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[last updated: February 11, 2021]
International Student Tours – a must…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/05/05/international-student-tours-a-must/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / studying PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year Since the beginning of the new semester I have decided to join two different tours around Scotland from two different organizations, both for international students. First in January I went to St. Andrews with the International and Exchange Student Society […]
[last updated: February 11, 2021]
Se estás mal…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2020/02/26/se-estas-mal/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year Se estás mal, muda-te – a portuguese saying You might be wondering why I wrote something in another language that by yourself you cannot understand. It is a Portuguese saying that in the essence means if you are not okay, change […]
[last updated: February 12, 2021]
When things go South, head North…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2019/12/06/when-things-go-south-head-north/
Reading Time: 2 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year When everything seems to go downhill, don’t lose hope. I just started to work on my project and it gets desperate at times. Suddenly everyone in the lab is leaving (actually leaving for good). And you…you are expected to finish their […]
[last updated: February 16, 2021]
Sheep, sheep and more sheep…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2019/10/17/sheep-sheep-and-more-sheep/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year On the 3rd and 4th of October, I went along to a retreat organized by the institute where I am developing my master thesis at Little France. Not only was it funded by Professor Sir Ian Wilmut (emphasis on the sheep) […]
[last updated: December 4, 2020]
Getting through the first month…
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/studentstories/2019/10/06/getting-through-the-first-month/
Reading Time: 3 minutes …by Madalena / from Portugal / PhD Evolutionary and Developmental Biology / 2nd Year As an exchange student, you feel heavily misplaced when you first land in “your” new country and city. You are afraid if that feeling will ever go away and you are confronted with a whole new life full of responsibilities that […]