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Hands-on week · Run with UCT partners
Hands-on laboratory exposure — medical and science students shadow postdocs and PhD researchers for a week, run with UCT partners.
The camp runs in editions — historically the Summer Lab Camp, and most recently the Winter Lab Camp in July 2026. That edition has been and gone; dates for the next one are published on the events programme as they are confirmed, and this page will not advertise an edition before there is one.
Who it is for
Medical and science students who have never spent a week inside a working research laboratory, and want to.
What you do
The record behind it
These are verified, Society-wide figures — not a count for this programme alone. See the full record →
How to take part
Each camp is announced as an event and takes its registrations there. Watch the events programme, and partners who can offer laboratory time can help make the next one bigger.
Every ARS edition — upcoming and past — is listed there, with registration once an edition opens.
See the events programme →The Dispatch gathers research, open calls and events into one email, so you do not have to check back.
Subscribe to The Dispatch →Laboratory access, venues, equipment, travel or expert time. For hands-on programmes this is often the most useful thing a partner can give.
Partner with us →Dates for the next edition are published there as they are confirmed.
Funders and institutions: partner with us →