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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Latest News

National Apprenticeship Week: Alexandra's Story
Alexandra Allen is a Level 6 Scientist Degree Apprentice inBioscience at eXmoor Pharma, work across various departments within process development at a full service cell & gene therapy CDMO.
14 Feb 25
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National Apprenticeship Week: North Hertfordshire College
North Hertfordshire College is truly setting the standard for future talent development teaching students within industry designed cleanrooms, using industry standard equipment and with recognised specialist teaching pioneer in immersive learning at their innovative SITEC facilities.
13 Feb 25
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National Apprenticeship Week: Lauren's Story
Lauren Beasley may only be in the early stages of her post as Apprentice - Associate Scientist at Pharmaron Biologics in Liverpool, she is already making a big impression.
12 Feb 25
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National Apprenticeship Week: James's Story
James Collier's Level 6 Scientist Degree Apprenticeship (Bioscience) at eXmoor Pharma, has afforded him the opportunity to lead a study, work with various cell lines and types, and gain experience in different areas of a full service Cell & Gene Therapy CDMO.
12 Feb 25
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National Apprenticeship Week: Cameron's Story
Cameron Thompson is pursuing a Level 6 Scientist Degree Apprenticeship (Bioscience) whilst working at eXmoor Pharma, a Bristol-based full service Cell & Gene Therapy contract development and manufacturing organisation.
11 Feb 25
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Cleanrooms and GMP behaviours
In medicines manufacturing, maintaining strict cleanroom behaviours is absolutely critical to ensure patient safety. Cleanroom and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) behaviours are essential for safeguarding product quality, ensuring efficacy, and meeting regulatory compliance standards. During this two-day, in-person course you will develop an understanding of GMP cleanrooms at different scales, environmental monitoring, contamination control strategies, and health and safety in GMP facilities.
26 Feb 25
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Downstream Processing: Primary Recovery
Learn how to select the best recovery options for your bioprocess by understanding the principles of all the major recovery operations: centrifugation, membrane systems, filtration, cell disruption, precipitation, flocculation. A four-day MBI module from UCL.
04 Mar 25
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Microbial Fermentation
Learn the safe set-up and operation of microbial bioreactors and the underlying techniques of aseptic lab work. This hands-on course is designed to provide delegates with a practical understanding and operation of lab-scale microbial bioreactors.
18 Mar 25
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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.
25 Mar 25
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Quality by Design for Effective Bioprocess Characterisation and Validation
Get expert guidance on choosing on how best to integrate QbD, DoE and PAT into lifecycle approach to process characterisation and operation of lab-scale microbial bioreactors. 4-days of training featuring a series of stimulating interactive lectures from experts in the field and teamwork-based activities.
31 Mar 25
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