Excellence, achievement, influence and innovation are all features for which Scotland’s education industry is renowned. Scotland is a world leader in post-school education and, with almost 600 years of experience, Scotland’s education sectors can provide you with the world class expertise to take your business to another level.
Scotland’s education industry comprises colleges, universities and other institutions that produce thousands of graduates each year and carry out world-leading research.
What Scotland’s education industry can do for you
Scotland’s education sector can benefit overseas and domestic students looking for a first-rate undergraduate or postgraduate education. Companies looking to source training, research or consultancy expertise and overseas education providers looking for potential partners for joint ventures are other groups Scotland can help.
Scotland’s talented minds have been responsible for many inventions, including:
- Television.
- Telephone.
- Penicillin.
- Radar.
- Antiseptic.
- Anesthetic.
- Keyhole surgery.
- P53 cancer suppressor gene.
- Finger printing.
- Cervical cancer vaccine.
- iPod audio chip
Scotland leads the world in terms of the number of citations and in terms of the number of academic papers published per head of population. Scotland’s education industry can boast extensive expertise in:
- Life sciences.
- Medical research.
- Biotechnology.
- Informatics.
- Energy.
- Nanotechnology.
- Environmental science.
Assistance for Scotland’s education industry
Scotland’s education industry is worth almost £2 billion per annum to the Scottish economy and, directly or indirectly, provides employment for some 85,000 people. Recognising this immense value, the SDI Education Sector Team was established to help increase revenue from international education activity by 50 per cent.
The team will work in partnership with Scottish Enterprise LECs, other SDI sector teams and organisations such as British Council/UKTI and provide support in the following areas:
- Transnational education.
- Consultancy opportunities.
- International commercialisation of R&D.
Want to learn more about Scottish education and the opportunities for your organisation? Scottish universities and colleges provide a first-rate education, carry out world-class research, and significantly enhance the reputation of Scotland’s education industry across the globe.