TRI welcome first PhD student from University of Maribor in Slovenia

The University’s Transport Research Institute (TRI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Faculty of Logistics at the University of Maribor in Slovenia to participate in a Visiting Scholar's Programme.

The Programme will initially run for three years, with the Slovenian partner sending a PhD student or Postdoc Fellow to spend three months with the Transport Research Institute (TRI) to contribute to some of their research projects.

The first visitor, Marko Intihar, has recently arrived in Edinburgh and is now preparing a statistical analysis of a database of container movements in and out of Scotland.
Marko said: "For me this is a very important life experience, because I have never studied or worked in any foreign country until now. The project I am working on includes a statistical analysis of a database of container movements into and out of Scotland."

 

"Edinburgh is very beautiful, during the week I work in the office, but on the weekends I become tourist so I explore the city bit by bit. Other tourists, who come into the city, have to explore the city in few days, but I have the privilege to do this in three months. The people I have met here are extremely friendly and when they notice you are foreign they always try to help you. The only thing for me that is difficult to get used to is the Scottish weather, I never know what the weather forecast is for the next four hours, but if you live here for a long time you get used to that!"

We wish Marko all the best during his time with us at Edinburgh Napier University.