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MINISTER FOR EARLY EDUCATION VISITS
We were delighted to welcome Government Minister for Early Education, Stephen Morgan, to LifeLab on Thursday 26 June. He was joined by Member of Parliament for Southampton Test, Satvir Kaur They had the opportunity to see what we do here at LifeLab, and find out why it’s important
They spoke to secondary school students from King’s Academy Bay House School in Gosport, who were learning about their health through our hands-on acitivites Read more
EXPLORING HEALTH THROUGH THEATRE
LifeLab have worked a theatre company, Theatre for Life, to create the performance The Feeling (of knowing something is wrong, but it isn't) at Mayflower MAST Studios The performance explored female hormonal health and gender identity experiences, using ‘verbatim theatre’, where plays use the exact words spoken by real people. It was created using hundreds of voices from focus groups in the research project ‘From Puberty to Menopause’, which LifeLab was involved in Read more
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Total number of Developing Talent students
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Total number of Young Researchers trained
SHOWCASING THIS YEAR’S ACHIEVEMENTS ROYAL RECOGNITION
On Tuesday 8 July, young people, teachers, researchers and collaborators came to LifeLab for our 2025 Showcase
This academic year marked significant milestones for us, so we had lots to celebrate Various people involved in LifeLab, including our young people, spoke about their experience. Read more
LifeLab’s Kathryn Woods-Townsend and Lisa Bagust were proud to attend a Royal Garden Party on Wednesday 14 May th
It was a fantastic day. The educationfocussed event was held at Buckingham Palace and attended by King Charles III
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Our Meet the Scientist sessions are a popular part of school visits to LifeLab They are short, 15 minute sessions, where small groups of secondary school students meet professionals who use science or research in their work Meeting real scientists and researchers challenges misconceptions, and encourages students to consider these jobs as something they could do Read more
GIVING MORE YOUNG PEOPLE THE SKILLS TO BECOME A DOCTOR
Widening Access to Medicine is for Year 12 students who plan to apply for medicine a university through a widening participation programme or contextual admissions rout It equips them with valuable knowledge an skills to support their application
LifeLab’s Kate Bartlett delivered this year ’ s course at the University of Southampton’s Highfield Campus. They also had virtual work experience with staff at University Hospital Southampton. Read more.
YOUTH PANEL WORKS WITH RESEARCHERS
Young people in our Youth Panel collaborated with researchers in the University of Southampton’s Faculty of Medicine on a new project For ‘Impact Case Studies Go Wild!’, they took complex medical research and
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JOIN OUR NEXT NXTGEN GROUP
Young people on our NxtGen initiative, previously known as our Young Researchers Training Programme (YRTP), have co-designed a framework for a Youth Voice Service in Southampton Find out more in the Southampton Youth Voice Report Read the report
We will soon be looking for young people to join our next NxtGen group Look out for updates on our social media
Please share with colleagues and email lifelab@soton.ac.uk for more details
Meet the Scientist training: 15 October th Medicine Virtual Work Experience: 28 and 29 October th th
Experience Medicine with LifeLab Online: 5 November – 10 December th th
Training for Researchers Working with Young People and Schools: 4 December th
Widening Access to Medicine Taster Course and Virtual Work Experience: 8 – 10 April 2026 th th
