Future Talent Laboratory - Careers Event for Health & Life Sciences Students
Enterprise Hub, 1st Floor, John Cadbury House, Birmingham, B4 6QD
Wednesday 2nd December 2026 1:30PM
Future Talent Laboratory
Explore careers. Discover health innovation. Build skills for your future.
Date: Wednesday 2 December
Time: 1.30 - 4.30 pm
Venue: Enterprise Hub, John Cadbury House
Thinking about what comes after your Health or Life Sciences degree? Join the Future Talent Laboratory (FTL), an interactive afternoon designed to introduce you to career opportunities across medtech, life sciences, research, healthcare innovation and industry.
Delivered by Medilink Midlands as part of the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster, and hosted by the Aston Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.
What will you get from it?
Explore career pathways beyond traditional research.
Discover how scientific ideas become real-world healthcare solutions.
Hear what employers are looking for in graduates.
Build valuable skills in problem-solving, teamwork and communication.
Take part in practical challenges and an interactive investment game.
Connect with people working across the health and life sciences sector.
What will we explore?
From Bench to Bedside: Discover how research moves from scientific discovery to patient impact, and the careers involved along the way.
Innovation in Health & Life Sciences: Explore how healthcare problems become opportunities for new products, services and solutions.
The Innovation Exchange: Could you spot the next big health innovation? Work with other students to assess ideas and decide where you would invest.
Skills Beyond Your Degree: Find out what employers value and how to make your skills and experience stand out after graduation.
Where could your degree take you? Research & academia | Medtech | Pharmaceuticals | Diagnostics | Product development | Innovation | Start-ups | Regulatory affairs | Intellectual property | Commercialisation.
No business experience is needed and you don’t need to know exactly what you want to do next. Come along, explore your options and discover where your degree could take you.
Explore careers. Discover health innovation. Build skills for your future.
Date: Wednesday 2 December
Time: 1.30 - 4.30 pm
Venue: Enterprise Hub, John Cadbury House
Thinking about what comes after your Health or Life Sciences degree? Join the Future Talent Laboratory (FTL), an interactive afternoon designed to introduce you to career opportunities across medtech, life sciences, research, healthcare innovation and industry.
Delivered by Medilink Midlands as part of the West Midlands Health Technologies Cluster, and hosted by the Aston Centre for Enterprise and Entrepreneurship.
What will you get from it?
Explore career pathways beyond traditional research.
Discover how scientific ideas become real-world healthcare solutions.
Hear what employers are looking for in graduates.
Build valuable skills in problem-solving, teamwork and communication.
Take part in practical challenges and an interactive investment game.
Connect with people working across the health and life sciences sector.
What will we explore?
From Bench to Bedside: Discover how research moves from scientific discovery to patient impact, and the careers involved along the way.
Innovation in Health & Life Sciences: Explore how healthcare problems become opportunities for new products, services and solutions.
The Innovation Exchange: Could you spot the next big health innovation? Work with other students to assess ideas and decide where you would invest.
Skills Beyond Your Degree: Find out what employers value and how to make your skills and experience stand out after graduation.
Where could your degree take you? Research & academia | Medtech | Pharmaceuticals | Diagnostics | Product development | Innovation | Start-ups | Regulatory affairs | Intellectual property | Commercialisation.
No business experience is needed and you don’t need to know exactly what you want to do next. Come along, explore your options and discover where your degree could take you.
Event Details
Starts at 1:30PM
