Project Search Buddies

Lynn Stewart, Paul McCuklin, Gail Henry, Vivienne Watson, Lorna McDonald, Jess Cherry, Yvonne Clark, Helen Anderson, Roslyn MacDonald, Catriona Murray, Gillian Neeson, Lorna Liddell, Michael Hughes, Theresa Moore, Danny Kitching, James MacDonald, John McKernan, Philp Fitzgerald, David Swainson, David Gray, Colin Reilly, Audey Quinn, Alistair Gilmour, Karen Penglase, Lynsey Shaw

Nominated by Sean McAllister and Jo Loudon.

Project Buddies is an innovative and ambitious project hosted by the University, in collaboration with Glasgow City Council, the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability and the City of Glasgow College.

Project SEARCH started at the University in August 2014 and supports 11 interns who have worked in real jobs in Humanities & Social Sciences and Pure & Applied Chemistry in a variety of administration roles and Estates Services in a number of operational roles.

Interns are partnered up with a workplace ‘buddy’ within each role who has responsibility for training and supporting the intern.

This effort often goes above and beyond the call of duty demonstrating their desire to make a real difference to the lives of the interns and their families which truly reflects the people-orientation value that is synonymous with the University.

Buddies, in additional to undertaking their normal regular duties, train and support the interns on a daily basis providing them with continuity and real-time feedback and support.