This website is a joint collaboration between the School of Engineering Placement Team and the Careers Service.

Katherine Cameron
Industry Engagement Manager
K.Cameron@ed.ac.uk

Katherine has a PhD in Electronics from the University of Edinburgh and has been working for the School of Engineering since 2005, first as a researcher and then taking up the running of placement programmes in 2014. As Industry Engagement Manager, she manages placement programmes and also has a wider remit of embedding employability into the curriculum. She works closely with the placement course organisers, the Careers Service, and Director of Industrial Engagement Stephen Finney.

Elsie Dent
Placement Advisor
Elsie.Dent@ed.ac.uk

Elsie has a Masters by Research in Contemporary Work and Business History from Sorbonne University. After having worked as a Research Consultant in Industry and later for the Careers and Engagement Department of Sorbonne University, Elsie recently joined the School of Engineering in October 2019 as Placement and Summer School Administrator.  She works closely with Katherine to liaise with companies and students and support the administrative processes involved in placements.

Matt Vickers
Careers Consultant, Engineering and Mathematics
Matthew.Vickers@ed.ac.uk

Matt is the Careers Consultant for the School of Engineering and the School of Maths. After a degree in geography from Aberystwyth, Matt taught English in Eastern Europe for 18 months before returning to the UK. Working for the Careers Service of Bangor University as a projects officer led to a move to Edinburgh where Matt was a Careers Information Officer for eight years before moving into consultant work in 2006.