GCSE Geography/Careers trip to the TUN

One of our Geography GCSE classes was invited along to the Tun on Holyrood Road last week. John Shepherd who was instrumental in the development of the building, and has strong links to the school, set up a series of excellent talks with those institutions that work in the building. John took us a on very informative walk around the Holyrood site and was able to illustrate some of the planning issues and considerations in the area. He then gave us an excellent briefing on the development of the site of the Tun itself before taking us around the various organisations that work there on a day to day basis. We met the British Council, the BBC, The General Medical Council and The European Commission. By the end of our visit all the boys involved had a better idea on the many different careers involved in such a large development project as well as an insight into a range of working environments and organisations. On top of all that we were able to squeeze in some quality geography on changes to the inner city of Edinburgh.