work for a professional product designer / university lecturer?

Member since 23 July 2009

richard_evansNew member11 September 2009 14:11:45

Hi everyone,

I have been watching this forum for some time with a great deal of interest, I won't list my background here, its all on my profile, in short, my wife and I are in the UK and we are looking into relocating to MU. My wife has MU nationality and her parents live in Tamarin.

I would love to work in Mauritius as a designer or associated with the University in a lecturing post maybe, the thing is, in all the time I have been watching these forums, there appears to be very little in the way of professional creative industry over there...? is this a fair assumption?

I am trained to an advanced level using Solid Works, the International standard CAD operating software so could transfer my technical design skills to another sector, I keep a close eye on the investment comission and gather that there is a lot of new building development in MU at the moment, do you think there would be opportunity to use my skills in an architectural context maybe...?

So many questions I know! apologies for that, I guess as much as anything, I simply wanted to make contact and hopefully make some friends, learn a little and maybe some useful contacts for when we eventually take the plunge!

Julien, may I say "Merci" for your commitment in setting up this forum, it is a credit to you and all the other ex-pats who post here regularly, very informative and encouraging when looking for information from overseas.

Thanks )

Julien Founder

Member since 11 March 2005

17 years of happy life abroad

JulienFounder13 September 2009 15:05:36

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Welcome on board Richard !

Just came back from a long and sunny week end... it's so good to live in Mauritius

There is work for creative people in Mauritius. Maybe you should consult the yellow pages and contact all the agencies ?

And yes, there is quite a lot of new constructions all around the island...

When do you plan to move ?

richard_evans New member

Member since 23 July 2009

richard_evansNew member14 September 2009 14:14:11

Hey Julien,

Thanks for your reply, good advice although I was hoping there may be other people with similar experience in Mauritius who could offer me some general advice. I know for example that the Embassy in MU has strong links with Brighton University here in the UK and there has been a long-standing arrangement where lecturers from the University visit Mauritius annually to carry our external moderating for under-graduate courses.... I'll have to dig a bit deeper!

We are currently doing some research to see if it would be feasible for us to relocate and manage to sustain a good standard of living, my wife is a Human Resources / recruitment manager for the NHS here in the UK and would be looking for similar work in MU, we are open to any suggestions, we would just like to get a better understanding of the issues involved, like I said in my previous posting, reading the forums is really helpful and we do have family who have MU Nationality so that is useful also.

Thanks again,

Rich