Real Life Stories
This section profiles some of the great people from around the world who've chosen to move to Scotland. Read about why they chose Scotland and their experiences of living and working here. If you have a story you'd like to share about moving to Scotland please contact us. More information on cultural groups within Scotland can be found at Culture & Commmunities.
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Farid Amalou, Heriot-Watt University
- After working as a professor in Saudi Arabia, Dr Farid Amalou was tempted to back into applied research by an invitation to Scotland to work on a new micro-manufacturing project.
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Maiwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas, Heriot Watt University
- French scientist Maïwenn Kersaudy-Kerhoas came to Scotland as Heriot-Watt University was the only place, at the time, that offered a PhD in her chosen field of micro-engineering.
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Tom Kronberg, Proper Games
- When it comes to games development, German-born Tom Kronberg thinks Dundee is the place to be. Tom worked as a programmer for Denki from 2007 and moved to Proper Games in 2010.
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Kamila Orzeszek, FMC Technologies
- Design Engineer Kamila Orzeszek left her home city of Warsaw, Poland, for a student exchange programme at Strathclyde University in Glasgow in 2004 and never returned! She now works for FMC Technologies in Dunfermline.
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Lindsay Farrell, BioOutsource
- Lindsay Farrell, Sales and Marketing Executive with BioOutsource, has always spoken with a Scottish accent, but it wasn't until she was 18 that she came to live here!
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Obinna Ugboaja, Aker Solutions
- Obinna moved from Nigeria to Scotland to study at Aberdeen University. He then landed a job as a Safety Engineer with Aker Solutions.
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Verna McErlane, Saltire Fellowship
- The Saltire Foundation’s Fellowship Programme is a 12-month programme designed to fast-track the careers of gifted and ambitious business-minded individuals and create an alumni network of Fellows who will help to shape Scotland’s economic future.
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Dr Douglas Houston, University of Edinburgh
- After three years at McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Dr Douglas Houston was tempted back home to Scotland by the ground-breaking research being conducted by the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Edinburgh.
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Jean O'Donoghue, University of Edinburgh
- It was Scotland’s ‘great outdoors’ that persuaded Irishwomen Jean O’Donoghue to choose the country as the place to further her career in life sciences and she’s still enjoying the experience.
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John Pile, Proper Games
- John Pile travelled half way around the world to get to Dundee from Alaska where was working as a systems analyst. He gave up a good job and the security of home to make a new career for himself in Scotland – and has no regrets!
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