Goudie to be university ambassador

Business Editor, Sunday Herald

Sunday 24 July 2011

Scotland's top economic adviser Andrew Goudie, who retires from the Scottish Government at the end of this month, is to join the University of Strathclyde with a brief to promote it's international profile.

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by Colin Donald

Dr Goudie, 56, will join the Glasgow seat of learning’s School of Government and Public Policy in a non-teaching role, where he will “contribute to debate around the Scottish economy and policy” as well as advising Strathclyde Principal Dr Jim McDonald and his team on the university’s ambitious internationalisation strategy.

Goudie has held senior posts in the Scottish Government since devolution in 1999, serving as director-general for the economy and chief economic adviser to both Labour/LibDem and SNP-led administrations.Goudie told the Sunday Herald: “I’ve worked with various parts of Strathclyde University for 20 years, and particularly in the technology and innovation spheres where the university has been at the heart of the Government’s economic development strategy. “My work on economic policy has underlined the critical role that universities have in general, and Strathclyde in particular with its clear focus on technology and innovation – areas of great importance to the Scottish economy.“Several bits of my career have been spent in the US, Africa and Europe and it’s that [experience], as an international civil servant who has worked closely with private-sector business as well as the public sector, that Jim McDonald wanted to use when he heard I was looking for something to do.“My goal is to make this a very substantive post. I’m not going to be an ambassador in a vague sense, but to look at hard policies and hard strategies around specific projects that can be used to drive forward Strathclyde’s international reputation.”McDonald said: “Andrew’s work has had a tremendous impact in Scotland and across the globe, and he has long been a key player in the development of our economy. We are delighted that he is joining the university, where he will inspire the academic leaders of tomorrow and inform our research and knowledge exchange programmes. “Strathclyde strives to make an impact on the world around it through pioneering research, teaching and knowledge exchange. Dr Goudie’s experience will make him an excellent ambassador.” Goudie, who was awarded an honorary doctorate by Strathclyde in 2003, has previously taught at Cambridge University and served as an economist at the World Bank, the OECD and the UK Government’s Department for International Development.

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