A record number of students have been welcomed to the Saltire Foundation's 2013 Undergraduate Internship Programme this year and 22 are from Strathclyde University.
Of the 22, 13 are business school students have been successful in earning placements on this year's programme. They will be working with leading companies such as Barclays, Edrington Group, GE Oil and Gas, Jabil Circuit and Wood Group and will be undertaking their internships across the USA as well as in the UK.
The Saltire Foundation, an independent charitable organisation, was established to help create a more dynamic, vibrant Scottish economy. Its undergraduate internships programmes gives students with huge potential and ambition – but who may not otherwise have access to such opportunities – the chance to experience the working environment of highly successful firms or high growth entrepreneurial companies at home and abroad.
The record-beating 2013 programme will help students realise their potential through challenging work experience, an increasing knowledge of the commercial world, gaining a global perspective and enjoying superb networking opportunities.
Internships are sourced in a variety of fields such as engineering, science, marketing, management, finance, arts management, video production, law, business development, tourism and hospitality and international relations.
Strathclyde students were supported throughout their application process by the university careers department, who were also instrumental in sharing information about opportunities with the Saltire Foundation with eligible students throughout the university.
CEO of Saltire Foundation, Sandy Kennedy, said, "Scotland has always sent people out into the world to seek opportunities and this wonderful 2013 intake for our Undergraduate Programme is following in a long and proud tradition.
"They have been selected from among the most able, talented and ambitious young people that Scotland has to offer and I am sure that they will do their country and themselves proud as they set out into the international arena, learning new skills and gaining first-class business experience that they can bring back to Scotland."
The successful SBS students are: