Bioscience Skills and Careers Strategy Panel

A high-level advisory group responsible for developing and maintaining BBSRC's policies to support the supply of trained people in the biosciences relevant to its user communities.

The Panel will:

Advise BBSRC on policies which will strengthen the supply of highly skilled people in research and research-related careers, considering, in particular, the skills needs of the academic, industrial and other user communities (including elsewhere in the public sector)
Seek information from the community, broader partners (e.g. charities), other Research Councils, other Strategy Panels and Committees on current and emerging skills needs, and advise BBSRC on any issues regarding the capacity or capability of the research base to meet identified skills needs
Advise BBSRC on policies for the targeted support of training awards to meet future skills needs or to address vulnerabilities in the supply of people with specific skills
Identify opportunities for BBSRC intervention in the skills pipeline at any level (e.g. school, undergraduate curriculum, postgraduate training, career development for early-career researchers, etc.)
Report annually to Strategy Advisory Board

It meets twice a year:

January to March
July to September

Invited speakers or representatives from other organisations may also attend as required. Members may also attend BBSRC conferences such as the biennial fellows conference.

Members

We aim to have 11 members (including the Chair):

Chair (1)
Chair and Shadow Chair of the Training Awards Committee or their nominee (2)
Representatives of other BBSRC Strategy Panels (4)
Representatives from industry with expertise in sector skills needs (2)
Representative from the BBSRC Institute Board (1)
Representative from the HEA Centre for Bioscience (1) - currently vacant

Professor O Leyser CBE FRS (Chair) - The University of Cambridge
Professor D Boxer (Deputy Chair) - Institute of Food Research
Professor R Bardgett - Lancaster University
Professor R Beynon - University of Liverpool
Professor H Byrne - University of Nottingham
Dr M Collis - Independent
Professor R Edwards - The Food Environment Research Agency
Dr E Reynolds - General Bioinformatics
Professor I Roberts - The University of Manchester
Mrs J Wilbraham - AstraZeneca
Vacancy