Overview of training events, events calendar and how to register. The EastBio programme is designed to provide training for students with diverse backgrounds, skills and experiences with a set of training to enhance student understanding in bioscience, biomedical, mathematical and physical sciences, enabling students to draw on a range of technologies, skillsets and approaches to address complex biological questions.This is combined with a set of core training events and activities, and training in transferable, professional and enterprising skills, open to all our student cohorts.Our training programme has been restructured for our 2025 cohort onwards. Previous cohorts should check their handbook for training requirements.The core programme runs in Years 1 and 2, and is designed to help you develop these crucial skills. To be successful in your future career you will also be developing a range of personal skills, such as effective communication, initiative, project management skills and resilience. In Years 3 and 4, the focus is on your research so attending training is optional, although there will be cohort building and professional skills training available to you. Part-time students and students with deferred start dates or other arrangements should discuss their training plans with their supervisors and confirm these plans with the local academic representative.The EastBio Training Programme is comprised of a number of elements including:Cohort Building - Induction, Symposia, Thematic MeetingsCore Research SkillsLife Sciences MethodsProfessional TrainingPlacementsEastBio Training Calendar 2025/26This training is for current EastBio students ONLY. Do not register if you are not a current EastBio student.You should register for all training to intend to attend via the Eventbrite links below by 31 October 2025. You can cancel your registration via Eventbrite, please note our cancellation policy.Some training events have limited spaces, and will be available on a first come first served basis.TitleDateLocationTypeLinkInduction08&09-Oct-25StirlingCohort Building Resilient Researcher29-Oct-25OnlineTransferable SkillsRegister hereGenerative AI07-Nov-25EdinburghCore Research SkillsRegister hereSystematic Review and Mapping Methods19&26-Jan-26OnlineCore Research SkillsRegister hereIntroduction to ChemistrytbcAberdeenLife Sciences MethodstbcCASE Placements Q&A02-Feb-26OnlinePlacementsJoining LinkPIPS Placements Q&A03-Feb-26OnlinePlacementsJoining LinkCool Farm Tool Masterclass16-Feb-26OnlineLife Sciences MethodsRegister hereAnti-racism event with NorthWestBio23-Feb-26EdinburghEDI & WellbeingtbcScience Communication09-Mar-26OnlineTransferable SkillstbcCommunicating Your Science - Practical Workshop16-Mar-26EdinburghTransferable SkillstbcPrimer for Synthetic Biology16-Apr-26EdinburghLife Sciences MethodstbcWhere Do You Draw the Line23-Apr-26OnlineEDI & WellbeingRegister herePrimer for Advanced 'Transcriptomics' Approaches28-Apr-26DundeeLife Sciences MethodsRegister hereMaking the Most of Your Final Year27-May-26OnlineDTP ProgrammeRegister hereSymposium03&04-Jun-26AberdeenCohort BuildingtbcEvery effort has been made to ensure that the training information in these pages is accurate and up to date. However, our training courses are subject to ongoing development this could entail amendments to, rescheduling or cancellation of advertised courses and activities.EastBio reserves the right to make changes at any time, providing as much notice to affected students as possible.Should you notice any inaccuracies in our pages, please email EastBio. enquiries@eastscotbiodtp.ac.ukExpand allCollapse allProfessional Development RecordTo help you to plan and keep track of the training offered by EastBio, partner institutions and by external organisations, we provide an online form for students to record their Professional Development Record. There is no formal deadline for submitting your Professional Development Record but you may find it particularly useful to complete this form ahead of any formal progress review that is held locally (e.g. annual review, progress meeting). We ask that you keep updating it with specific details as you proceed through your PhD. You can find the online form here: https://forms.office.com/e/fbzMMUF2qZ, and an offline pdf here: EastBio DLA Professional Development Record.pdf (124 KB)Cancellation PolicyWe are accountable for our programme delivery to our funder and partners, and monitor its impact based on factors such as attendance, cohort-building, student engagement and benefits. We provide a degree of flexibility acknowledging the effect on students of multiple stressors and clashing work commitments. We will make sure that students who cannot attend mandatory training at default times will be offered alternative options, or the opportunity to attend at a later date.If you have any concerns about training you are expected to do or if you need to cancel your registration, please do as soon as possible and no later than 2 weeks in advance (unless for an emergency). However, if you cancel too close to the training or without emailing us the reason, EastBio will seek to retrieve expenditure (venue hire, external trainer fees, facility use fees, training licences, etc.).After notification, EastBio will deduct an amount proportional to the event’s real cost from student RTSG in the following cases:No-showCancellation between 1 week and 1 day before the event takes place (including Eventbrite cancellation)Notification of cancellation without a legitimate reasonThe financial penalty depends on the specific event planned but will range between £100/day to £300 for 2-day residential events (e.g. symposia). EastBio general enquiries University of Edinburgh Contact details Email: enquiries@eastscotbiodtp.ac.uk Web: Web Social: EastBio twitter Social: EastBio LinkedIn This article was published on 2024-06-17