Go global, young Scots are urged
The World Scots initiative was launched at the official opening of British Council Scotland’s new offices in Edinburgh’s Waverley Gate.
It aims to encourage more young people in Scotland to adopt a global outlook when it comes to their employment prospects and careers. Recent research showed 75 per cent of business chiefs were worried that young people’s horizons were not broad enough to operate in the globalised economy.
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