About the Life Sciences Learner Hub

Professional development for the life sciences

Industry-specific training

Bioprocessing, GMP, quality, regulatory compliance, digitalisation, and technical techniques & equipment for all levels of experience.

Flexible learning at your convenience

A range of delivery formats, both online and in-person, accessible from any device at a time to suit you.

Career growth and upskilling

Use our role-specific learner pathways to identify your skill gaps and find training to advance your career.

Support for employers

Equip teams with essential skills and implement training solutions that work for your business.

Unlock Training & Career Growth in Advanced Therapies & Life Sciences

The Life Sciences Learner Hub is a dedicated online training platform designed to support skills development, upskilling, and career progression in advanced therapies, complex and emerging medicines, and wider life sciences, including

  • cell and gene therapy
  • vaccine production and mRNA
  • biomanufacturing

Whether you’re an individual looking to advance your career or a company investing in workforce training, our platform provides expert-led courses, industry-recognised qualifications, and career development tools. You will find a mix of content hosted on the platform itself, and signposts to our training partners and courses that they deliver to the sector.

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Partnering and Collaboration

We work with academic institutions, industry leaders, equipment manufacturers, and training providers to strengthen the UK’s talent pipeline. Through strategic partnerships, we drive investment in biomanufacturing skills, workforce development, and digital transformation in advanced therapies, vaccine production and wider life sciences.

Get in touch if you would like to collaborate on our skills initiatives.

 

About the Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult

The Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult is an independent innovation and technology organisation committed to the advancement of the cell and gene therapy industry.

Our vision is of a thriving industry delivering life-changing advanced therapies to the world.

We create powerful collaborations which overcome the challenges to the advancement of the ATMP sector.

We are are team of expects covering all aspects of advanced therapies.  We collaborate with:

  • Academia & researchers – Accelerating the translation of groundbreaking therapies into clinical applications.
  • Industry & biomanufacturers – Enhancing bioprocessing efficiency, GMP compliance, and cost reduction.
  • Healthcare providers – Supporting NHS adoption, clinical trials, and patient access to life-changing therapies.

Through our strategic partnerships and collaboration, we drive investment and advancement for advanced therapies in biomanufacturing, digital transformation, workforce development, and policy and regulation. We strive to ensure cell and gene therapy innovations reach patients faster and more efficiently.

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult | Skills Programmes

Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult delivers a range of programmes and initiatives to upskill the workforce in advanced therapies, vaccines, complex medicines manufacturing and adjacent sectors.

Advanced Therapies Apprenticeship Community (ATAC)

  • National apprenticeship programme for early-career talent and workforce reskilling.
  • Employer support for apprenticeship recruitment, onboarding, and training.
  • Industry Skills Accelerator sees collaboration with CPI and Cogent Skills to expand ATAC into new pathways and medicine modalities.

Skills and Training Laboratories

  • Hands-on training in state-of-the-art facilities covering fundamental laboratory and aseptic skills, upstream and downstream bioprocessing, quality control and digitalisation.
  • Workforce development for CGT Catapult partners, the Stevenage Bioscience Catalyst community and wider bioprocessing industry.

Workforce foresighting and forecasting

  • Research on future workforce needs across advanced therapies.
  • Shaping training strategies in anticipation of emerging industry skills.
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Advanced Therapies Apprenticeship Community (ATAC)
UK-wide
National apprenticeship programme for early-career talent and workforce reskilling. Employer support for apprenticeship recruitment, onboarding, and training.
https://advancedtherapiesapprenticeships.co.uk/
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Skills and Training Laboratories
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Hands-on training in state-of-the-art facilities. Suite of ready-made and tailored programmes on fundamental laboratory skills, GMP, quality control, bioprocessing and digitalisation.
CGT Catapult | Skills and Training Laboratories

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