 46(4), 628–637.
Nayeri, C. (2021). Teaching Geography in the Anthropocene. Teaching Geography, 46(2), 50–52.
Nayeri, C. (2020). Unnatural hazards: Multiplying the questions we ask. Geography, 106(2), 85–91.

Conference Papers

Golding, C. (2026). 'The need for radical innovation in geography education', Geography Teacher Educator Conference, UK.
Golding, C. (2025). 'Schools as laboratories for climate change action', Korea University, South Korea.
Nayeri, C. (2022). 'Teaching and learning about the Anthropocene', Geography Education Research Collective / UK Commission on Geographical Education of the International Geographical Union.
Nayeri, C. & Rushton, E. (2022). 'Supporting students to publish their everyday geographies in Routes: A workshop for teachers', GA Annual Conference.
Nayeri, C. & Rushton, E. (2021). 'Compassionate feedback: Fostering academic progress through care', GA Annual Conference.
Turner, P. & Nayeri, C. (2021). 'Teaching geography for the Anthropocene', GA Annual Conference.
Rushton, E. & Nayeri, C. (2021). 'Exploring secondary geography teachers' early professional development during the global pandemic: Challenges and opportunities', Geography Teacher Educators' Conference (GA).
Nayeri, C. (2019). 'Human/Animal/Plant/Geological worlds: The promise of hope in the volcano-blasted landscapes of South Iceland', Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London.

Doctoral Thesis

Nayeri, C. (2019). Humble geopolitics: Rethinking natural hazards in South Iceland [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.

Commentary / Reports

Kelman, I. & Golding, C. (2024). 'Unnatural hazards', RADIX: Radical Interpretations of Disasters.
Nayeri, C. & Rushton, E. A. C. (2021). Celebrating Routes' 1st Birthday. Routes: The Journal for Student Geographers, 1(3), 256–257. Available at: https://georoutesuk.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/1stbirthday.pdf (Accessed: 6 May 2021).
Nayeri, C. & Rushton, E. A. C. (2021). Response to Ofsted's curriculum research review for geography. Routes: The Journal for Student Geographers. Available at: https://routesjournal.org/2021/06/20/ofstedreviewgeog/ (Accessed: 6 May 2021).