![]() Recognised career pathways are being created to support employees to identify career opportunities across the business. GAs in particular are an integral part of an ambitious overarching employee development strategy. As a result, there has been increased interest in, and participation on, subsequent GA programmes”.Īlongside considerable financial investment in the physical site infrastructure, Terumo Aortic has also made a significant commitment to the development of its workforce. Their successful achievement of a degree also demonstrates a high level of academic proficiency and positions them as role models for their fellow Associates and peers within the business. The Associates are now better prepared for approaching problem solving activities, identifying improvements and voicing their opinion as process subject matter experts within various forums and projects. This increased confidence has in turn led them to take on more complex tasks and additional responsibility within their own teams. Thanks to successfully completing the University’s BEng Engineering Design & Manufacture GA in 2021, the first intake of three engineering Associates have enhanced their engineering knowledge and further developed their engineering competencies through a combination of academic and Work Based Learning.Ĭolin Maciver, Head of Engineering, said: “Completion of the GA programme has provided them with a great deal of confidence in their own abilities and, as a result, they have become more competent engineers. Three Associates have already graduated and a further 11 are currently completing a GA programme. Working in partnership with University of the West of Scotland (UWS) Terumo Aortic has introduced two UWS GA programmes (Engineering Design & Manufacture and Business Management) in engineering and business support roles. Terumo Aortic, which develops and manufactures solutions for aortic and peripheral vascular disease, employs 850 staff at is Inchinnan site and exports to more than 100 countries. ![]() Mr MacIver is also lead clinician of the Scottish facial transplant team.UWS Graduate Apprenticeships (GAs) are enabling Terumo Aortic, a global medical device company, to create a pipeline of talent from new entrants to future leaders. He specialises in head and neck cancer and reconstructive surgery. He is lead clinician at the West of Scotland regional Maxillofacial unit and honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Mr Maciver completed a post CCT fellowship in Advanced micro vascular surgery and facial transplant at the Henri Mondor Hospital in Paris. He completed his specialist Maxillofacial Surgery training in the West of Scotland. His general surgical training was carried out in Manchester and the West of Scotland. During this time he served in Germany, Kosovo and Afghanistan as well as the UK. He joined the Royal Army Medical Corps on graduation from Dental School and remained a member of the RAMC until retiring from the military three years ago. He qualified in Dentistry from Dundee and Medicine from Manchester. Mr MacIver is a consultant Maxillofacial / Head & Neck Surgeon based at the regional Maxillofacial Unit, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow.
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