Reading Time: 5 minutes After returning from a field trip to the Maldives with the MSc in Marine Systems and Policies, I look back to where I was one year ago (lawyer and litigator, spending endless hours in my desk reviewing evidence and preparing for court) and it feels almost like a dream. How did a lawyer end up […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome back everyone! We hope 2020 has begun well and that you’ve had a good start to the new semester. The first week back always seems to be busy settling in and getting used to new class schedules and routines. However, for those adventurous at heart, school work is only beginning and there’s lots of time […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes The Christmas holidays are coming to an end, which has prompted quite a bit of self-reflection on my experiences this first semester. Instead of keeping these thoughts to myself, I thought I should put them to good use and share them! Maybe you, like me, will take on the second semester with a new approach. […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the singular most important habits I have picked up in the past three months is reflection. In the first week of my arrival from Africa, several meetings I attended with my sponsors and my program director all had that point where you are told to reflect! Reflect on your past, events, and experiences […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes The end of November for students is usually spent with copious cups of coffee and hours on end in the library writing final  papers and preparing for tests. It is easy to get stuck or lack creativity for pending assignments, and instead dream yourself away to being home by the fire drinking hot cocoa on […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s a new conference on the block: the Clean Energy Access Socials. These sessions, started by MSc student Morgan da Silva, are a great opportunity for everyone, whether a lecturer, university staff, PhD student, undergraduate, or postgraduate, to come together as ‘like-minded individuals’. The goal of these socials is to stimulate discussions on complex topics […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes It’s time for you to meet our Student Social Media Reps for 2019-2020! Our new student social media reps will be sharing an insight into student life here in the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. You can expect to see content from them on: Student life Degree programmes (undergraduate and postgraduate) Awareness […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes   My name is Sarah and I am a current student on the MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh. I also did my undergraduate here in Edinburgh, graduating with a degree in Geography last summer. As a 21-year-old from Stirlingshire, I am passionate about ensuring young people have a platform from […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Hydrogen (H2, molecular hydrogen) will likely play a crucial role in the future decarbonisation of the global energy mix. Hydrogen is unique in that when burned for energy, it produces predominantly water as a byproduct, whilst yielding energy. Hydrogen can be used therefore to produce low carbon energy for power, but also for heat, transport […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes SEC Campus Glasgow, looking south-east. The All Energy conference, and new Dcarbonise conference, were held again in Glasgow this year. They provided a great opportunity for the MSc GeoEnergy students to interact with industry leaders utilising the latest clean energy technologies, hear from government ministers on their plans to create appropriate frameworks and network with […]