Following the very successful event in 2013, the Science Faculty will hold its 2014 Research Festival on Tuesday, 13 May 2014 between 12.30 – 6.00 in Grimond Lecture Theatre 1.
The festival will feature lightning talks from researchers across the seven schools of the Faculty, an invited speaker Prof Ofer Lahav, the Perren Chair of Astronomy at UCL, speakers from our Eastern ARC partners (Essex and UEA) and posters. It will be opened by the VC and closed by the new PVC for research, Prof. Philippe de Wilde. There will be a free buffet lunch beforehand and a drinks reception after, to provide plenty of opportunity for networking.
The aim of the Festival is to celebrate and raise awareness of the research across the schools in the Faculty, and to facilitate new interdisciplinary collaborations. Faculty members have long expressed an interest in knowing more about research in other schools/campuses. With research councils increasingly emphasising interdisciplinary work, it is essential that we utilise expertise available across the University. The research day will also be an opportunity to interest undergraduates in pursuing a research degree, and to provide a showcase to the outside world, helping to demonstrate that the Faculty is the place for science in Kent.
Details of the Festival are available at http://www.kent.ac.uk/stms/researchfestival. To help us to estimate numbers for catering, please register by mailing deaneryassistant@kent.ac.uk, indicating any dietary requirements.