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Dzien dobry! I am Louise ‘busy bee’ McCallum as I am told my nickname now is by my colleagues, along with being likened to the characters in Thelma and Louise…a good thing or not I don’t know? I think they are getting at the travelling...

Published 07-Aug-2011 17:35 by Louise McCallum

Filed under: week 1, Tesco, Poland, Wisla trip, Corporate Affairs, Church of St. Mary, Krakow, Wawel Castle

Getting Started

My name is Euan MacKinnon and my internship is with GE Energy; specifically the Wind Energy department which has its European headquarters located outside the small village of Salzbergen in North-Western Germany. Myself and the other intern placed here...

Published 17-Jul-2011 22:22 by Euan MacKinnon

Filed under: week 1, University of Strathclyde, Turbines, GE, Euan MacKinnon

CVS: What dreams are made of!

Hey guys! This is my first blog and (I’m sure you here this over and over) but what a first week it’s been! My names Rudi and I was lucky enough to get the Product Management intern position with Liberty Mutual in Boston, MA. My journey started...

Published 15-Jul-2011 2:37 by Rudi Moffat

Filed under: week 1, Heriot Watt, Boston. Liberty Mutual. Product Management

Cracking week 1...

If this blog goes badly I blame it on the amount of gorgeous food I’ve been heavily munching, which has made my arms get too chunky meaning I can’t type very well. I’m in Boston with 5 other interns staying in university halls about...

Published 15-Jul-2011 1:15 by Rhea Bayliss

Filed under: Boston, week 1, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual. Boston, Rhea Bayliss, University of Aberdeen, Distribution Management

Happy in Houston

I arrived in Houston on Friday 9 th July having been on two flights with KLM which were enjoyable with a great selection of movies and TV shows to keep me amused, although the early start allowed me to nap for a little bit on the flight, I was eager to...

Published 14-Jul-2011 21:04 by Nicola Thomson

Filed under: Houston, week 1, wood group, USA, Abertay University, Dallas

Don’t sleep in the buff, on account of the tornado sirens.

I have to admit, this helpful little nugget of advice incited something akin to sheer terror. This was late at night my first evening in St Louis, having travelled for nearly 20 hours, had a few wee wines on the plane, and emerged exhausted into a wall...

Published 13-Jul-2011 17:10 by Kitty Gordon

Filed under: week 1, 2011, St. Louis, Monsanto

Whose turn is it to use the cup?

I finally made it to San Jose where I shall be living for the next few weeks while working at National Semiconductor. It was a little hairy before I left, my visa application was delayed because of an issue with NSC having an incorrect e-mail address...

Published 11-Jul-2011 6:17 by Kieran Roberts

Filed under: week 1, california, national semiconductor, Kieran

National - First Week

Tuesday was my first day at National Semiconductor Corporation in the Worldwide Market and Sales Group (WMS) as a Finance Analyst Intern. For those who do not know National that well, I would like to give a brief outline of the company. National produces...

Published 09-Jul-2011 3:41 by Kai Bestmann

Filed under: week 1, finance, USA, california, national semiconductor, silicon valley, 2011, First Week, University of Stirling

It might actually be too hot here...

Hi everyone, I think that it’s about time for blog number two now that I’ve just finished the first week of my placement with Wood Group’s light industrial turbines division in Houston, Texas. The five other WG interns and I arrived...

Published 21-Jul-2010 0:48 by William Scott Tyre

Filed under: Houston, week 1, wood group, Turbines, LIT

East Side Story

It’s been just over a week since I touched down at JFK and the time has just flown in! After about 14 hours of airports, planes and taxis the NYC 4 arrived at our splendid Upper East Side apartments. The area we are in is lovely with lots of restaurants...

Published 20-Jul-2010 20:58 by Claire Wilson

Filed under: week 1, finance, food, Lab49, New York, Claire Wilson

Final Destination

After an epic 19 hour journey around half of the world, Craig and I arrived at Narita Airport, Tokyo. And what a journey it was. After an emergency landing in Dubai and roasted tuna for breakfast we were glad to have reached our final destination...after...

Published 20-Jul-2010 15:42 by Andrew McAllister

Filed under: Tokyo, week 1, Japan, DHL Supply Chain, andrew mcallister

I, the intern!

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Published 19-Jul-2010 16:16 by Zvezdelina Todorova

Filed under: RBS, Tokyo, week 1, Japan

1 Week down 7 to go!

Hey everybody! Well 1 week down 7 to go. Not that I’m wishing them away just the first week has flown by so quick and I hope the rest don’t do the same. Florida is an amazing place. The heat is phenomenal and it’s very strange to walk...

Published 19-Jul-2010 1:50 by KIRSTY FLETT

Filed under: week 1, Florida, Jabil Circuit, U.S.A

An intense, challenging, interesting and fun start!

Hi everyone! I can’t believe that our first week in Cologne has already past; so much has happened with so many new impressions to take in that I have barely had any time to reflect. John and I arrived in Düsseldorf last Saturday and made our...

Published 17-Jul-2010 9:36 by Emma Burgaz

Filed under: week 1, Cologne, Bayer, Germany

An awesome first week and it rains now it's the weekend...

Hey everyone! My first week here in Bad Homburg, Germany, has rushed by like one of the high speed trains I keep seeing! So far it's been amazing - everything I imagined and more! I arrived in Frankfurt Airport early evening on Saturday after 2 good...

Published 16-Jul-2010 23:57 by Iain Morrison

Filed under: Saltire Foundation, week 1, Fresenius, Germany, Engineering, University of Strathclyde

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