GLAXOSMITHKLINE: Residential Chemistry Training Experience 2011

Find out more about roles for Chemists in the Pharmaceutical Industry with GSK

In recognition of 2011 being the International year of Chemistry, we at GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) have adapted our highly successful Residential Chemistry Training  Experience, in this its 8th year. Applications are invited from chemistry undergraduates to participate in this unique experience.

This programme will be held at the GSK Medicines Research Centre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire on 11th – 16th September 2011. It is a fully funded week-long training course designed to give you practical experience of the work of a graduate chemist in the pharmaceutical industry. Based in the GSK research chemistry laboratories we will provide you with personalised laboratory tuition together with coaching in interview technique, presentation skills and working in teams.

The training experience is one approach that GSK uses to encourage high calibre chemists from a variety of backgrounds to apply for positions in the pharmaceutical industry. This year we will be incorporating the objectives of the International Year for Chemistry, namely are to increase the public appreciation of chemistry  in meeting world needs, to encourage interest in chemistry among young people, and to generate enthusiasm for the creative future of chemistry.

If you would like to gain an insight into the pharmaceutical industry and be part of this interactive programme, you should be:

• A chemistry undergraduate with an interest in analytical, computational or synthetic chemistry
• About to enter your final year of study

Applications are particularly invited from ethnic minority undergraduates, mature students who have elected to study chemistry at a later stage in their career or chemistry graduates who have taken a career break or moved into another are of work/business and wish to return to a career in chemistry in the pharmaceutical industry.

Please complete and return an application form no later than 10th June 2011 to do this, email uzy55557@gsk.com for an application form.

RCTE8 Administrator
Respiratory Medicinal Chemistry Department
Medicines Research Centre
GlaxoSmithKline
Stevenage
Herts
SG1 2NY

If you prefer, you may send a completed application electronically.

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