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£25'000 per year saving in 8 weeks...Not bad!

Hi All, I realised I haven’t posted in a while so thought I would give an update on how I am getting on and the sort of personal and business achievements I have accomplished over the last few weeks of my internship at GlaxoSmithKline. Yes the title...

Published 30-Jul-2012 23:23 by Christopher Dunlop

Filed under: Strathclyde University, Chris Dunlop, GlaxosmithKline, Ulverston, GSK, £25K saving

Blog 4: Blogs are like buses

For me anyway, I’ve waited weeks to post my blog and then 3 come along at once! Hopefully I’ll be up to date after posting this one and I’ll be posting them real time again. Going to focus more on the internship in this blog and try...

Published 25-Jul-2012 20:56 by Iain Dolan

Filed under: Strathclyde University, GE, EME, GE Transportation, Iain Dolan

Polar Bears, Pandas and Jumping out planes!

0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false Time sure does fly! I can’t believe that we are now in week 6 of our internship and the end draws near. The last few weeks have certainly been eventful here in San Diego both in and out of work. The summer...

Published 17-Jul-2012 18:50 by Kerr McEwan

Filed under: saltire, Strathclyde University, San Diego, Glasgow

Blog 3: Time flies like an arrow

...fruit flies like a banana. Sorry, it was a joke that was on the wall in my history class in high school. However it lets me use a cheesy and over used phrase to be the title of my blog. There is a slight timeline error in my blogs as my computer decided...

Published 16-Jul-2012 14:11 by Iain Dolan

Filed under: Strathclyde University, GE, EME, GE Transportation, Iain Dolan

Blog 2 – First week of work... kind of

Since the last blog a fair bit has occurred, first thing is I met my flatmate Jacob. This is pretty good as he has a car so now I can get to work and he has also introduced me to fishing. Erie is pretty good for fishing with lots of rivers, streams and...

Published 12-Jul-2012 15:10 by Iain Dolan

Filed under: Strathclyde University, GE, GE Transportation, Iain Dolan

I can't possibly pack it in to 24 hours?!

Apologies that it has been a while since my last update, I hope you haven’t missed me too much, it’s definitely a good sign that I have been super busy!!!! I’ve spent the last week working on a solo project which has been an amazing...

Published 11-Jul-2012 17:24 by Cameron Matthews

Filed under: Strathclyde University, Diageo, South Africa

The World's Largest Tyre!

. GlaxoSmithKline in the Lake District! I am hoping this blog will give everyone reading a bit of background and interesting facts about both the work and location itself. With over 96500 employees, net income of £5.5 billion and being the world’s...

Published 02-Jul-2012 10:32 by Christopher Dunlop

Filed under: Strathclyde University, Chris Dunlop, GlaxosmithKline

Living like a true South African

Yet again it has been another amazing week here in Cape Town! My week began with 3 days shadowing one of the key accounts managers. I spent this time visiting customers within the trade with my boss Clive who was an amazing guy. He was fantastic at exposing...

Published 25-Jun-2012 19:14 by Cameron Matthews

Filed under: Strathclyde University, Cape Town

Crazy old Cape Town

This first week has absolutely sailed by......yet it feels like I have been here for ages. It may be an understatement to say that the first few days were a pretty interesting experience for me. Here’s what my week has been like: I arrived into...

Published 18-Jun-2012 19:28 by Cameron Matthews

Filed under: Strathclyde University, Diageo, South Africa

The First Rule of Awesome Apartment Club...

Welcome to my second blog, a lot to cover in this one - since the last post I've arrived, moved in and started work! The arrival into Florida was a bit of a let-down, to say the least. Tampa international isn't exactly JFK and the weather made...

Published 15-Jun-2012 1:37 by Chris Morrison

Filed under: St Petersburg, Jabil Circuit, Tampa, Strathclyde University

Blog 6: The Circle of Life

The Beginning of a new routine After my exhausting week I had a very relaxing weekend and starting a bit of a weekend routine. On Saturday I had a long lie then got up and went shopping in the mall, very American I thought. I also looked into doing to...

Published 12-Sep-2011 12:37 by Flora Wright

Filed under: New York, Strathclyde University, Janey, EME, Flora, circle of life, love story, near death experience

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

A Fond Farewell

As I type I am currently wrapping up my last ever day at the Vets Now Support Office in Dunfermline. It’s been a fantastic day with almost too much praise to handle (and photos!). After the weekly Friday morning meeting in which Tina, Abby and myself...

Published 12-Aug-2011 16:02 by Claire_Martin

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, week 8, University of Strathclyde, Strathclyde University, wrapping up, Vets Now, Dunfermline, A Dog A Blog, Claire Martin

Blog 3: Can someone send me some real chocolate?

When I left you last I had just got my car sorted and was planning on making the most of it; and I am. On the Saturday Joann and I went tubing up at Lake George. To fill you in; tubing is when you sit in a big inflatable ring and float down the river...

Published 09-Aug-2011 2:39 by Flora Wright

Filed under: Strathclyde University, Janey, EME, Flora Wright, Flora Jane, tubing, Flora Chocolate Donations, real chocolate, Flora

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