It doesn’t begin with recruitment
The environments in which early-career capability forms are changing — not dramatically, but structurally. As AI absorbs many of the routine functions that once made those environments formative, a quieter question emerges: what fills the gap? EFEC’s latest article, published on Cambridge Network, argues that the answer doesn’t begin with recruitment — it begins with […]
When the Conversation Stalls: Readiness and International Engagement in Life Sciences
EFEC’s latest article, published by Cambridge Network, examines a recurring pattern in UK–China life sciences engagement: conversations that stall not from absent intent, but from absent preparation. The piece argues that the gap is structural — one of sequencing rather than capability. Organisations that address governance, regulatory, IP, and compliance conditions upstream arrive as materially […]
The scaffolding of expertise: rethinking capability formation in an AI-enabled system
How does professional expertise actually form in AI-enabled environments? As AI automates more routine tasks, the traditional developmental pathways — exposure, gradual responsibility, correction over time, and safe failure — are quietly changing. The concern is not sudden job loss. It may be something more structural: the scaffolding through which judgement and capability develop is […]