UK bioscience: training the next generation

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The Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, announced 25 January 2012 £67M of new investment in postgraduate training and development in the biosciences.

The investment, from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), includes support for 14 Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) across the UK as well as a number of industrial CASE (iCASE) studentship awards.

Over the next three years, the DTPs will support 660 four-year PhD students; in addition the iCASE studentships will support 70 postgraduates from this Autumn. Both programmes will provide highly skilled scientists for academia, policy and industry and support the BBSRC mission to further scientific knowledge for economic growth, wealth and job creation - improving the quality of life in the UK and beyond.

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