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As a school, we have strong ties with industry, including established pharmaceutical companies and tech start-ups. These relationships give students the opportunity to build contacts, making it easier to find work when they graduate.

Our school also consists of a diverse range of academic staff, ranging from practising pharmacists and medicinal chemists to pharmacologists. They all contribute to the teaching of our Pharmacy students and are keen to share their expertise. We also outreach to schools to inspire the next generation of pharmacists.

Outreach

Here are details of some of the activities that the School of Pharmacy undertake to inspire budding scientists.

Inspiring talks

Our academics in the School of Pharmacy offer a range of inspiring talks that can be delivered at secondary schools. We are happy to deliver to a wide range of year groups, but these talks are aimed at Years 10-12.

  • - Nearly a million people in the UK today are living with dementia. In this lecture, Dr Mark Dallas outlines some of the challenges in finding treatments for brain diseases, and explored the potential of glial cells in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.
  • - If only we could predict the future! Scientists are often asked to predict what will happen to improve healthcare. In this taster session, Dr Al Edwards explores how understanding science can help us inform how our body reacts to medicines.
  •  - Antimicrobial resistance happens when microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites) change when they are exposed to antimicrobial drugs (such as antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals, antimalarials, and anthelmintics). Dr Angela Bithell explains how as a result, medicines become ineffective and infections persist in the body, increasing the risk of spread to others.

More information and book a pharmacy talk

Taster days

Would you like to find out more about studying Pharmacy? Our Taster Days offer the opportunity to find out what studying Pharmacy is really like. Further information will be posted here as details are confirmed.

More information

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Out and about

Our staff and students are always keen to inform the public about their research and engage with them through science festivals. For example, we helped to bring the internationally acclaimed to ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø for the first time in 2018.