Many pharmacy students from the University of Nottingham attended the BPSA Eastern Area Conference in Leicester on 13th February, travelling on a coach arranged by the school. The conference was a great opportunity for the students to learn more about the about the profession as well as meet students from other schools. Our students took [...]
Numark has announced two new courses in its strategic business programme, one in North West England and one in Northern Ireland. The programme supports and coaches Numark members to develop a robust and effective business plan to help increase their business potential and improve performance. Yvonne Tuckley, Numark’s Learning and Development Manager, said, ‘Independent pharmacists [...]
Third year pharmacy students at Robert Gordon University (RGU) had a chance to test their skills recently when a group of pre-school children paid them a visit to take part of a simulation exercise. Working in teams, students had to interact with a number of young children in order to develop essential skills in responding [...]
The Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE) has launched their leadership school programme for 2016; a four-day residential programme in London, Leeds, Manchester or Bristol. The programme is available to any pharmacist or pharmacy technician with a leadership role who wishes to enhance their current skills and behaviours to increase workplace productivity and improve patient outcomes. [...]
University College London (UCL) has become the first educational institution to partner with Fight the Fakes. Fight the Fakes is a global campaign that gives voice to the people affected by counterfeit medicines and UCL is the first educational institution to become an official partner. Other partners include the World Medical Association (WMA), International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), the British [...]
A team of Robert Gordon University (RGU) scientists are gearing up to host a major health conference in the Middle East later this year. Lecturers from the university's School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences are organising a patient safety conference which will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, Doha, Qatar on 22nd and 23rd April. [...]
The School of Pharmacy at Queen’s University, Belfast has announced that its annual open events for applicants and offer holders will take place on 17th and 23rd March. These events will allow applicants to learn more about the school, and courses, as well as the teaching and research, in order to assist students with making their UCAS [...]
Manchester School of Pharmacy offered third year students a unique opportunity to visit Astra Zeneca’s (AZ) Pharmaceutical Development labs at Macclesfield site, and, for the first time, obtain hands-on practical experience working on scientific challenges. The students were given the option to choose their topic of interest for the experiments beforehand to be able to [...]
