Dream Lab - An art and science team challenge on sleeping and dreaming

Dream Lab

Dream Lab is a competitive challenge for student teams on the topic of sleeping and dreaming. The first prize is an inspirational one week visit to the UK, including international return flights, city centre hotels and meals included.  There’s also a great chance to win one of five special Dream Lab Scholarships.


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The Dream Lab Live Final
 

Dream Lab - Exciting UK Trip for the Winning Team
Stripey sleep. © Getty Images
Do you want to join the Dream Lab winning team to discover UK’s creative industry in this autumn? Are you interested in how to perfectly interpret ‘sleeping and dreaming’ with arts and design techniques? Would you like to learn UK education’s consistent efforts on improving creative thinking across disciplines and career-focused learning for the future? Come and explore this site to learn the latest information and experience sharing from the winning team ‘3.2.1’.
 
 

About Dream Lab
Inside a virtual reality lab. © Mat Wright

Dream Lab will give you a taste of the UK education experience. You’ll work on a realistic brief with support and feedback from professionals. Short-listed teams will then compete in Beijing at a live final event for the top prize.  Think what winning could do for your CV.

Find out more.

 
 

UK Team
L-R: Donna Loveday, Design Museum; Prof. Nick Petford, Bournemouth University; prof. Catherine McDermott, Kingston University, London; Prof. Tim Molloy, The Science Museum, London; James Peto, The Wellcome Trust  ©  Tim Hawkins / Debut Art

A team from five leading institutions – working with the British Council - have developed the Dream Lab Challenge for China. UK education has pioneered the creative brief to prepare students for the 21st century and provide them with an edge in the job market.

Find out more about the UK Team.

 
 

News
News © Mat Wright
Find out how teams are progressing as they take on the challenge. Get profiles on all the competing teams and keep an eye on latest developments and results. You can also see up-to-the-minute results of each stage of the competition, as it happens.  Read all about it.
 
 

Ideas
The video wall from the Sleeping and Dreaming exhibition at the Wellcome  Trust © Jane Gifford / Wellcome Trust
Sleeping and dreaming is something that fascinates us all. Try out the sleep quiz…