Employability Definition: A set of achievements skills, understandings and personal attributes that

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EmployabilityDefinition 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 JoãoSenior Lecturer and
Director of Postgraduate StudiesDavid
Livingstone Centre for SustainabilityDepartment
of Civil Engineering
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First in Europe (Joint degree with Business
Faculty)
First in the UK (Joint degree with Science
Faculty and Law School)
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How Does Strathclyde Transform Futures?

• Careers Service and SEN (Strathclyde
  Entrepreneurial Network) support all our students
  and Strathclyde graduates.
• Strathclydes Worldwide Graduate Jobsearch Online
  http//www.strath.ac.uk/careers/graduatejobsearch/
  allows graduates to search by Job Sector and by
  Country.

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How Does Strathclyde Transform Futures?

• The strength and innovation of our degrees
• Degrees related to skills shortage
• Cross-disciplinary programmes
• Transferable skills
• Links to industry
• Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTPs)
• Networking opportunities
• Strathclyde is in the heart of Glasgow and
  Glasgow is the place to be!

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Cross-disciplinary programmes, Transferable
skills and Links to industry

• Cross-disciplinary Masters Programme in
  Sustainable Engineering (MSc/PG Dip/PG Cert)
  available in
• Biomedical Engineering
• Chemical Processing
• Computer Aided Engineering Design
• Energy Systems the Environment
• Engineering Design
• Integrated Product Development
• Offshore Renewable Energy
• Technology Management

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Sustainable Engineering

• Generic Skills Classes from project management
  to risk assessment
• Succeeding for the Workplace a series of
  workshops to improve employability
• Cross disciplinary processes, projects and
  alliances
• Self-assessment and Personal Marketing
• Effective Group Working
• Preparing for Group Presentations
• Organising Writing Projects Dissertations
• Networking
• Group Projects Conference Sustainable
  Engineering Students present to industrial
  clients

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Industry Links Employability

• There are four good reasons for getting
  involved with student projects
• 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 ORourke

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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

• Laing ORourke
• 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

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Industry Links Employability

• Industrial placements - enabling students to gain
  experience in the workplace.
• Site visits, industrial lectures and involvement
  in project/dissertation supervision.
• Industrial advisory board for each department.
• Industrial advisory board for individual MScs.
• Sponsored Professors (Rolls Royce, Texas
  Instruments)
• Scholarship Programmes

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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Strathclyde has the highest level of KTP activity
in Scotland currently 22 funded projects.
KTPs enable graduate students to work as a KTP
Associate on a project with a company and the
University. Graduates gain valuable work
experience. Around 75 of Associates are offered
a permanent full-time job by the business on
completion of their project.
Graduate Associate
University
Company
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Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Strathclyde has the highest level of KTP activity
in Scotland currently 22 funded projects.
International Students can take advantage of KTPs
(most are two year projects) immediately after
their Strathclyde Degree. Of the 15 projects
currently already up and running, seven of these
have non-EU Graduates as the Associate
(highlighted in pink).
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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/workingi
ntheuk/tier1/poststudy/applying/initial/
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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
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Networking Recruitment Opportunities

• Research Seminars (Depts and Faculty)
• Engineering Research Presentation Day
• Presentation Skills development
• Networking with industrial guests
• Gala the annual UG networking dinner
• 500 guests, 40 recruiting companies participate

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Strathclyde is in the heart of Glasgow and
Glasgow is the place to be!
Clyde Waterfront Regeneration
                                               
                                                  
                                    
This is Scotlands 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.)
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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.