Laboratory Skills & Biotechnology Skills Bootcamp - Northampton

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To get started, simply complete the enquiry form on our website. Once submitted, our onboarding team will review your details and confirm your eligibility.

After submitting your interest via the form on our website, a member of the BioGrad Education team will contact you to confirm your eligibility. Please wait for confirmation from our team before attending, as places are only available to approved learners.

Apply here:
Laboratory Skills & Biotechnology | BioGrad
Laboratory Skills & Biotechnology Skills Bootcamp

This fully funded course is designed to help you build real, practical laboratory skills and develop a strong understanding of modern biotechnology.

Throughout the bootcamp, you’ll complete a wide range of hands-on experiments, carefully selected for their relevance in today’s scientific and biotech industries. You’ll gain practical experience in key techniques including PCR, gel electrophoresis, microbiology, ELISA, and Western blotting, helping you understand both the theory and real-world application behind them. Alongside the practical training, you’ll also receive CV support and employability guidance designed to help you strengthen your applications and better prepare for laboratory and biotechnology careers. Find out more about the programme here: Laboratory Skills and Biotechnology Skills Bootcamp

The bootcamp runs from 8:30am–4:30pm over 10 days, including a one-hour lunch break. Over this period, you’ll complete 60 guided learning hours, receive continuous assessment, and get personalised feedback from experienced lecturers to help you improve and progress.

This course is ideal for:

• Biology graduates or students preparing to enter industry
• Early career scientists looking to strengthen practical skills
• Non-biology graduates wanting to transition into lab-based roles
• Technicians supporting research or laboratory work
• Experienced professionals looking for a hands-on refresher

By the end of the course, you’ll feel more confident using essential lab techniques and better prepared for job applications, interviews, and real laboratory environments.

You are eligible if you:

• Are 19 or over
• Have been living in the UK for at least 6 months
• Have the right to work in the UK
• Live in West Northamptonshire

and you are not eligible if you are:

• On a Student or Graduate visa
• In the UK on a temporary or visitor visa
• On a sponsored work visa (e.g. Skilled Worker visa)
• Without the legal right to live and work in the UK

To get started, simply complete the enquiry form on our website. Once submitted, our onboarding team will review your details and confirm your eligibility.

After submitting your interest via the form on our website, a member of the BioGrad Education team will contact you to confirm your eligibility. Please wait for confirmation from our team before attending, as places are only available to approved learners.

Apply here:
Laboratory Skills & Biotechnology | BioGrad