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What has Saltire done for me?

A whole 6 months after my internship has ended, I have ended up reflecting on what my Saltire experience has meant to me. Last summer I completed my internship with GlaxoSmithKline and was asked to do a presentation reflecting on my time at the site, as well as looking to the future. For someone who...

Posted to Undergraduates by Pamela Forbes on 09-Feb-2013
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, U.S.A, travel, scholarship, dreams

Staying Healthy While on Placement

One of the things I've used my summer for in previous years has been to kick all the bad habits that I have built up over the previous two semesters at University. Specifically, the coffee addiction I inevitably pick up over the last month or two, during that horrific period of time that is exam...

Posted to Undergraduates by Chris Morrison on 09-Jul-2012
Filed under: Filed under: St Petersburg, Florida, Jabil Circuit, U.S.A, Tampa, Baseball, health, fitness

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's off to Missouri I go!

Warning: in the process of reading this blog, you may feel slight aches and pains in your eyes and bottoms (from sitting) due to the high volume of information being updated. :p it'll be well worth the pain though! :D So I've been wanting to blog for AGEEESSS (wayyy before I left for Missouri...

Posted to Undergraduates by Caroline Ho on 11-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: opportunity, internship, saltire, Saltire Foundation, Risk, Scottish, Leadership, pharmaceutical, U.S.A, University of Strathclyde, Week 1., Project Management, Networking, London, St. Louis, intern, Scotland, Picture, Undergraduates, New Project., St Louis, Saltire Foundation Alumni, 2012, scholar, Scottish Internship, 2012 Scholar, Missouri, caroline ho, risk management, Caroline, gallus, biopharmaceutical

From Caledonia to California

Nine weeks ago I departed from rainy Edinburgh and landed more than half a day later in sunny San Jose. Now, I would like to reflect on this time and my experience. The weather here has been just amazing and it often took me by surprise, when I walked out of Building G of the National Campus where I...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 08-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, employment, America, USA, rain, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, sightseeing, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Scotland, San Diego, last week, L.A., Palo Alto

The penultimate week

This has been my penultimate working week at National and a busy one. My manager has been out in the last few days to Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX to meet some of the managers there for the upcoming closing deal between National and TI. Everybody now is just waiting for it to close and it is hoped...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 02-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, USA, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling, San Diego, Week 9, Palo Alto, Stanford

"Get ready for the photo shoot"

Today's working day started off with a photo shoot in the morning in front of the National sign at Building C. Everybody working in Finance came together to have a photo taken in front of the sign that maybe soon will bear a different company's name on it after the deal with TI is closed. It...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 17-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, America, Accounting, national semiconductor, U.S.A, travel, 2011, University of Stirling, San Francisco

Road Trips, Republicans and a Tiki Pole

Hello everyone, I am one of the 4 interns for Wood Group PSN in Houston, Texas. The fifth intern in Houston is with Cameron International. Sorry for the delay in posting my first blog. I am only writing about the first 2 weeks, it's too long as it is! The apartment is...AMAZING!!!!!!! I am staying...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kraig Martin on 08-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, wood group, U.S.A, Houston WoodGroup, Dallas, Houston. Texas, Fort Worth, Wood Group PSN

“Oh, the calculator you are using is made by Texas Instruments...”

Another amazing week of my internship has passed and I really feel integrated well within National. I continue to work with many different people and on interesting and diverse projects. Yesterday, for instance, I went to work early because I had a deadline to meet. I had been put in charge of preparing...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 03-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Texas, finance, USA, Management Accounting, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, silicon valley, Thank you. Reflection, 2011, University of Stirling, Dallas

What’s not to like?

I would like to start off this week's blog with a conversation I had with my manager Mark recently who is from Scotland. I told him that after our hike last week, we had lunch at the golf course and that I was talking to another Scottish guy, Cameron, who has also been living in California working...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 26-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 3, America, Accounting, california, national semiconductor, U.S.A, 2011, University of Stirling

Silicon Valley... where IT all began

On the plane to Dallas, I sat next to a Texan from Fort Worth who had just visited Scotland and who was an enthusiastic golfer. It was the first time he had visited Scotland and he had been to St Andrews to play golf at the Old Course. I was telling him that I would have to change at Dallas to go to...

Posted to Undergraduates by Kai Bestmann on 03-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: America, national semiconductor, U.S.A, welcome, silicon valley, 2011, University of Stirling

Before I leave

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE ‘That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me. But, it is the same with any life. Imagine one selected day struck out of it and think how different its course would have been. Pause, you who read this, and think for a long moment...

Posted to Undergraduates by Nicola Thomson on 17-Jun-2011
Filed under: Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Houston, wood group, Edinburgh, Visa, U.S.A, Journey, Abertay University

The end of one chapter and the beginning of another...

14.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE Sitting here thinking of the summer ahead, my exams now seemingly a distant memory and my part time job a thing of the past, I cannot help thinking of how I felt this time last year. How many others can say that they spent two months living and working...

Posted to Undergraduates by Graeme Sharpe on 19-May-2011
Filed under: Filed under: Boston, finance, America, New York, morgan stanley, Florida, Banking, Accounting, california, U.S.A, atlantic city, Career Choices, Hymans Robertson, Actuary

Leaps and Bounds

It is amazing to think that a little over eight weeks ago I was fretting about what to wear to work (as I am sure most of us; even the boys were doing,) running round the house packing my suitcase and reviewing all the documentation I needed to enter the US and then checking it all over again for good...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lynn Aitchison on 03-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: opportunity, internship, Saltire Foundation, Boston, Liberty Mutual., business development, Marketing, Scottish, America, week 8, Business., Scots, liberty Mutual. marketing, U.S.A, Global Scot, cambridge, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual. Boston, Scottish Development International, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Collaboration. Commerical Marketing., Commerical Marketing, Cape Cod

Teambuilding at 14,000 ft!

Hi Everyone! You would think that by now I would find writing my blog an easy task, this is not the case. It is however only difficult as there is so much to write and I feel that I will end up typing for hours! So… week 5, its come by fast hasn’t it! I can’t believe that we are so...

Posted to Undergraduates by Jennifer Kemp on 24-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Houston, week 5, week 6, U.S.A, Houston WoodGroup

Growing in Confidence

Well I am now officially half way through week five. Its so strange to think that 5 weeks ago i was still in Scotland and now I am in the USA having what i am sure will be one of the best experiences of my life. I can safely say now that I DO NOT WANT TO COME HOME! This week I feel like my confidence...

Posted to Undergraduates by Lynn Aitchison on 11-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: potential, saltire, Boston, Liberty Mutual., change, business development, Marketing, Scottish, week 5, Business., Adventure, liberty Mutual. marketing, U.S.A, Project, travel, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual. Boston, Scottish Development International, Project Management, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Collaboration. Commerical Marketing.