Skills & Talent

As a regional employment centre, Dundee draws employees from a wide catchment area of Perthshire, Angus and North East Fife. Dundee City's population of 142,470 is supplemented by over 300,000 economically active, highly skilled residents within a 30 minute drive time and almost 630,000 people within a 60 minute catchment drive time, providing a reservoir of skilled staff. The city was nominated for the 2nd year in 2008 as one of the world's top intelligent communities by an independent think tank.

The city has one of the highest student ratios in Scotland with graduate output from two key Scottish universities and Dundee College all based within the city with high attainment in engineering and renewable related fields.

Dundee has a significant manufacturing base with several key companies employing highly skilled staff including WL Gore, TRAK Europe, Day International, Axis-Shield, Michelin and Axeon.

University of Dundee

Division of Electronic Engineering and Physics at the University of Dundee is entering into a new and exciting phase of growth, with eminent staff appointments in cutting edge technology sectors such as; renewable energy, nanotechnology, bio-medical physics, optical manipulation and photonics.
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/elecengphysics

The Scottish Internship Graduate Certificate at the University of Dundee

Are you an employer looking for a graduate to help with a company project that you haven't had the time/resources to complete?

Are you a graduate looking to gain more work experience AND an extra qualification?

If so, the Scottish Internship Graduate Certificate at the University of Dundee may be for you. This unique 8 month course combines a six month placement with career planning modules. It is open to graduates of any subject discipline so if you would like to offer a 6 month full-time internship to one of our graduates or indeed enrol on the course yourself, we would like to hear from you.

See www.dundee.ac.uk/careers/SIGC.html for more information or contact the Careers Service on 01382 386965.

University of Abertay Dundee

ACE Eco-Partnerships, is a 3 year project offering free comprehensive assistance to eligible small medium sized enterprises.
http://eco-partnerships.abertay.ac.uk

Dundee College Renewable Initiatives and Training

Dundee College is leading the way providing innovative training and demonstration in micro-renewable technology in collaboration with some of the leading companies and manufactures of this technology.
http://www.dundeecoll.ac.uk