Meet the Interns Part 3: Elena Skyfta
It seems like only yesterday we were welcoming our interns into the office, but now their internships are complete and they are free to enjoy the last few weeks of summer! All three of our summer interns did a…
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Big Butterfly Count 2014 – Diversity on your doorstep!
Every year, Butterfly Conservation carry out a nationwide survey – the “Big Butterfly Count” – of British butterfly species to monitor the populations of different species and assess the health of the environment. Of…
Temporary Park and Cycle – Beat the queues and get fit!
Temporary Park and Cycle – Guardbridge to St Andrews, Saturday 2nd August to 18th August 2014 Finance staff piloting the new Park & Cycle scheme Staff will be aware of the travel delays that will be caused by imminent…
Meet the Interns Part 2: Daihachi Yagi
Continuing our “Meet the Interns” series, this week we’d like to introduce you to Daihachi Yagi! Name: Daihachi Yagi Where are you from?: New York, USA Internship Title: Web Design Discovery Intern Degree and year of…
Creative Engineering students visit Guardbridge & Kenly
This summer, 24 students from the South China University of Technology are visiting St Andrews to take part in a three-week long course on “Creativity in Engineering”, which has a stong focus on renewables and…
Meet The Interns: Dominyka Urbonaite
This summer the Environment Team has been a hub of activity as we welcomed three student interns to the team to work on various projects. We’d like to introduce them one by one so you can find out more about them, the…
Say hello to your new Sustainability Officer!
This week we welcome a new addition to the Environment Team as Lynsey Smith begins her year as Sustainability Officer. Lynsey has recently graduated from the School of Biology at the University of St Andrews, and has a…
Looking back on the year
It’s that time of year again when a I’ll be handing over the role to a new Sustainability Officer. The nature of the 1 year graduate role means I’ll be moving on to greener pastures… I’ve hugely enjoyed my time spend…
New lease of life
The Guardbridge Energy Centre project began its life in 2010 when the University purchased the Curtis Fine paper mill in Guardbridge with the intention of refurbishing and developing the site. Not until now has the…
Spring Biodiversity Surveys
Back in our December blog we discussed our plans for launching a new biodiversity surveying project for the Spring. Well, now that Spring’s upon us we have some reporting to do! Our 5 Transition biodiversity interns…