Wow. Dissertations have been handed in, presentations complete and next week the last exam of fourth year at SAMS will be over. I know everybody says university is the best years of your life and well... for SAMS that could not be more true. I'm not sure if its the people, the subjects, or the …
All the birds
As promised this post is all about mine and my boyfriends trip to Staffa and the Treshnish Isles. Summer work rotas have worked out rather unfortunately for us as I work allllll weekend plus overtime in the weeks and he works the normal Monday to Friday. Evenings are long and sunny so we have …
Scottish Soil
Hi everyone, Since January, a lot has happened. A few students came over to study at SAMS from VHL and although we hadn't met them during our stay there, we soon hit it off and used our new friendships as an excuse to go gallivanting around the west coast. Because of this excuse to explore, …
Dear prospective students….
So, there's a very high chance you have arrived here via the SAMS page and because you are interested in this opportunity. I wrote a little bit about the course a while back but never got round to publishing it. I was going to just delete the lot because we have been back for ages …
St Eustatius: Part 2
S'up Guys! What happened there?! I know they say time flies where you are having fun, but the last two weeks have been a real 'blink and you've missed it' situation. I am currently sat back in Leeuwarden, it is 2 degrees outside and I'm wearing multiple layers of clothing, but how about we rewind …
St Eustatius: Part 1
If you are currently sat in wet and windy Scotland, with nights that are drawing in and exams approaching it may be best if you stop reading now. Our first week in the Caribbean is over and it's been filled with fun and festivities, oh and of course some learning squeezed in. 1. Travel We …
Update!
Hey! To say it has been a while since we posted would be an understatement, but it has been exam season and what can I say? we are hard working students! The first assessment we endured was the creation of a scientific poster about a key issue on an island of our choice, we both …
Wading through the Wadden
So Friday 22nd September saw our first excursion as part of the minor in Sustainable Island Management. We had a preparation lecture a week or so before, learning all about the Wadden Islands off the coast of the Netherlands. The five islands sit in the Wadden Sea, which actually extends up past Germany and Denmark, …
Ready… Set… Study!
Its been a whole week since we started our studies at Van Hall Larenstein and we have already had so much fun. Although the university here is quite a bit larger than we are used to back at SAMS, we have been happy to discover the atmosphere is very much the same. We can't express …
Planes, trains and pedal power…
We may have only been in the Dutch province of Friesland for a week but what a week it has been. Introduction week threw us in the deep end but we will get to that later. First let us introduce ourselves and explain a bit about where we are and why we are here. We …
Kilts meet Clogs 