Transcript Employability at Strathclyde

Employability
Definition: A set of achievements - skills, understandings and
personal attributes - that make graduates more likely to gain
employment and be successful, which benefits themselves,
the community, the economy and the environment.
(Modified from “Employability in higher education: what it is - what it is not”, Yorke, 2004)
Dr Elsa João
Senior Lecturer and Director of Postgraduate Studies
David Livingstone Centre for Sustainability
Department of Civil Engineering
First in Europe
(Joint degree with
Business Faculty)
First in the UK
(Joint degree with
Science Faculty and
Law School)
How Does Strathclyde ‘Transform
Futures’?
• Careers Service and SEN (Strathclyde Entrepreneurial
Network) support all our students and Strathclyde graduates.
• Strathclyde’s Worldwide Graduate Jobsearch Online
http://www.strath.ac.uk/careers/graduatejobsearch/ allows
graduates to search by Job Sector and by Country.
How Does Strathclyde ‘Transform
Futures’?
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The strength and innovation of our degrees
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Degrees related to skills shortage
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Cross-disciplinary programmes
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Transferable skills
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Links to industry
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
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Networking opportunities
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Strathclyde is in the heart of Glasgow and Glasgow is the place to be!
Cross-disciplinary programmes,
Transferable skills and Links to industry
Cross-disciplinary Masters Programme in
Sustainable Engineering (MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert)
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Biomedical Engineering
Chemical Processing
Computer Aided Engineering Design
Energy Systems & the Environment
Engineering Design
Integrated Product Development
Offshore Renewable Energy
Technology Management
Sustainable Engineering
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Generic Skills Classes – from project
management to risk assessment
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Succeeding for the Workplace – a series
of workshops to improve employability
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Cross disciplinary processes, projects
and alliances
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Self-assessment and Personal
Marketing
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Effective Group Working
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Preparing for Group Presentations
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Organising & Writing Projects &
Dissertations
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Networking
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Group Projects Conference – Sustainable
Engineering Students present to industrial
clients
Industry Links & Employability
“There are four good reasons for
getting involved with student
projects:
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kudos
new innovations
new angles and
gems of ideas which come from the
different perspectives of home and
international students.“
Dr Stephen Thomson
Resource Strategist, Laing O’Rourke
Some Industrial Contacts - Eng Faculty
ABB
Amec Civil Engineering Ltd
AREVA
Arup Scotland
Atkins Limited
Balfour Beatty plc
Bovis Lend Lease Scotland Ltd
British Energy
British Geological Survey
Buro Happold Limited
COSEGO Ingenieria
Donaldson Associates
E.On
EDF Energy
Edmund Nuttall Ltd
ENERGINET.DK
Environment Agency
Faber Maunsell
Farrans
Fugro
Halcrow Group Ltd
ITI Techmedia
Jacobs
Laing O’Rourke
Mott MacDonald
National Grid
PB Power
Ritchies and Keller
Rolls-Royce
Royal Environmental Health Institute (REHIS)
RPS Group Plc
RSPB Scotland
RTDS Technologies
Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd
Scottish Enterprise
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
ScottishPower
Siemens
Taylor Woodrow Construction Limited
Texas Instruments
Topazz Consulting Limited
Transport Scotland
UKAEA
United Utilities
VESTAS
Industry Links & Employability
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Industrial placements - enabling students to
gain experience in the workplace.
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Site visits, industrial lectures and involvement
in project/dissertation supervision.
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Industrial advisory board for each department.
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Industrial advisory board for individual MScs.
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Sponsored Professors (Rolls Royce, Texas
Instruments)
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Scholarship Programmes
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Strathclyde has the highest level of KTP activity in Scotland:
currently 22 funded projects.
University
Graduate
Associate
KTPs enable graduate
students to work as a KTP
Associate on a project with
a company and the
University.
Company
Graduates gain valuable
work experience.
Around 75% of Associates
are offered a permanent
full-time job by the
business on completion of
their project.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Strathclyde has the highest level of KTP activity in Scotland:
currently 22 funded projects.
Carron Phoenix Limited
International Students can
take advantage of KTPs
(most are two year projects)
immediately after their
Strathclyde Degree.
Diagnostic Monitoring Systems Limited
Blairs Limited
Henry Technologies Limited
Eden Biopharma Group Limited
R P Adam Limited
Campbell and Kennedy Limited
KJ Tait Engineers Limited
Calcarb Limited
Of the 15 projects currently
already up and running, seven
of these have non-EU
Graduates as the Associate
(highlighted in pink).
eCom Scotland Limited
Clyde Space Limited
BHC Limited
Kwik-Fit Insurance Services Limited
Barr Limited
Architectural Glazing Systems Limited
Working after Studying for International
Students
International students who require a visa (entry clearance) to come to the UK, who
have studied in the UK and graduate with an undergraduate degree, a postgraduate
certificate or diploma, a Master's degree or PhD can apply to the Post-Study Work
Scheme, which is one of the categories under Tier 1 of the UK Government's Point
Based Systems of immigration control. It allows to apply for a 24-month extension of
the visa in order to find work, within a 12-month period of the date of graduation. It is
not necessary to have an offer of a job in order to apply. This Post-Study Work Scheme
replaces the Fresh Talent Working in Scotland Scheme and the International Graduate
Scheme.
Applications forms for the scheme are available from the Home Office - UK Border
Agency:
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/workingintheuk/tier1/poststudy/applying/initial/
Getting a Job Related to the Degree
• Worked in Facilities Management with
Jones Lang LaSalle, India.
• MSc Environmental Studies, University
of Strahclyde (class of 2007- 2008).
• Secured a internship in 2008 with the
Glasgow City Council through the
Business Enterprise Partnership, on
sustainability mapping of new
infrastructure and civil engineering
projects across the City of Glasgow.
Gitanjali Nayar
Home town: Pune, India
Networking & Recruitment Opportunities
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Research Seminars (Depts and Faculty)
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Engineering Research Presentation Day
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Presentation Skills development
Networking with industrial guests
‘Gala’ – the annual UG networking dinner
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500 guests, 40 recruiting companies
participate
Strathclyde is in the heart of Glasgow
and Glasgow is the place to be!
Clyde Waterfront Regeneration
This is Scotland’s single most significant urban renewal project and development
opportunity with around £5 - 6bn of public and private sector investment, which will
transform 20km of the river Clyde from Glasgow city centre to Dumbarton.
“I am interested in Urban Renewal and Glasgow offers that as a ‘Living Laboratory’
as much as any city. The east end of Glasgow, in particular, is undergoing enormous
amount of regeneration and it would behoove me to witness the transformation first
hand.” (Application from international student, March 2009.)
Strathclyde is in the heart of Glasgow
and Glasgow is the place to be!
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
● The games will be held over 12 days, with the opening ceremony on 23 July 2014, and
the last day of competition and closing ceremony on 3 August 2014.
● The games budget is £288m, with an extra £9.5m contingency on top.
● The Scottish government and Glasgow Council have agreed to underwrite the costs of
staging the Games in an 80/20 split.
● An estimated 15,000 volunteers will help staff the Games.
● 1,000 new homes will be built and given over to social and affordable housing.