Teachers – you can encourage digitally-minded students to explore biotech careers with new free resources and posters from the #BIGIMPACT and the BioIndustry Association (BIA)!
The BioIndustryAssociation(BIA) is launching #BIGIMPACT, a new campaign encouraging people with digital and data-driven skills to consider a career in the biotech industry. The campaign shines a spotlight on new career pathways that are possible in biotech, for example an AI engineer, bioinformatician or data analyst.
Led by the hashtag #BIGIMPACT, the campaign addresses an urgent need for data, machine learning and AI skills and sets out to attract next-generation digital talent to the industry.
The campaign website features some of the most exciting job opportunities in the sector enabling the bio curious to discover new key roles in some of the most innovative life sciences and biotech companies led by entrepreneurs who are not yet household names.
A need for graduates
In order to strengthen its position now and in the future, the UK’s biotech industry needs to successfully harness data, machine learning and AI. To do so, it is going to require professionals with advanced digital and data-driven skill sets: these specialists are going to help businesses remain at the forefront of a rapidly evolving industry by playing a key role in business operations and decisions.
The BIA is using its position as a trade association to close the industry’s skills gap with a campaign aimed at graduates and professionals seeking a career change.
Opportunities for Big Impact
A new website and a dedicated social media account – with an inspiring look and feel – are the cornerstones of the campaign. The purpose of these channels is twofold: to build awareness and to inform. They shine the spotlight on some of the possible pathways in biotech, for example as an AI engineer, bioinformatician or data analyst. They also highlight some of the reasons for considering a career in biotech with the power to make a big impact being an important focal point.
Building the future
The #BIGIMPACT campaign fulfils two of the BIA’s driving principles: to represent the interests of the UK’s biotech businesses and enable industry connections.
“Some of the most interesting and challenging data work come when wet Labs work alongside computer labs on complex disease problems, and many people in biotech are driven by a personal Desire to make a change to a disease that has afflicted a friend or family member.”
DR KATE BARCLAY,
Skills Strategy Consultant
By connecting recruiters with the software engineers, data architects and other specialists of tomorrow, the BIA is enabling companies to thrive and grow.
The #BIGIMPACT campaign is a drive to unify and consolidate the industry, thus ensuring the UK remains a global leader in biotech and life sciences for the long term.
The #BIGIMPACT campaign launches in May 2023. For more information, visit the #BIGIMPACT campaign website: bigimpact.org.uk
About the BIA
As the UK’s trade association for the life sciences and biotech industry, the BIA has always set out to support and future-proof the UK’s biotech industry.
Its new digital campaign falls under this mission: led by the hashtag #BIGIMPACT, the campaign addresses an urgent need for data, machine learning and AI skills and sets out to attract next-generation digital talent to the industry.
The BioIndustry Association (BIA) is the voice of the innovative life sciences and biotech industry,
enabling and connecting the UK ecosystem so that businesses can start, grow and deliver world changing innovation.
We are an award winning trade association representing more than 550 member companies including
- Start ups, biotechnology and innovative life science companies
- Pharmaceutical and technological companies
- Universities, research centres, tech transfer offices, incubators and accelerators
- A wide range of life science service providers: investors, lawyers, IP consultants and IR agencies
PRESS CONTACT
Alina O’Keeffe
Head of Marketing and Communications
Email: bigimpact@bioindustry.org
Telephone: 020 7630 2180 / 077 4124 6088
Explore opportunities to influence, connect and save with the BIA http://www.bioindustry.org
“I have worked in a few different industries before, as an AI scientist, many machine learning models you use to solve the problems in these industries are similar, the difference comes from the data. The main motivation for being in biotech and drug discovery is the potential positive impact I can make. I also come from a science background so it is exciting to be able to apply machine learning to speed up scientific discovery.”
MILLIE ZHAO, Advanced AI Scientist, Benevolent AI
