The Francis Crick Institute

A biomedical research institute at King's Cross, London, that runs apprenticeships and trains junior researchers with partner universities.

About The Francis Crick Institute

The Francis Crick Institute is a biomedical research institute. Its scientists study how living things work so that diseases can be better treated, diagnosed and prevented.

Its mission is "discovery without boundaries". It aims to improve the treatment, diagnosis and prevention of human disease and to create economic opportunities for the UK. It says it wants staff to get the most out of their time there.

It is at 1 Midland Road, King's Cross, London. It was set up by six partners: the Medical Research Council, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial College London and King's College London. More than 2,000 staff and students work there, according to its About page.

The Crick describes itself as small enough to feel like a community but large enough to offer varied training. That is its own description. It also notes its work needs support roles as well as scientists.

Its Developing People page describes apprenticeships, including a laboratory technician apprenticeship, open to new recruits or existing staff, and training for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with university partners. An example 2022 vacancy was a Level 3 engineering technician apprenticeship needing GCSE grade 5 in maths and grade 4 in English, with college study one day a week. That advert has closed, so check the current vacancies page. We did not find work experience details.

What they do

• {'desc': 'Studying how living things work to tackle disease.', 'title': 'Biomedical research'}
• {'desc': 'Paid jobs with training, for new recruits or existing staff.', 'title': 'Apprenticeships'}
• {'desc': 'Graduate student and postdoctoral training with university partners.', 'title': 'Junior researcher training'}

Key facts

• Based at 1 Midland Road, King's Cross, London
• More than 2,000 staff and students (own About page)
• Six founding partners including MRC, Cancer Research UK, Wellcome, UCL, Imperial and King's
• 2022 example: Level 3 engineering technician apprenticeship, GCSE 5 maths and 4 English (closed)

Website: www.crick.ac.uk