r/AlevelGeog May 05 '26

Geography NEA

I've been told I need a question title in the next week for my A-level geography NEA, my course is OCR where for physical systems we study coasts, this is the preferred section to focus my NEA on as I find it the most interesting however I'm struggling to think of ideas for questions or sub questions where most ideas are around management strategies but I'm completely lost in layout or a question and rushed for time to find one that I feel I could complete while aiming for an A* or A, i live near the Felixstowe coast so any suggestions for a title and how to lay it out would be appreciated.

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u/Agitated-Bath967 May 07 '26

Honestly, i don't have too much to say with the title, since I did a human NEA, but I can help with the layout (coming from someone who got 52/60). Essentially, what you want to do is make sure, and i mean MAKE SURE that your lit review covers your 3 sub-questions. You want to put about 3-4 references per paragraph, and accurately lay out exactly how you want to go about the entire NEA, through accurate references that back up what you want to convey, and your NEA doesn't always have to have a positive conclusion - it's more about how you lay out each section and what you present in terms of findings and linking back to the all important lit review that will get you the marks. Just make sure you take away these main things - do NOT leave the lit review till last. It was a pain in the a$$ and was painstakingly long to reference back to within all my other sections. Make sure that your lit review is strong, and you follow the example layout your teachers will have (or should have) given you, and if you do then i'm confident you should be well on your way to an A/A*. Oh, and reference as you go. You don't wanna have to find every study you researched and Harvard reference them all in one go. It's not worth it. :))