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Skills Signals. Life Sciences Advisory Council Meeting 15 February 2012. Skills Signals. Aims are 1. to develop a skills signalling mechanism that meets the needs of the Life Science Community and which encompasses: Graduate and post-graduate provision
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Skills Signals Life Sciences Advisory Council Meeting 15 February 2012
Skills Signals Aims are 1. to develop a skills signalling mechanism that meets the needs of the Life Science Community and which encompasses: • Graduate and post-graduate provision • Technical, scientific and transferable skills that builds on existing work of ABPI, BBSRC, AMS, SoB, Vitae and others 2. to develop a forward vision of skills and capability required for Life Sciences in the UK identifying and agreeing priorities issues; identifying any barriers and proposing ways to address these and formulating a delivery plan Key pieces of work will include: • A map of the current landscape of skills provision • A gap analysis for specialist provision • An outline framework for a signalling mechanism • An online “Window on the World” as a one stop shop for specialist training provision
Signalling Framework – an iterative cycle Forum for discussion LSAC 3 – 4 year cycle Actions Skills report Future skills landscape Current and future gaps Web based platform Recommendations
Career and Training Pathways/ Window on the World