  We detail an experimental programme we have been testing in our university.
Our Advanced Hackspace, attempts to give all members of the university, from
students to technicians, free access to the means to develop their own
interdisciplinary research ideas, with resources including access to
specialized fellows and biological and chemical hacklabs. We assess the aspects
of our programme that led to our community being one of the largest collectives
in our university and critically examine the successes and failures of our
trial programmes. We supply metrics for assessing progress and outline
challenges. We conclude with future directions that advance interdisciplinary
research empowerment for all university members.
