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Career success

Our students have gone on to success in a wide range of careers. Distinguished graduates include: Guardian war correspondent Audrey Gillan; former BBC director and Scottish Cultural Commissioner James Boyle; screenwriter and creator of TV's River City Stephen Greenhorn; Booker prize-winning novelist James Kelman; Booker nominated writer Andrew O'Hagan; MSP and former culture minister Frank McAveety; TV dramatist and playwright Des Dillon; and journalist and critic Mark Brown.

We have a strong track record in helping students to success in teaching, business, public service, marketing and public relations and many other careers. You can find out more about English and careers here  and here and at the university careers service. Find out more about Journalism and Creative Writing and careers here.


Career profiles


Andrew O'Hagan. Strathclyde threw me a line, as I think of it a lifeline.


Alison Byrne. The civil service is an enormously vibrant organisation.