The partnership between ECCRT & EPSA to help pharmaceutical students find a job
The European Centre for Clinical Research Training (ECCRT) has established a partnership with the European Pharmaceutical Students Association (EPSA) to support students who have recently graduated to find a job within regulatory affairs.
EPSA’s mission is to actively engage students on a professional level, bringing pharmacy, knowledge and students together while promoting personal development in the pharmaceutical field. ECCRT’s goal is to facilitate professionals to excel in their job for the benefit of the patients, by transferring implementable knowledge and skills into their day-to-day work activities.
Both parties saw this mission as a common goal to build a community of students with more technical skills and hands-on expertise to better prepare them for their future careers and professional development.
In this perspective, ECCRT is introducing the Regulatory Affairs STAR Programme to the EPSA students to enhance their CV’s and have their first work experience required to find a job. This Programme is divided into 2 parts:
- A full training week to get a clear overview of the roles, responsibilities and capabilities of a Regulatory Affairs Associate
- A one-year traineeship in 2 different pharmaceutical organisations for students to get work experience within regulatory affairs that employers look for when recruiting.
As Prof. Dr. Benedikt Van Nieuwenhove stated concerning this partnership:
“This is the perfect opportunity to work together with EPSA to allow graduated pharmacists to get access to the pharma industry, to learn on the job and to demonstrate their broad knowledge of medicinal products which matches perfectly with what regulatory affairs in pharma needs. ECCRT is excited about this opportunity to facilitate this for this group.”
Statement from the EPSA President, Josef Kunrt:
“We are delighted to have an opportunity to collaborate with ECCRT as it highly resonates with the mission we have as EPSA, to promote the personal and professional development of our students to excel in their job for the benefit of the patients, by transferring implementable knowledge and skills into their day-to-day work activities. As we see the high interest of European pharmaceutical students in clinical trials and regulatory affairs we are happily providing them opportunities for growth and eventually finding the career path of their desires”.
About EPSA:
EPSA (European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association) is an umbrella organisation of all European pharmaceutical students’ associations, established in 1978 and is representing more than 100,000 pharmaceutical students from 41 Member Associations in 36 European countries.
The mission of the Association is to represent, reach and engage every pharmaceutical student in Europe to collaborate on the development of the future of pharmacy and healthcare together, and also to actively engage at student and professional level. The vision of EPSA is to bring pharmacy, knowledge and students together while promoting personal development and a different range of possibilities.
Lear more: https://www.epsa-online.org/
About ECCRT:
The European Centre for Clinical Research Training (ECCRT) is a professional clinical research training organisation for the pharma, biotech & medical device industries as well as for investigational and academic groups doing clinical trials or involved in regulatory affairs.
ECCRT is focusing on the transfer of implementable knowledge for the day-to-day activities of its trainees whether being new to the industry, starters on the job, or seasoned professionals.