Abstract

The optoelectronics industry is of increasing importance to the Scottish economy, with annual sales of $1 billion and it is planned to grow this to $8.8 billion by 2010. The industry already employs around 5,000 people and, in the last year, 800 new jobs were created, including a high percentage filled by graduates and PhDs. One of the major challenges is to provide staff training at all levels: technicians, graduates and postgraduates. A variety of organisations - industry, government, university and professional societies - are working together to meet his challenge.

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