Design skills and expertise are now being deployed to help grow the Scottish economy, in large part thanks to Dundee University's Design in Action programme. Veronica Simpson leans in

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'I'm a sheep farmer. I didn't know anything about design,' says Julie, a self-confessed 'wool geek'. But she does now, thanks to Dundee University's Design in Action, a knowledge exchange programme, which aims to place the networks, creativity and know-how of the university and its highly regarded art school -Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) - as well as other Scottish higher education establishments, in the service of local start-ups and wannabe entrepreneurs.