BTS Skills Gap training modules

The draft timetable of training modules for 2025 and 2026 within the BTS Skills Gap Initiative is shown below. Please note that this is subject to change and will be updated as the training module content is finalised.

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Module

Timing

Core Module 1 [repeat] An introduction to the principles of regulatory toxicology: present and future June/July 2025
Core Module 2 PBPK Modelling February/March 2025
Core Module 3 Genotoxicity and Mutagenicity July/September 2025
Core Module 4 Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) September/October 2025
Core Module 5 Developmental and Reproductive Toxicology (DART) November/December 2025
Supplementary Module 1 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Toxicology March/April/May 2025
Supplementary Module 2 Safety Assessment for different regulated areas, to include pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, agrochemicals and industrial chemicals May/June 2025
Core Module 6 Assessment of target organ / systems toxicity, incorporating NAMs February / March 2026
Core Module 7 May / June 2026
Core Module 8 July / September 2026
Core Module 9 Assessment of carcinogenicity, incorporating NAMs September / October 2026
Supplementary Module 3 Inhalation toxicology March/April 2026
Supplementary Module 4 NAMs and NAMs-based risk assessment November / December 2026