Angus Travel & Tourism Conference
The first Angus Travel & Tourism Conference (Monday 23rd October) was a great success. Organised by Developing the Young Workforce Dundee & Angus, supported by Business Angus and held at Carnoustie Golf Hotel. Almost 100 pupils from five Angus secondary schools (Arbroath Academy, Arbroath High, Forfar Academy, Monifieth High and Websters) attended along with representatives from 19 local and national tourism businesses and organisations.Read more
Design Process Experience
James Buchan and Rick Messitt, co-founders of Zudu, spent the morning working with 4th year Graphic Communication students at St John’s.Read more
Grove Baristas
This past weekend saw many people around the world hosting events to celebrate International Coffee Day (1st October). It is apt then that our first Barista School graduates from Grove Academy had their first experience of professional work on Friday. Read more
Careers in Care
Careers in Care – working together to meet industry needs
The DYW D&A team, along with Dundee University’s School of Nursing and Health Sciences led a two day event at Webster’s High School in Kirriemuir this September. Read more
Shared Apprenticeship Programme hits Dundee!
The Shared Apprenticeship Programme (SAP) has recently expanded from Angus into Dundee. The DYW D&A team are big fans and supporters of SAP and we are delighted that more young people and employers will now benefit from this successful programme.Read more
International Women in Engineering Day
Melissa from the team had a fantastic opportunity to speak to Karen Webster, HR Manager Tokheim UK Ltd, asking a few questions on what it's like to be a female in the engineering sector and also getting some tips for women considering a career in the sector. Read more
Social Media Marketing Project
Rachel was blown away this m 
orning by the work of St Johns Nat 5 Administration students and Greenhillock Glamping staff. A brilliant example of Developing the Young Workforce activity; students Aimee Adams, Casey Sloane and Anna McMahon delivered training to Kate and Beth of Greenhillock so that they can use social media as an effective marketing tool. The students get the invaluable experiences of engaging with a real local business, of working to a brief, of researching, of presenting and of exploring social media as a marketing tool. Greenhillock Glamping gain CPD for their staff and a new marketing opportunity as well as getting to engage with and give back to their community.Read more
The Tayberry Restaurant and Yolanda Partnership
This month has seen a brilliant partnership between the Tayberry Restaurant in Broughty Ferry and Yolanda who is a S3/4 student at Carnoustie High School in Angus.Read more
Ferry Plumbing
For Shaun Bisset, owner of Ferry Plumbing & Heating Ltd in Dundee, taking on an apprentice was something that he always wanted to do. However as a sole trader it can be challenging to find the right young person to bring into your company.
Instead of the traditional advert in the paper, or online advertising, Shaun decided to take a different approach to his recruitment of a young apprentice, which involved working closely with DYW Dundee and Angus and Dundee & Angus College.
Invest in Me
The DYW team were asked by the Dundee schools skills & enterprise group to deliver a project that would support winter leavers, focusing on the skills and approaches needed to apply for and get a job. The Bank of Scotland partnered with the DYW team to deliver a two stage series of workshops to achieve this.Read more