Skills & Training
Skills and training development is key to successful clusters
and Bionow's portfolio of projects includes many with high
level training delivery components eg NIBHI, Nowgen, NBC,
Integrative Mammalian Biology and LSTM
Learning and Skills Council (LSC) North West
The LSC is an English national body responsible for planning and
funding high quality vocational education and training for
everyone. The Northwest region consists of five LSC areas: Cheshire
& Warrington, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Greater Merseyside
and Lancashire.
SEMTA
SEMTA is the Sector Skills Development Agency which
covers Bioscience and is responsible for the National Sector Skills
Agreement (SSA) for Bioscience and other sectors.
Partnership for Learning
Partnership for Learning in Speke. This facility
was set up by a partnership of major companies such as
GlaxoSmithKline, Chiron (now Novartis) and Eli Lilly to deliver
specific industry training in areas such as GMP and supply chain
management. PFL has already devliered a programme of NVQ training
to more than 500 biopharm employees.
