Training Events & News
Find out about the latest news and forthcoming training and outreach events arising from the RESLIENCE programme. See the separate News and Events pages for full listings.
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Make you voice heard - RESILIENCE 'Voice of the Industry' online event
Join us on 24th September for an online workshop where you'll have the chance to hear from senior figures in RESILIENCE, as they share insights into how the Centre aims to coordinate, develop, and deliver training courses for the UK medicines manufacturing community. In an interactive session we'll collectively envision the workforce roadmap toward a fully digital and automated industry, as an example of how RESILIENCE can tackle future needs of the industry.
09 Sep 24
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Using immersive Virtual Reality for Teaching – Yes please!
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.
06 Sep 24
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Free training with immersive VR? Too good to be true? Guess again!
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...
31 Jul 24
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Medicines Manufacturing careers outreach week
‘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.
23 Jul 24
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Sixth-form student gains experience in real and virtual university research labs
Thanks to RESILIENCE outreach activity Sixth form student Eliza Thornton from Stokesley Sixth Form College, North Yorkshire, recently spent a week within 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.
18 Jul 24
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Principles of Fermentation Processes
Focusing on how to specify the process and the fundamentals for characterisation, this module will strengthen your knowledge of fermentation processes and through a series of lectures and case studies.
30 Sep 24
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Rapid Fermentation Process Design
This module focuses on the design and specification of bioreactors and the application of microscale techniques for rapid fermentation process development and scale-up.
14 Oct 24
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Design of Experiments for Bioprocess Optimisation
Learn how experimental design techniques can be used to rapidly understand and optimise bioprocess performance.
04 Nov 24
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Certificate of Upstream Bioprocessing
The course is aimed at early career professionals and anyone who wants to develop an understanding of upstream biomanufacturing techniques and processes.This 3-day course consists of six lectures, enhanced with practical demonstrations using bench-scale, pilot-scale, and single-use bioreactors. In particular, attendees will gain hands-on fermentation experience using a 30L-scale, stainless steel, stirred tank bioreactor.
19 Nov 24
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Practical Skills for Upstream Bioprocessing
Kick-start your professional development with hands-on practical sessions and guest speaker slots from expert industry speakers from ChemoMetec, Cytiva and Nova Biomedical.
10 Dec 24
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