A total of three £1,000 grants are on offer for the winning applicants, while in an effort to boost the number of students attending the festival, the promoters are also setting up the Glade Union programme, recruiting students as ambassadors to help promote the event and sell tickets at their respective universities on a commission basis.

"We are looking for people with creative ideas who think differently and can bring off-the-wall, kooky ideas to Glade. Stuff that's interactive and gets ...