Reading Time: 4 minutes Making the decision to move to Edinburgh and undertake a Masters Degree in a foreign country in the 2020-2021 year in the midst of a global pandemic was not one I took lightly. The subsequent lockdowns caused interruptions to the year that were unforeseen, and still, choosing to study for a Food Security MSc […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By: Clara, BSc Geography student and Digital Marketing Intern Hi there! My name is Clara, and I am the Digital Marketing Intern in the School of GeoSciences this summer. I have just finished the third year of my BSc in Geography, and my interests within GeoSciences include glaciology, GIS, and remote sensing, alongside all things […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Lindsay – 3rd Year MEarthSci Geology and Physical Geography With the world slowly opening back up post-Covid, field trips are again up and running, specifically our abroad field trips. So, what do we do with 9 days in Spain as a GPG student? What do we do? As a very general overview, […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes By Nancy, MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability From March 2022, our class of MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability students have been preparing for our week of field trip to Orkney. Orkney Island is an archipelago in the northeast of Scotland, known as an “energy island” with rich natural energy reserves and progressive renewable energy development. […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Ade Samuel, MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability From a young age, energy has been a topic I’ve found fascinating. Growing up as a Kittitian national moving between the Caribbean and the U.S. made me acutely aware of how important issues surrounding energy and climate change response are for Caribbean communities. These experiences spurred my […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes By Nancy, MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability Have you received an offer to study with us? Here’s what I did after getting my offer! Visit Edinburgh on Google Streetview Edinburgh was a completely unexplored city for me. Accepting the offer means I would have to start planning for at least a year of life in […]
Reading Time: 5 minutes By Eric Zaja, BSc Ecological and Environmental Science My name is Erica Zaja and I’m a final Year Ecological and Environmental Sciences (EES) with Management student. I’m from Venice, Italy, but I have now been living in Edinburgh for 4 years. I’m a passionate ecologist, interested in the impacts of climate change on ecosystems. I […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Natalie, MSc Environment & Development On my first week of classes here I was introduced to the word epistemology. Simply put (according to the encyclopedia Britannica) epistemology is “the philosophical study of the nature, origin and limits of human knowledge”. As someone with an engineering background, I understood science to be fact, and these […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Lauren, MSc Energy, Society and Sustainability (Part-Time) If you’re here on my post, you most likely are considering between full- or part-time studentry (that is a made-up word). I’ll start this off by saying: there is no wrong answer! Both have their unique benefits and drawbacks. As a quick introduction to myself and my […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes By Kylie, Msc Environment, Culture and Society If you’re considering to do a Masters in Geoscience, but come from a different academic or professional background, I got you. As a BA (Hons) in English Literature graduate, I’d never imagined myself to be pursuing a Masters of Science, much less with the School of Geoscience. […]
