Courses

Join us for a practical, hands-on training day designed to help researchers navigate the unique challenges and opportunities of working with young people and schools.

Whether you're new to engaging with young people or looking to refine your approach, this training day will provide essential strategies, ethical considerations, and real-world insights to ensure a successful and impactful research experience for all involved.

Who this course is for: 
This course is ideal for PhD students, early career researchers and healthcare professionals who are planning to collect data and run engagement activities with young people.

About this course:
This course provides best practice guidance on how to reach and engage with young people in schools, youth groups, community groups or on an individual level. 

This course focusses on how you can maximise interaction, develop your communications skills to connect with young people, plan engagement activities and pitch language appropriately.

Connecting with young people from the outset is crucial to maximising the quality of data you collect for research projects. The course covers how you can do that effectively as well as building strong working relationships with teachers, schools or youth organisations. 

The learning outcomes are to:
•    Identify the steps required to plan meaningful engagement activities
•    Gain the knowledge to design meaningful engagement activities
•    Develop your confidence to carry out engagement activities at a high-level
•    Understanding safeguarding and sensitive topics – the do’s and don’ts of working with young people. 

At the end of this course, you’ll receive a certificate stating the number of learning hours you have undertaken.

LifeLab

Please complete the pre-registration application before completing the registration and payment.

Summer Session 2026 - Students for Year 10 and 12 ONLY

Experience Medicine with LifeLab online is a live 6 week online course for students who are interested in studying medicine. Delivered weekly students will experience sessions covering medical ethics, clinical skills, admissions, communication and meet clinical staff.

Have you ever thought about becoming a doctor? Experience Medicine with LifeLab online is a live 6-week online course for students who are interested in studying medicine.

Delivered weekly via MS Teams, students will experience sessions covering medical ethics, clinical skills, admissions, communication and meet clinical staff. 

Participants will have the chance to:

• Understand medical ethics and the impact decisions have
• Practice debating different medical scenarios
• Work through different anatomy case studies
• Ask questions to the medicine admissions team
• Meet the healthcare professionals
• Practice communication skills

As well as live sessions, activities are available online to support your learning and all participants will receive a booklet and certificate of attendance.  

Reserving your place 

The 6-week course costs £150 and places are available on a first come, first served basis. After completing the booking process and making payment, you will receive an information pack by email. 

Please visit our WEBSITE for further information on LifeLab

Payment using the Online Store can only be completed via Visa and Mastercard Credit/Debit Card or PayPal.  AMEX is not accepted.
If you have not previously created an account for the Online Store, you will need to create an account to make a booking.

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To increase the participants’ confidence, enthusiasm and skills in teaching undergraduate medical students.

At the end of this workshop participants will 

• Have a clearer idea of the aims and learning outcomes of primary medical care and how this fits into the overall medical curriculum
• Reflected on ways in which they can help the students learn
• Considered ways of giving feedback to students
• Have had the opportunity to meet with the coordinators and colleagues from other practices to exchange ideas and share good practice

This will be an Virtual workshop.  You will be emailed joining instructions closer to the course date.

• Course Timing 09.30 - 13.30

Payment using the Online Store can only be completed via Visa and Mastercard Credit/Debit Card or PayPal.  AMEX is not accepted.
If you have not previously created an account for the Online Store, you will need to create an account to make a booking.

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