Reading Time: 4 minutes By Ademiku, MSc Food Security Volunteering for me, is a demonstration of the love for community development. In any community that I find myself in, I want to leave a lasting positive impact. This desire has totalled around 50 hours per week, going on for about six years now. If you are a leader, passionate […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Can you tell us about yourselves? Hello! Maria Montull and I (Heather Young) are two co-founders at Hiccup, a company that aims to reduce plastic waste by developing a reusable drinks cup for festivals and other large events. We are both in our last year at the University at Edinburgh, pursuing degrees in Ecological and […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes By Ademiku Adeleye   My name is Ademiku Adeleye and I am from Nigeria. I am a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, studying a Food Security Master’s degree. I am also the Postgraduate Taught School representative for the School of Geosciences. First impressions Embarking on a journey as an international student often gives you a variety of […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Amy Tyndall I’ve been studying part-time over the past two years alongside my ‘real job’ for an MSc in Earth Observation and Geoinformation Management, with a view to changing career. After graduating with a PhD in Astrophysics in 2014, I went straight into working in science communication and public engagement. It’s a job I’ve […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Emmy Sawyer, business student and Digital Marketing Intern 2023 I know what you may be thinking from this blog title and the answer is, yes! I too pondered whether I’m really the right person for this role. How could I possibly communicate on behalf of a School that I’m not even a part of? […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Mia Frothingham Last month, I appeared in an episode of the BBC’s The Sky At Night about the search for alien life. Being on TV talking about my astrobiology research literally felt out of this world. How did I get here? As a young girl, I was incredibly interested in biology. While I was […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes By Claudia Elijas Parra and Jack Andrew Smith Our understanding of landslides, volcanic eruptions, as well as natural and man-made earthquakes, is all underpinned by the way rocks break – a process known as catastrophic failure. As a rock is put under pressure, little microcracks develop and link up to form a damage zone which […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes By: Clara, Digital Marketing Intern 2022 and BSc Geography student I’ve reached the final week of my internship! So just before I log out from all the GeoSciences services and finish up my final few things, I thought I would reflect a bit on what I have been up to this summer, and what this […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Clara, Digital Marketing Intern 2022 and BSc Geography student The summer is coming to an end, and so is my internship here with the GeoSciences marketing department. As this is posted, I will be going into my last week as Digital Marketing Intern. Although I know this means that I have been interning for […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Clara, BSc Geography student and Digital Marketing Intern 2022 When writing my last blog post, I had a busier few weeks. This time, my work has been more desk-based. I have been working on a few organisational tasks and smaller to-do-list-things. I spent most of last week trying to figure out the best way […]