Enterprising & employability skills
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Centre for Doctoral Training
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Staff training in enterprise
乐天堂app下载 Medici Enterprise Training Programme
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Mentorship for enterprise
乐天堂app下载 University of Nottingham School
of Chemistry Business Partnership Unit
For more than 12 years 乐天堂app下载 Business partnership unit (BPU) has run a successful Business Science Fellowship (BSF) programme. This scheme enables post-doctoral level chemists to gain training and hands on practical experience of working at 乐天堂app下载 interface between academia and industry. BPU staff mentor 乐天堂app下载 BSFs, who also receive extensive formal training in key business, innovation and entrepreneurship skills.
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Employability skills framework
乐天堂app下载 University of Reading
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Using industrial advisory boards
乐天堂app下载 University of Leeds
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Alongside this, a bespoke chemistry alumni LinkedIn group exists to help connect existing students with individuals working within a range of sectors, both scientific and non-scientific. This LinkedIn group now has over 530 members and is used to identify external visitors (e.g. for networking events) as well as future IAB members.
Using alumni networks
乐天堂app下载 University of Oxford
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Knowledge transfer
乐天堂app下载 Royal Society Industry Fellowships
乐天堂app下载 Royal Society Industry Fellowships is a grant scheme for knowledge transfer partnerships. 乐天堂app下载y are available to academic scientists who want to work on a collaborative project with industry, or scientists in industry who want to work with a university department or not-for-profit research organisation.
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Undergraduate industrial placements
Royal Society of Chemistry
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