August 2009 - Undergraduates

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  • High Flying Scots...

    I’m finding it hard to believe that my penultimate week with Telstra is now over! This week I’ve been working with the legal team so I’m in an area I know a bit about. The legal department is located in a different building so this gave...

  • To Scotland and beyond...

    Hello blog! My time in Chicago has been brilliant. Ten weeks, three states and five tonnes of ice cream later it's time to go home. I leave with five new pairs of shoes, two American flags and a changed personal and professional outlook. Working with...

  • Those were the days

    The last two weeks have flown by and here I find myself on my last day at SPIE. I have been working on a documentary for the last week. This is the work I enjoyed most during my stay here in Bellingham. A team of members from the publications department...

  • Last eyeSPIE...

    Well the time is here….our last day. It’s a day of mixed feelings, as I am soo excited to get home to my boyfriend and family, but it’s also a day of goodbyes to some amazing friends I have made here. The hospitality Alex and I have...

  • So this is cosy...

    Legal disputes really do throw up some comprising situations. A prime example of this occurred this week at a trial I attended. The subject matter of this lawsuit was divorce and child custody. As you can imagine in these types of lawsuits, neither party...

  • Team Building: Texas Style

    First I must apologise for my lack of blog action recently...too much travelling to other places, meeting new people...and maybe some work thrown in there too! I cannot believe it is week 7 already. Seems like only yesterday I stepped off the plane and...

  • Final Countdown...

    So I am now nearing the end of my 7th week and I am finding it hard to believe I only have 10 days left here! It really has flown in... At the moment the 2 other guys in my team are away working in Canada so I have been left to my own devices and I'm...

  • Nearly the weekend!!!

    I am now nearing the end of my 7 th working week over here in Dubai. It has been a busy week in the office trying to put the finishing touches to the marking data. It has involved a lot of information get passed back and forward via email. At one point...

  • The Beginning of the End in Shenzhen...

    I'm now in my final week here at IBM in Shenzhen and it's quite a strange feeling to think that this time next week I will be back in Scotland! I have done a bit of reflecting on my time here and I cannot believe how much I have been exposed to...

  • Out of the office and into the light!

    Well into the second week of the new project looking at mycoplasma contamination. We are hoping to create a defined protocol for testing for mycoplasma contamination in any cell line. Mycoplasma are bacteria without a cell wall so antibiotics cannot be...

  • A very Scottish mindset?

    I don't want to be interpreted in any way as not appreciating how lucky I am to be in this position, but oh my god a month is such a short time!!! I feel I'm barely getting a taste of this wonderful country. Despite being extremely westernised...

  • The Celts surf it up in Sydney...

    This week I’ve received the final information for my cost reduction project. This has been a long and challenging process as I essentially received information on every service Telstra provides, whether relevant or not. I then began extracting the...

  • "They'll meet 'neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light..."

    And that, if you replace Exxon with CITGO, is exactly what we did last night before being treated to a fantastic evening at Fenway Park courtesy Of Helen Sayles. Although the Red Sox lost the game it was an outstanding experience and one which was enjoyed...

  • Berlin! World Champion!

    Hi everyone, sorry about the delay in blogs, I had to go home for a while but I'm back now, all is good! I am back in the office at Bayer in Berlin. Things are beginning to pick up again, the start/mid August was very quiet as this is when most employees...

  • A story of success

    The highlight of my week was defined by a meeting with Alexander Moschel, who is the head of Business consulting at Bayer. He is an extremely busy individual, but fortunately for us he took some time out of his schedule to have a coffee. He is a very...
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