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It's the simple things in life.................

Bonjour My Fellow Interns :D Saturday 9th June ~ Leaving so soon? It only felt like yesterday I was with all the interns at leadership day, chatting about our ventures and how organised we were. Before I could register the realisation and comprehension that I was about to embark on the most incredible...

Posted to Undergraduates by Natalie McGinlay on 15-Jun-2012
Filed under: Filed under: switzerland, Geneva, Glasgow Caledonian University

There and back again

“The Head of EMEA Operations will see you now”. So perhaps the wording wasn’t quite as dramatic as we witness each week in the Apprentice boardroom, but waiting for my meeting with one of the more senior managers at the international private bank, it struck me just how far I’ve...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 04-Sep-2011
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, finance, switzerland, Banking, Geneva, Anna McCready, prospective applicants

A bird? A plane? Not quite...

What a week here in Geneva! A couple of blogs ago I mentioned seeing paragliders above Mount Sal ève, and last weekend I finally the chance got to have a go myself. A friend flew out to visit for the weekend, and was very keen to join in with this form of extreme sightseeing, so we made the short...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 16-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, finance, switzerland, Geneva, Anna McCready

Big wheels keep on turnin'

Sometimes these days, it feels like I’ve been in Geneva for years. I have a knowledge of the city that I never managed to acquire in those near my home (as my closest friends will testify!), and working at the bank has really started to feel as though it’s ‘what I do’. Perhaps...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 07-Aug-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, switzerland, Geneva

Banking: the happy profession

Happy as Larry. Happy as a clam. Happy as a banker? Let me explain… These were the words of wisdom bestowed upon me at lunchtime today by a colleague. And though it might seem like a strange idea considering the last few years of financial crisis, I definitely think he had a point. Like other...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 25-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, switzerland, Geneva

Why did the Saltire intern cross the lake?

Because she was on a windsurf and decided it was better to keep going than risk colliding with the oncoming ferry… Back in June, when all of the Saltire interns met up for an induction day in Edinburgh, we were told to expect to encounter a variety of challenges whilst completing our internships...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 15-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: saltire, finance, switzerland, Geneva

Bienvenue à Genève

I have to admit that when I first found out I would be spending the larger part of my summer in Geneva, Switzerland, my idea of life amongst the Swiss Alps was somewhat romanticised. I pictured small, local ‘boulangeries’ that would sell me croissants in the morning, the stunning scenery...

Posted to Undergraduates by Anna McCready on 08-Jul-2011
Filed under: Filed under: finance, switzerland, Geneva

Home Time!

So... this is it! I'm all packed up and ready to go but I have some time before I need to head to the airport, so I thought now would be a perfect time for my last blog written from Switzerland! In a few hours I'll be leaving the city which has been home for the past 8 weeks and now, looking...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 04-Sep-2010
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 8, switzerland, Syngenta, University of St Andrews, Basel

Only 3 days left!!

Week 7 passed in a flash, just as the 6 weeks before it. As the project I have been working on began to wrap up, I was assigned a second project which was a useful extension to the first. I have spent the last week developing a method that will make the information I have been sourcing throughout my...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 31-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 7, switzerland, Syngenta, University of St Andrews, Basel, zurich

Basel: Weeks 5 & 6

Apologies for the lack of blogging last week. So this one will be covering 2 weeks....I have the feeling it's going to be a long one... Week 5 started with me attending the team meeting at 8.30 on Monday morning. This happens every week and is an opportunity for everyone in the department to share...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 24-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 5, week 6, switzerland, Syngenta, University of St Andrews, Basel

If you ever get the chance to go to Lucerne - you should!

Tonight I have been relaxing at Basel's roof-top 'city beach' but now I have some time to write this week's post. At the start of the week my project supervisor asked me what I'd thought of my internship so far and if there was anything I'd like to be different for the second...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 10-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 4, switzerland, Syngenta, University of St Andrews, Basel, Lucerne

Happy Swiss National Day!

Happy Swiss National Day from Basel! It's now the end of week three and I've had another great week. The beginning of this week saw me preparing the work I had done so far, so that I would be able to present it to the rest of my project team. Project meetings were held in a hotel in the other...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 01-Aug-2010
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 3, switzerland, Syngenta, University of St Andrews, Basel, Bern

Basel: Week 2

Another week has passed in Basel! It's hard to believe that I've now been here for over two! This week has been good and I feel like I've now really settled in. Work is great and I'm doing new things every day. This week I've still been learning the basics in preparation for my project...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 25-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: finance, week 2, switzerland, Syngenta, University of St Andrews, Basel, Freiburg

My first week in Basel

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Before I started writing this week’s blog, I re-read last weeks....and I can’t believe how much has changed since then! I arrived in Basel Airport on Saturday night after two good flights. The airport is situated on...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 16-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: switzerland, Syngenta

Switzerland on Saturday!

So...this is my first blog as a Saltire Foundation Intern 2010! I'm Rhona Millar and I've just finished my third year at St Andrews University, studying Maths. I normally spend my summer holidays working in a supermarket but this summer is going to be quite a bit different as in less than a week...

Posted to Undergraduates by Rhona Millar on 04-Jul-2010
Filed under: Filed under: switzerland, Syngenta