Cogent Skills

We work with employers to develop, design and deploy skills solutions for the science industries. All our products and services are designed with science industry employers, are underpinned by national standards and meet the unique requirements of the sector. Industries covered include chemicals, polymers, biotechnology, lifesciences, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, biomedical technologies, environmental technologies, biomedical devices, nuclear and organisations that devote the majority of their efforts in the various stages of research, development, technology transfer and commercialisation. What we do Cogent Skills supports science industry employers to attract, retain and develop people who can contribute to business success. We understand that recruiting new talent and ensuring you maximise the potential of your current workforce is key to your future success. We bring a holistic approach to addressing your people development challenges, using our employer-led benchmarking tools to unlock key insights into your organisation. The benefits to our approach include: • Solutions tailored to your organisation’s skills needs – with a focus on science industry a capabilities • Improved performance through your people – through skills benchmarking against the Gold Standard • A people development strategy that drives business performance – using key milestones We can also help you make the business case for skills. Cogent Skills can provide an end-to-end skills service – whether you are seeking to bring in fresh talent, upskill your workforce, develop your leaders or improve your process safety, we have an employer-led solution.