In 1985 the Governors of the Wellcome Trust agreed to the establishment of a Summer School programme of advanced, residential, laboratory based courses. The primary aim is to provide scientists with 'hands-on' training in advanced, state of the art, research techniques directly applicable to their current research interests. Training is in sufficient depth to enable the participants to transfer the technology to their own laboratories. Each course is run by an enthusiastic team of expert instructors, backed up by a highly competent, professional team.
All students receive intensive and personal instruction - course places are therefore limited.
Evening lectures are given by invited experts to supplement course material. The lecturers spend time in the laboratory interacting more informally with the students. The evening lectures are open and a substantial outside audience attends. The courses are without exception residential and adequate opportunity exists for informal contact and to develop an esprit de corps which has been a notable feature of the courses. No tuition fee is charged to scientists from academic research institutions.