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Abstract
An appraisal of the place of geomorphology in undergraduate teaching is timely because of the current upheaval in higher education in Britain, Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere. Factual appraisal is needed. A questionnaire survey of institutions in the United Kingdom reveals that geomorphology is widely taught in all geo‐ and environmental sciences, but that teaching methods and the size of the curriculum vary significantly between disciplines. Not surprisingly, geomorphology is identified predominantly in the geography syllabus. However, it is given equal exposure in environmental science, whilst in geology similar material is taught under different names. Notwithstanding its academic vitality, geomorphology in Britain is threatened by the dispersion of geomorphologists in university, polytechnic and college departments, and by the consequences of the current piecemeal assessment of geoscience provision in higher education.