Daytripping around Edinburgh
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hello everyone! Here’s a blog post about some of my favourite weekend walks near Edinburgh (but not in the city centre). I don’t own a …
Category: Student life
So You Want To Live Sustainably In Edinburgh – Part 1: Food
Reading Time: 3 minutes In my experience, studying for a degree in Geosciences confronts you with issues of climate change almost daily, and many of my classmates share my …
Green Escapes in Edinburgh
Reading Time: 2 minutes May and June are generally considered the best months of the year for weather in Edinburgh. So after the stress of exams, deadlines and dissertation …
Last Minute Summer Saves
Reading Time: 2 minutes As it gets to April, many students start to panic about how to fill their 4 month loonnng summer. But there’s nothing to worry about …
Edinburgh, or the city of unpredictable weather and wonders
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are many aspects of my experience as a student living in Edinburgh that I could write about. Here are my thoughts about Edinburgh itself, …
Student societies – the best prescription for a healthy social life at university
Reading Time: 3 minutes Of course you’re at university to study and learn new things and get a degree. But sometimes, when the working day is done, girls (and …
Career discoveries at Dynamic Earth
Reading Time: 2 minutes On November 7th I attended the careers and industry day run by the Geological Society in Dynamic Earth. It was split into a series of …
The Myth of the 24 Hour Essay
Reading Time: 4 minutes For a lot of degrees 24 hour essays are common place with students being used to them since first year. However, with Geology type degrees …
Trains, Trains and Trains – Commuting to University
Reading Time: 2 minutes Image @Scotrail Scotrail, for all the stick they get, manage to get me to university on time over 95% of the time. Commuting to university …
Two weeks in the Arctic
Reading Time: 8 minutes Hello everyone! As promised by some of my posts on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter, here is an article about my summer course at UNIS (University Centre in Svalbard), …
