Student Success Stories Every summer, students gain valuable, paid work experience through short-term placements working with organisations and social enterprises throughout Scotland. Click on the featured stories below to find out more about previous students’ experiences: Holly McDonald Sistemic Scotland Ltd "I would definitely recommend the programme to other students." Holly McDonald undertook a placement with Sistemic Scotland Ltd over the summer of 2015. Here, she describes her role and the benefits of the programme. View full story about Holly McDonald Ryan Sutherland JGC Engineering and Technical Services Ltd. Ryan’s placement directly related to his MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering and helped to improve his communication skills. He was runner-up at the Summer Placement Finals Day 2013. View full story about Ryan Sutherland Elena Hindinger Hyaltech After completing her placement as a R&D Support Scientist at Hyaltech, Elena returned to her degree with new knowledge, passion, and experience. Read about the exciting projects she worked on here... View full story about Elena Hindinger Jamie Campbell Biopta Ltd "The more you put into your placement, the more you will gain out of the overall experience." Read about Jamie's placement experience below. View full story about Jamie Campbell Liam Rooney Sartorius Stedim BioOutsource Limited As one of the successful candidates of the Life Sciences programme in 2014, Liam shares his placement experience and how this led to more opportunities than he expected. View full story about Liam Rooney Natalie Smith Invereach Natalie brought her creativity from a design degree into the business to help promote the SUPER!NATURAL brand. View full story about Natalie Smith
Other success stories First Previous 1 2 3 4 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 Chris Harrigan Thermo Fisher Scientific Chris spent 11 weeks working in a world-leading Life Sciences company, as part of the CV Competition 2015. Here he explains what projects he got involved in, and how the experience will help shape his future. View full story about Chris Harrigan Corrie Green HexWar Games Ltd For Corrie, a game and web designer, this student placement was right up his street. View full story about Corrie Green Elena Hindinger Hyaltech After completing her placement as a R&D Support Scientist at Hyaltech, Elena returned to her degree with new knowledge, passion, and experience. Read about the exciting projects she worked on here... View full story about Elena Hindinger George Clayton Exova George was been offered a nine-month contract with Exova, after successfully completing his paid placement with the company through ScotGrad this summer. He shares his story... View full story about George Clayton Holly McDonald Sistemic Scotland Ltd "I would definitely recommend the programme to other students." Holly McDonald undertook a placement with Sistemic Scotland Ltd over the summer of 2015. Here, she describes her role and the benefits of the programme. View full story about Holly McDonald First Previous 1 2 3 4 Next Last