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The Laidlaw Foundation鈥檚 Undergraduate Research and Leadership programme aims to develop a new generation of leaders who are skilled researchers, embrace data-based decision making, and believe it is a moral imperative to lead with integrity. It invests in talented and motivated undergraduate students, giving them the knowledge, skills and experience to become active global citizens and future leaders.

鈥淚 knew about the Laidlaw Research and Leadership Programme before I joined UCL Biochemical Engineering but it was through conversations with the team that I decided it would be a good idea to apply. I really wanted to get some hands-on lab experience, which is a challenge in the first year of a degree, as I have an ambition to change the vaccine landscape and help eradicate diseases. I realise that if I want to have a real impact I need to look at how leadership training and that鈥檚 a part of this programme. I spoke to Andrea Rayat, Qasim Rafiq and Chika Nweke about my application and they all encouraged me and suggested I ask Rana Khalife to be my supervisor.聽

Rana helped me with my application and I鈥檓 pleased to say it was successful 鈥� we鈥檙e working on putting a detailed plan together in the next few weeks. I鈥檒l get a 拢3,000 stipend to cover the six weeks this year and there is also funding for consumables that will go to the department and next year I鈥檒l be funded again to either continue the project or begin something new. I鈥檓 looking forward to the first leadership seminar that鈥檚 taking place this weekend and will keep people up to date on the research over the summer.鈥�
Sebastian Rudden March 2020

鈥淚t is great to see our first-year students being pro-active and applying for opportunities like this one from the Laidlaw Foundation. The hands-on practical work will be great for Sebastian鈥檚 CV and the experience will help develop his leadership potential. The rapid development and manufacture of vaccines is a focus of our Vax-Hub [link] research and is very topical given the current situation with COVID-19. I鈥檓 sure Sebastian will achieve his career goal of making important contributions in the vaccine area."
Prof. Gary Lye, Head of Department, March 2020