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Growing the Bioeconomy: Skills Action Plan for Life Sciences in the UK

The Skills Action Plan aims to enhance the UK's life sciences workforce by bridging the gap between education and industry needs. With a focus on biotechnology's potential to transform traditional industries, this initiative addresses urgent skills gaps and aims for a well-educated, flexible workforce. Through collaboration between educators and employers, the plan promotes vocational pathways and the development of essential skills in pharmaceuticals, medical biotechnology, and industrial biotechnology. The ultimate goal is to contribute to a sustainable bioeconomy that drives economic growth and health benefits.

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Growing the Bioeconomy: Skills Action Plan for Life Sciences in the UK

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  1. Life Sciences SSBSkills Action Plan Brian P Murphy Director, Research and HE

  2. Content Origin Scope Many Voices The Plan for Growth Focus One Voice Skills Action Plan Next Steps

  3. Scope With the ability to genetically control and amend natural systems to produce materials, there are immense implications for the penetration of biotechnology across traditional industries whose products are essentially molecular– pharmaceuticals or chemicals, for example. In the future these industries will increasinglybecome life science industries whose products are essentially bio-molecular,and they will contribute to a growing bioeconomy in the UK; a bioeconomy that promises energy sufficiency, environmental sustainability, health benefits, and long-term economic growth.

  4. Scope - the Bioeconomy

  5. Many Voices!

  6. Ambition 4 A more educated workforce that is the most flexible in Europe 1.65 ‘…In the life sciences sector, the Government will work to improve market signalling by bringing companies and educators together, through Cogent, the Sector Skills Council, to ensure that educators provide the skilled individuals the sector needs to grow.’ 2.205 ‘This action will form part of a package of measures Cogent will present to Government, by spring 2011, to ensure biology training at all levels meets employer needs.’

  7. Focus – 1 Where change is driven • Mulitnationals and SMEs • 73,000 employed • £20 billion • 4th largest exporter within Europe • £190,000 in GVA per employee Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology Structural change Growth in specialist services Growth in SMEs

  8. Focus – 2 Where evidence drives • Infrastructure • Strategically important specialist subjects • Vocational HE • Industrial Biotechnology • Future Skills • Supply • Graduate Skills • Work Experience • Careers • Demand • Technicians • Leadership and Management • SMEs • ACTION 2 • ACTION 3 • ACTION 6 • ACTION 8 • ACTION 1 • ACTION 7 • ACTION 4 • ACTION 5 • ACTION 6 • ACTION 6

  9. One Voice – a Skills Action Plan Life Sci Skills Strategy Board Life Sci Advisory Council Skills Action Plan Immediate action: • resolve actions on skills signals across employers and universities     • seeknew ways to address urgent skills gaps • deliver exemplar vocational pathways to higher education • articulate a clear vision of careers for the sector. Medium term: • better utilisation of pathways to professional status • embedding leadership and management • brokering laboratory placements • future skills demands of the bioeconomy in general.

  10. How – Next steps • Priorities • Resources • Leadership • Partnerships • Action

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