Outreach Blog

Over 200 pupils from 11 Renfrewshire secondary schools explored exciting educational pathways and career opportunities in Scotland's Life & Chemical Sciences and Advanced Manufacturing sectors during the recent Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) Employability Day.

Over fifty undergraduate and postgraduate students from all over Scotland attended a careers fair in Glasgow last week. Students were "absolutely blown away" by the RESILIENCE programs and future plans. RESILIENCE Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University Laura Porcza explains more...

‘A’ level students from across 3 schools have just completed an intensive 3-day lab placement at the UCL Department of Biochemical Engineering under the wing of RESILIENCE Outreach lead Dr Bernice Wright. The students enjoyed learning about mammalian cell culture and key analytics for evaluating cell phenotype, viability, and cellular products.

Thanks to RESILIENCE outreach activity a sixth form student from North Yorkshire recently spent a week in the research group of Prof Muhammad Safwan Akram at Teesside University learning all about the aseptic techniques required for working to good laboratory practice in both the virtual and the real world.

A group of students from the USA had the chance to experience a virtual introduction to the interior of a cell and visualise potential careers in medicines manufacturing during a recent visit to Heriot-Watt University.