August 2011 - Undergraduates - Saltire Foundation Community

Blog 5: Long Lies and Free Dinners

This has been one long week; the reason for the very late blogs, sorry. After our lovely lunch last Friday, I left work on early for a road trip to Boston. In Boston I spent the weekend with the Saltire interns there, unfortunately or luckily, Stuart...

Published 31-Aug-2011 21:55 by Flora Wright

Filed under: Boston, New York, Strathclyde University, GE, Janey, EME, Wright, Flora, free dinners, long lies, Ryan Gosling, long lies and free dinners

Blog 4 – A kettle is………… a kettle. (Not a Kestle or Casserole?? )

This week I had a lovely call from my landlady, Harline, making sure I was all settled in and had everything I needed. In our chat I mentioned that a kettle might be a nice idea along with a few other bits and bobs for the apartment. When Harline dropped...

Published 31-Aug-2011 21:47 by Flora Wright

Filed under: New York, Strathclyde University, GE, Janey, EME, kettle, kestle, Wright, Flora, farmers market, shopping

Mincing Through The Weather

This is my last week at Liberty Mutual and what a week it has been! The Producer Relationship Guide is really starting to take off, and although I will not be there to see the final end product (the proposed final copy release is scheduled for a week...

Published 31-Aug-2011 14:32 by Rhea Bayliss

Filed under: boston. Liberty Mutual. rhea bayliss. distribution. commercial markets.

Escort required :P - Blog 4

Saltire Foundation GE Aviation Blog 4 – Weeks 6 & 7 Hi again!! For the last two weeks, we have been working up in Vandalia, which is about an hour driving away from where we are staying. That meant very early mornings, or late nights ;) Generators...

Published 31-Aug-2011 4:08 by Maria Mendoza Puchades

What a load of BI

It has been 5 weeks since my last correspondence, and after magically remembering that this is now week 8 I think I should probably start publishing some of my stories. This blog will be split into 3 sections discussing the middle section of my Saltire...

Published 31-Aug-2011 4:05 by Kathryn Fraser

IBM Girlies, Spandex and Survival of the Warrior Dash...

What did i learn about myself this week: 1. I have drank my body weight in Starbucks in the near 8 weeks i've been in Florida; 2. I like to organise my day with little sketchy boxes which i do little sketchy ticks with once i complete the task; 3...

Published 30-Aug-2011 23:53 by Stacey McGill

Saltire helps us break the glass ceiling, I just hoped I wouldn't break the glass floor in the tallest building in the US!

So my penultimate week has resulted in me using far more Americanisms that I am comfortable with! I now order a 'drink from the soda fountain' and I wear 'sweaters' when I'm cold and walking along the 'sidewalk' as well as...

Published 30-Aug-2011 23:14 by Kirsty Chalmers

The Saltire Foundation featuring Envision Solar and Adele

OK so I'm going to be upfront, confessions seem to be a theme of my blogs and I'll begin this one in the same vain. This week I got lazy blog wise, don't worry the content your about to read is still up there, it contains the highs and lows...

Published 30-Aug-2011 18:44 by Reuben Sagar

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, Envision Solar, Yiddish, Las Vegas, Adele, Chutzpah, Solar Tree

Continuing Our Legacy!

So, that's it. My 12 week internship experience in the business hub of London is over. As I walked back into my home in sunny, sunny Cumbernauld, I couldn't help but think of the day I left and the excitement I felt as I loaded myself with all...

Published 30-Aug-2011 13:10 by Susan Rimmer

Filed under: University of Glasgow, London, Giles Insurance, Susan Rimmer, Maths, Statistics

Cześć!

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE My 4 th week here in Krakow saw the arrival of my brother Iain, and friends Douglas and Matt on what has been potentially one of the hottest weeks here! They were staying here with me, before travelling to Warszawa...

Published 29-Aug-2011 16:44 by Louise McCallum

Filed under: week 4, Tesco, Poland, University of Edinburgh, Kazimierz, Dunajec River Rafting

The End of an Era - Part One

Morning blog-ees! First off, a little apology. Upon re-reading my last blog I discovered that some punctuation and paragraphing decided to disappear into the ether somewhere between my word document and the Saltire page... I will strive to resolve this...

Published 29-Aug-2011 15:31 by Jennifer Henderson

Filed under: st andrews, London, Giles Insurance, Jenny Henderson

Hurricane Irene

Here she comes... ‘Prepare for the worst but hope for the best’ was the mantra as Hurricane Irene headed for New York and was due to hit on Saturday night. When I left work on Friday afternoon it was a beautiful summer afternoon but there...

Published 29-Aug-2011 15:12 by Jane Manson

<Insert Witty Blog Title Here> Part 9

This week at the Moerdijk power plant we introduced a new toy to our arsenal to help me carry out my work as steam chemistry engineer. As some of you may know, or perhaps not, Silica is present in the steam system as it is used for steam attemperation...

Published 29-Aug-2011 13:29 by Chris McGuire

Filed under: internship, Saltire Foundation, Heriot Watt, Amsterdam, GE, Moerdijk, Scotland, Chris McGuire, General Electric, chemical engineering, power plant, Breda, guiness, Holland, university, Rotterdam, dutch, The Netherlands, Belgium, Antwerpen, schiphol

My last week in Hong Kong!

I’ve now started my eighth and final week in Hong Kong with Citi and can’t believe that I’m nearing the end of my internship, it really has been an incredible, life-changing experience. I’ve developed so much and in so many ways...

Published 29-Aug-2011 6:51 by David McKniff

Filed under: Hong Kong, Citi, David McKniff

Imagination at work - Blog 3

Hi guys! Here you are a summary of my time with GE Aviation in Cincinnati. I was again based at Princeton Hill during week 5, where I was mostly doing computer related work. Dealing with information in relation to Whippany and Duarte, two GE shops ac...

Published 29-Aug-2011 3:45 by Maria Mendoza Puchades

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