CDT Accreditation!

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What is the CDT Trans Pharm Tech?
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Transformative Pharmaceutical Technologies (CDT) is a partnership between the Schools of Pharmacy at  the University of Nottingham and  University College London and the SSPC, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Pharmaceuticals. The SSPC, which is hosted in the University of Limerick (UL) has a number of collaborative institutes which include Dublin City University (DCU), Maynooth University (MU), NUI Galway (NUIG), Royal College of Surgeons (RSCI), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), Univeristy College Dublin (UCD), Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and University College Cork (UCC). Currently participating in the CDT is UCC, UCD and TCD. The CDT is funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Council and Science Foundation Ireland and a number of industry partners. 

Big News!
The bespoke training programme designed for the CDT in Trans Pharm Tech was recently accredited by a number of Societies earlier this year! 
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), Royal Society of Biology (RSB) and Institute of Physics (IoP) has accredited the bespoke training programme from January 2021 to 2025. By accrediting this programme, the CDT students will have the opportunity to obtain registered scientist or chartered scientist status within their respective society upon completion of their PhD. Furthermore, all three Societies have institute specific charterships that the student can apply for! The RSC offers the Chartered Chemist (CChem) award, the RSB offer the Chartered Biologist (CBiol) and the IOP offers the chartered Physicist (CPhys) award. 

So what is accreditation?
Essentially accreditation is the act of granting credit or recognition, especially to an educational institution that maintains suitable standards. It is a way for employers, institutes and other hiring bodies to have confidence that an individual has been sufficiently educated at a suitable standard when hired for a job. Accreditation also acts to provide confidence that researchers deliver quality levels of performance and competence to regulators and the general public.

Why is this important?
This will be the first CDT to be accredited by all three societies and marks a significant achievement for the CDT training team. The CDT team consists of Professor Gareth Williams (UCL), Professor Snow Stolnik (UoN), Dr Mischa Zelzer (UoN), Dr Stefan Guldin (UCL), Professor Simon Gaisford (UCL), Professor Anne Marie Healy (TCD), Dr Steven Ferguson (UCD) and Dr Maria Marlow (UoN). 





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