The University of Leicester are reaching out to UK Medtech, Healthtech and Biotech sector companies to better understand your training and skills needs.

Here at University of Leicester, School of Engineering, we are developing exciting new IET/IPEM accredited degree courses in Biomedical Engineering (undergraduate and postgraduate) with modules ranging from biomedical materials through to prosthetics, regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, biological imaging, digital healthcare, machine learning and AI.

As you know there are large skills shortages in this sector and we are keen to understand what skills and domain specific knowledge you value most in new technology/science related staff entering your organisation.

We will also be looking for partners for degree placements, potential research projects, degree apprenticeships partners and avenues for graduate careers.

Please complete our questionnaire (approx. 10 mins, based on Google Forms but you should not need to sign in or have a Google account):

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScQfxBw-fsN8spkKYH5JnwrmJ6jP-lCqGi3iFGuppJin19ToQ/viewform

Why Leicester?

  • One of the largest NHS trusts in the country. University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust,
  • University of Leicester has a large established medical school with wide clinical expertise,
  • School of Engineering has a long history in biomedical engineering research  – potential to cover the breadth of materials and surfaces, control, ML, signal processing, computational modelling, cell engineering,
  • Our mission statement on inclusion and ‘school of choice’ biomedical engineering.

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