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An introduction to...

Dr Ed Pope

“Wales must move towards a more R&D intensive & knowledge- based economy”

“Economic Renewal: A new direction” Welsh Assembly Government July 2010

APT aims to address the specific needs of Welsh industry by:

• Increasing practical skills in the Welsh Bioscience labour

market

• Improving the attractiveness of Wales to business

Where has the APT project come from?

Free training to Welsh companies

• Work-Based learning (~ £3 million) funded

by the European Social Fund until the end

• f 2013
• Swansea University-accredited courses

designed to meet the needs of individuals and businesses in the Welsh Bioscience sector

• Fully subsidised for eligible companies &

individuals within the Convergence Region

• f Wales

Yes, it’s free

• The company’s contribution is the employee time to attend the

course(s)

• There is a substantial online portion to the courses to minimise

staff time spent away from place of work

• The participant must live or work within the Convergence Region of

Wales

• The practical element of the courses is central
• All courses are accredited by Swansea University

Two main strands

• 1. Laboratory-based courses

• 2. Ecology-based courses

Work-based learning with APT Bioscience

Dr Dan Eastwood

Lead Tutor

Flexible, work-based learning

3 ways to learn:

• 1. Select a stand-alone module
• 2. Choose a suite of complementary modules
• 3. Pick a specialist package of modules

HEFCW level 4 (entry) and 7 (postgraduate) modules

• Most courses are 10 credits (some supplementary modules are 5 credits)
• Individuals to gain up to 60 credits through work-based learning

Laboratory Ecology

Practical, Theoretical & Blended Learning

Level 4 (Entry)

Laboratory skills – will run again soon!

Also: Experimental design, Dealing with data, Scientific report writing

Essential light microscopy – 31st Jan & 1st Feb Practical microbiology – 22nd & 29th Feb, 7th March Biochemical separation techniques – 3rd, 9th & 10th Feb Experimental biochemistry – 2nd, 8th & 9th March

Level 7 (Postgraduate)

Bioinformatics modules: Techniques in Molecular Biology Biochemical structural characterisation & elucidation

• Introduction to computational biology
• Statistical methods for bioinformatics & computational biology
• Algorithms for bioinformatics and computational biology

Drug / device development

• Returning participants
• 100% recommendation

Very well run by some great professionals. Very informative with great fieldwork, call them as soon as possible....

• V. Yadh, Affordable Science

Really thorough training and such friendly, knowledgeable tutors

• A. Rees, Gwent Wildlife Trust

The course content was informative and very

• educational. I will have no problem in promoting

this course to other interested professionals. Thanks everyone.

• C. Holmes, National Botanic Gardens of Wales

Feedback

http://APTbioscience.swansea.ac.uk

Kate Parkinson Dan Eastwood Liz Bond

The APT Team here today

Ed Pope Neil Price Gabriela Juma Room 127 Wallace Building. Tel: (01792) 295379