Think Marketing Edinburgh Discuss PhD Funding Boost For Scottish Life Sciences Sector.
Think Marketing Edinburgh Discuss PhD Funding Boost For Scottish Life Sciences Sector
- (1888PressRelease) February 03, 2012 - Think Marketing Edinburgh discuss the importance of the investment made into the sciences sector. Scotland's life sciences sector has been boosted by a major funding award that will support more than 100 PhD studentships across the country over three years.The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is providing about £10.2m for the scheme.
The cash is part of a £67m UK-wide investment by BBSRC in postgraduate bioscience training and development.The bulk of the funds in Scotland will go to the EastBio partnership.The partnership involves the universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and St Andrews as well as the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance (Sulsa) and the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (Supa). Collectively they will receive a total of £7.2m for 72 studentships. 'This is amazing news for many students in Scotland. This kind of investment will give so many students the opportunity to go further with their education,' continues the MD of Think Marketing Edinburgh
About £3m is also being awarded to a consortium involving the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde, providing 30 studentships.Prof Clare Blackburn, from the University of Edinburgh which is leading the EastBio partnership, said: "This studentship scheme is linked to a much higher level of training for our PhD students. Our program, run across the partnership, will draw on different areas of expertise from each organisation, with new initiatives including video conferencing and web-based delivery techniques in combination with residential courses and professional internships, to provide world-class doctoral training for biosciences students."
She added: "The high proportion of studentships awarded in Scotland reflects the calibre of education and research in the life sciences.We are delighted about this investment and are very excited about the new possibilities for PhD students."
The West of Scotland partnership will focus on research training in crop science, animal health, ageing, bio-energy and other biosciences fields. Prof Philip Winn, head of the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, said: "Today's announcement reflects the City of Glasgow's position as a leader in bioscience, and is another mile stone.
Think Marketing Edinburgh is excited to see what developments are made in the future with this investment into education; 'education is the foundation to success. It is for that reason why we provide the product training to ensure a high standard is kept with our service.'
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