Nexxus Scotland

Training Course Providers

Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses

The West of Scotland has a strong reputation for training life science graduates. The West of Scotland area produces 38% of all Scottish life science related first degrees, 3500 life science & related graduates per annum. For information on undergraduate and postgraduate courses, please visit the websites of our Universities.

• University of Glasgow
• Glasgow Caledonian University
• Strathclyde University
• University of the West of Scotland

Technical Training

The Scottish Colleges Biotechnology Consortium (SCBC) offers a wide range of biotechnology training for industry technicians and managers. We work closely with industrial partners to design short courses and training programmes tailored towards the needs of our clients. Delivery of training is flexible and in accordance with the needs of our customers.

Product Portfolio:

• Short tailored workshops/seminars (practical and theory)
• Bioprocessing: modular workbased training programmes
• Graduate/School leaver training initiatives e.g. PREBIO
• Conversion training
• Biotechnology awareness training (for non-scientific staff)
• Online training: SCBC has a number of online training courses which can be accessed through this web site

With access to European funding, SCBC is able to subsidise the development and delivery of all training programmes for biotechnology companies.

The Scottish Colleges Biotechnology Consortium (SCBC) comprises of Adam Smith College, Bell College, Dundee College, Forth Valley College of Further and Higher Education and James Watt College of Further and Higher Education. All five members have state-of the-art biotechnology training centres.

Other Training Suppliers

There are a large number of suppliers of training to the life science industry based within the West of Scotland. This page will be developed over time to include all training opportunities available.