Students from all disciplines within Dundee University took part in the first ever ‘Hack the University’ session.
Taking place on Thursday and Friday, the students pooled their different skills and perspectives in an effort to develop and build services and rethink the way the curriculum is developed and delivered.
Hack days derive from events in which computer programmers will hack their own system to find flaws and improve it.
The concept has been widened to include all kinds of systems.
Dundee University’s writers, coders, filmmakers, engineers, historians, scientists and others will have the chance to tackle challenges to the university.
Event organiser Ali Napier said: “The world is waking up to grass-roots change.
“We know this through our work with organising collaborative making events, or hackathons, with our friends at Nasa, Mozilla, the BBC, the Met Office and many more.
“And now we want an interdisciplinary group of students to remake/rethink/hack, the services provided for them and their peers.
“Participating students will have the chance to be a part of the future direction of their university.
“They will get to work with students and staff from across the university and compete for some amazing prizes while taking part in something that may well change how this university works for this and future generations.”
Students will be turning their attentions towards the Students’ Union, the library and learning centre, the university’s IT capabilities and the institute for sport and exercise.