Andrew Croydon, Education & Examinations Policy and Partnerships Director

• • A CV and covering letter should be sent to Andrew Croydon, Education & Examinations Policy and Partnerships Director, ABPI (acroydon@abpi.org.uk)

The ABPI exists to make the UK the best place in the world to research, develop and use new medicines. We represent companies of all sizes who invest in discovering the medicines of the future.

Our members supply cutting edge treatments that improve and save the lives of millions of people. We work in partnership with Government and the NHS so patients can get new treatments faster and the NHS can plan how much it spends on medicines. Every day, we partner with organisations in the life sciences community and beyond to transform lives across the UK.

As part of ABPI’s work to communicate on the discovery, development, regulation and manufacture of medicines, we have an award-winning Resources for Schools website (https://www.abpischools.org.uk/) with interactive content and animations to support science teaching and learning for teachers and young people. The resources are in line with the curriculum, and many of them link topics studied in school to their application in industry and research. All our resources link science topics covered in school to the world outside and, particularly, to the treatment of disease.

The ABPI is offering an exciting opportunity for a PIPS student to apply bioscience knowledge in a science communication context.

The ABPI dedicated website for schools aims to support teachers and students drive long term achievement and attainment in STEM subjects.

In 2023 the ABPI reflected a commitment to support STEM education at all levels through the development of resources to promote learning and engagement through illustrated stories across key stage 1 & 2. The creative story-telling journey of Ellie and friends has taken the ABPI schools offering in an exciting new direction for engaging audiences. In 2024, the stories, use of Ellie and associated characters was rolled out in further contexts, including the development and launch of vacation packs, Instagram reels and early careers content.

This 12 week project centres around the student conducting online research, liaising with subject experts or other external stakeholders as appropriate, training on use of in-house software for content creation, and drawing on the student’s own creativity and knowledge to produce written and interactive content focused on engaging primary children and supporting teachers.

The output of the project is expected to include:

· An overall review of existing primary ‘Ellie’ content, identifying linked activities and support for teachers to use the content effectively

· Production of new resources linking to existing stories based on the above review, alongside scope to produce a suite of Ellie resources for an, as yet, uncovered STEM topic area

· Content will be packaged for use on the ABPI award-winning schools’ website

The student will be working within the Education & Examinations team and will liaise with colleagues across ABPI and within our member companies as required. Where there are opportunities for attendance at internal meetings or with pharmaceutical site companies, the student will be able to take advantage of these, alongside any other opportunities to build a personal network.