Volunteering your time in a research group can be an interesting and enriching alternative to volunteering for charities or other groups. As a non-paid volunteer, you would gain valuable experience in research techniques. You would also gain important insights into how real research works on a day-to-day basis. Your research supervisor is likely to be a valuable source of advice and reference letters for the future.
Volunteering can be done during the semester and during the vacations. The number of hours per week you volunteer needs to be agreed upon with the individual supervisor with whom you want to work.
If you are interested in volunteering your time on a research project, please contact those members of staff whose research is of most interest to you.