The Sector Skills Agreement for the Bioscience sector will be
available in February 2008.
The preparation for the SSA has resulted in the following facts,
of which further information can be obtained from the published
documents below:
- Skills shortages and gaps are higher in the bioscience sector
than in other sectors.
- The number of universities offering bioscience-related subjects
is declining.
- The number of first degrees gained in bioscience-related
subjects has declined over the last six years: by 27% in Biological
Sciences and by 23% in Chemistry.
- Only a small minority of the graduates in these relevant
subjects enter the bioscience industry or go onto higher degrees in
the subject.
- Only 5% of all the higher educational qualifications achieved
in 2006 were in the sciences relevant to the bioscience
sector.
- The take up of Foundations Degrees, HNC/Ds and BTEC National
Certificates is low and there may be opportunities to expand
capacity in this area to increase the number of technicians coming
into the industry by this route.
Stage 1 - Skills Needs
Assessment
Stage 2 - Executive
Summary
Assessment of Current
Provision - Part 1
Assessment of Current
Provision - Part 2
Assessment of Current
Provision - Part 3
Stage 3 - UK Gap
Analysis
England Gap Analysis
Wales
Gap Analysis
Scotland
Gap Analysis
Northern Ireland Gap
Analysis
Pharmaceutical and Bioscience Labour Market
Survey
The Pharmaceutical and Bioscience Labour Market Survey, carried
out in December 2006, collected data from 178 sites in the
sector, employing nearly 27,500 people.
Overall the picture that emerges is of a sector that encompasses
a wide range of companies in a number of distinct sub-sectors, from
large multinational enterprises to micros with fewer than 10
employees. The sector is growing and has a high level of
recruitment activity.
Pharma and Bio Labour Market
Survey
Sector Skills Agreements Highlights Winter 2007
The Highlights brochure features key employers who are leading
the way within their sector networks to demonstrate the
productivity and performance improvements possible through
investment in skills. In addition it outlines the contributions
made by our partners and tracks progress towards achieving our key
aims of:
- optimising employer and public investment in skills
- securing public funding for priorities identified in the
SSA
Download from link below:
Bioscience SSA
Highlights - Winter 2007