Happy Monday

The first Monday of September was a good one. Perhaps the best one in years. As part of my new role at the University of Dundee, I attended the Principal’s Welcome, an official event to kick-off Freshers’ Week and welcome new students to our university, and to our city. The welcome, held in the Caird… View Post

Stripe It Back

The end of summer is always bittersweet. Knowing that the days of tanned limbs and wild hair are numbered, a golden, shimmering veil of sadness falls over us; we struggle to accept that August symbolises the beginnings of a new, slightly less romantic season. This melancholy mood is occasionally interrupted by volcanic eruptions of excitement;… View Post

PMA

For the second part of my fitness post, I write while wearing my running gear; I’m back to running properly (which, for me, is non stop 3-4 miles) and I’m excited to go out in the fresh air with the dog at my side. (Well, ten yards ahead, actually, but you get the picture!) In… View Post

Walk This Way

In my last post I blogged about the end of my days as a Personal Assistant and, four days into my new role as a Communications Officer, I find myself in a new office – an office that is located in Dundee’s city centre. This is brilliant for many reasons. The first being that it’s… View Post

End of an Era

Today marks the end of an era: it’s my last day as a Personal Assistant.   It was 2008 when I first began working as a PA, but 2010 was the year that I really understood the role of being somebody’s assistant. It may look like an easy, stress-free job but in reality it’s so… View Post