Industry and Students come together at Bionow Online Life Sciences Careers Fair
Published on 25/03/2021
This spring, Bionow hosted a second Online Life Sciences Careers Fair. The two-day event on the 17th and 18th March was the latest in a long line of innovative initiatives by Bionow helping the sector through the Covid-19 pandemic. A similar event held in the Autumn of 2020 was so successful that it was decided to run it again in the spring of 2021 to help students as they continue to look beyond their exams at future career prospects.Bionow brought together Member university students and industry to introduce tomorrow’s scientists to today’s companies despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is vital that universities and their students continue to engage with the sector, and equally important that the business community remains engaged with future talent and skills, so Bionow opened the event for all Members to participate on a free delegate pass.
To help students navigate the sector, companies were organised into sub sector groups such as Pharma Manufacturing, Fully Integrated Drug Development, Analytical Sciences, Diagnostics, Technical Services, Medical Technologies, Drug Discovery and Drug Development and Professional Support Services. Bionow member companies were then invited to take part at the Careers Fair.
The event was a mixture of presentations and panel discussions enabling engaging interaction between the 40 or so companies presenting and the students. Presenters and panellists shared their own professional journeys and spoke about opportunities in their respective organisations and the sector thus illustrating the myriad of career paths the life sciences sector provides and what is possible. In total there were nearly 800 delegates registered for the two-day event, all of whom can continue to access the recorded presentations and resources made available within the event delegate area. Many students have since said the event was invaluable to them and feedback has been excellent as per some of the comments below:
“Great opportunities for careers heard at the Bionow online careers fair, even if you’re not looking for work right now - keeping up to date in the world of science is vital, get yourselves along to the next one!” Teesside university student
And from a company perspective:
“…thanks as always for the opportunity to join you today. What wonderful panel members. Lots of super advice…”
“A great event to help students see the breadth of life sciences industry. It was wonderful to be able to share my experiences and insights with the influencers of the future. Pertinent questions and hope that my small contribution will help someone to explore new frontiers with confidence”
“Great to be involved in shaping the next generation's career planning!”
It was great to have the support of so many companies from across the Bionow community to help with this event, and special thanks goes out to the showcase companies, who you learn more about here:
