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Webinars and Events
2025
Live Webinar – 26 November 2025
Professor Mohammad Najlah – “Nanomedicine and Beyond : A Personal Path Through Research and Innovation”
Professor Mohammad Najlah,
Professor in Pharmaceutics and Nanomedicine,
Anglia Ruskin University
In this webinar, Professor Mohammad Najlah shared his story from aspiring pharmacist to translational scientist and co-founder of a pharmaceutical company. Drawing on his experiences in developing nanomedicines, securing competitive funding, and leading industry-academic projects, he offered practical reflections on building a career rooted in purpose, resilience, and real-world impact.
Bio
Mohammad has extensive experience as a teacher, researcher, and manager. Mohammad took a pharmacy degree followed by a postgraduate diploma (Industrial Pharmacy) at Damascus University and obtained his PhD from the University of Manchester. He has an excellent research profile focusing on the development of drug delivery nano-systems for enhanced bioavailability and optimised therapeutic effects. Working within the interface between industry and academia allows Mohammad to assimilate, then transfer knowledge between sectors to valuable effect. His research on developing scaling-up technologies for nanomedicines has attracted several collaborations with industries, which led to several KTP and KEEP+ projects funded by Innovate UK and European Regional Development Fund, respectively. Mohammad is mainly interested in repurposing safe drugs and natural compounds for anticancer therapy. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications in the field of pharmaceutical nanotechnology, filed a patent on novel non-toxic anticancer agents and supervised PhD students and post-doc researchers.
At ARU, Mohammad has established and grown the Pharmaceutical Research Group based entirely on externally funded projects and led the establishment of £3.4 million budgeted multifunctional Lab designed to deliver multidisciplinary education and conduct research for transitional science. He served in several managerial roles where he led the establishment of new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and has gained extensive experience in study management, supporting research activities and identifying the individual support needs of research and ancillary staff.
Live Webinar – 11 December 2025
Dale Willis – “How to Write a Great CV”
Dale Willis
Founder – My Great First Job
In this webinar, Dale explained how your CV’s job is to get you into the interview room… where you can then WOW the employer with your experiences, your skills and your personality. A poorly written CV means that you might not even get into the interview room, and so they never get to see what they’re missing!
In this webinar Dale covered the following:
- How to write a great Summary Statement
- What order to put your CV in (and why that can sometimes change
- How to lay out your qualifications
- Why your part time jobs are really important… and how to present them
- Interests? Is anyone interested in your interests? Of course they are!
- What should I do about references?
- What design templates to use… and which ones to avoid
Bio
Dale Willis is the co-founder of non-profit ‘My Great First Job” – an organisation helping young people navigate from education to employment.
Dale has over 30 years experience of helping young people start their careers.
Over 15,000 people have attended his popular webinars on topics such as Personal Branding, How To Smash Your Interview and LinkedIn For Students.
LinkedIn profile – https://www.linkedin.com/in/daleawillis/
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