Student success stories Every summer, students head to the Highlands and Islands of Scotland to gain valuable experience with short placements working with local businesses and social enterprises. Here are some of their experiences. Kerry Macleod New Start Highland Working for a third sector organisation for the first time, Kerry used her summer placement to gain experience and find out if this working environment would suit her. View full story about Kerry Macleod Allan MacIntyre Albasoft Ltd A computing student at Strathclyde University, Allan MacIntyre explains how his student summer placement taught him several, very useful new languages. View full story about Allan MacIntyre Lucy Brown Community Energy Scotland, Dingwall Sociology student Lucy Brown took full advantage of an eight-week summer placement in a rich and varied work environment to make some great contacts for the future, as she explains. View full story about Lucy Brown
Other success stories First Previous 1 2 Next Last Alex Gilbert and Marc Macleod Greenspace Live Ltd Stornoway For Alex and Marc, student placements at a company promoting green living were an opportunity to apply their up-to-date university knowledge to an important new proposal. View full story about Alex Gilbert and Marc Macleod Allan MacIntyre Albasoft Ltd A computing student at Strathclyde University, Allan MacIntyre explains how his student summer placement taught him several, very useful new languages. View full story about Allan MacIntyre Angus Vajk Glycomar A switch of degree meant that Angus Vajk could broaden his skills with a summer placement in his home town of Oban. He explains what happened. View full story about Angus Vajk Karen Yeung Aquatera Studying Ecology, Karen benefitted from working at an environmental consultancy in Orkney. View full story about Karen Yeung Katrina Mackenzie Caithness Chamber of Commerce Her summer placement prepared Katrina for her final year dissertation by helping her develop the necessary research skills and also giving her the idea for the topic. View full story about Katrina Mackenzie Kerry Macleod New Start Highland Working for a third sector organisation for the first time, Kerry used her summer placement to gain experience and find out if this working environment would suit her. View full story about Kerry Macleod Lucy Brown Community Energy Scotland, Dingwall Sociology student Lucy Brown took full advantage of an eight-week summer placement in a rich and varied work environment to make some great contacts for the future, as she explains. View full story about Lucy Brown Lynsey MacGillivray SOLV Ltd Lynsey spent her summer placement in her home town Fort William and applied her mathematical skills in a software company. View full story about Lynsey MacGillivray First Previous 1 2 Next Last