Travel blog: Trial, error, and emissions reductions: learning from ‘sustainable’ travel approaches across UK universities

By Lydia Cole (Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Development) and Nora Booth (Student, Geography and International Relations). Published on: 9 October 2024. In Semester 2 of 2024, the then third year International Relations and Geography student, Nora Booth, took a deep dive into sustainable travel approaches across the UK’s universities. The project idea was … Read more

Travel blog: Final Call

By Shona Russell Senior Lecturer, Department of Management (Business School). Published on: 26 September 2024. She stands.Waiting. Backpack onPassport in hand She remembers…The email.The invitation. — Give a talk?International audience Present.Learn.Connect. A little glow.Accepted.Part of the community. Her mentor says“Go for it”Demonstrate peer esteem.Build networks.Essential for career. All possible.All positive. Or is it? — What … Read more

Travel blog: A North Sea Crossing: Ferry Travel as Sensory Experience and Sustainable Alternative

By Elsje van Kessel (Senior Lecturer, School of Art History). Published on: 30 January 2024. ‘Experience is Better than Knowledge’ – or so claims scholar of English literature and ‘blue humanities’ proponent Steve Mentz in a provocative article title borrowed from an early modern maritime manual. Human experiences of the sea, Mentz argues, can productively … Read more

Travel blog: Once Upon a Train

By Lydia Cole (Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Development). Published on: 26 October 2023. In late July of 2023, I left St Andrews, bound for Greifswald. This small, University town — quite similar to St Andrews, but significantly bigger — is on the shores of the Baltic Sea, in Northeast Germany. It is home … Read more