As part of the Kent’s 50th Anniversary celebrations, the University is funding three interdisciplinary research ‘sandpits’.
Sandpits are residential interactive workshops that take place over three days. Having a period of time to work with others, to focus on broad issues, test ideas and assumptions and develop interesting solutions to difficult problems is a rare opportunity in today’s academy, and goes back to the founding interdisciplinary, collegiate principles of the University.
As well as building on its interdisciplinary past the sandpits will open up the University to its collaborative future. Two of the sandpits will be open to Eastern ARC colleagues from UEA and Essex; the other will invite colleagues working in independent labs and pharmaceutical companies across Kent and the south east.
The sandpits will be led by the same team that runs similar events for the Research Councils. As well as academic colleagues there will be guest speakers, stakeholders and others who will inform and provoke discussion. Click on the sandpits webpage for more information and application forms for the events, or get in touch with Phil Ward to discuss them further.