Student Innovation challenge is a 4 week challenge in April, where students are asked to redraw the map of the world.
The aim of this Student Innovation Challenge is to encourage students to develop creative solutions to real world problems. Participants will have an opportunity to apply their knowledge, skills and attributes in a creative way.
The challenge encourages collaboration, critical thinking, teamwork, communication, design thing and an entrepreneurial mindset. The Innovation Challenge will demonstrate the creativity and innovation taking place in the academic community.
We hope this mini-research project provides a valuable experience not only for students seeking to build careers but also enables us all to tackle global challenges collaboratively
- Students need to form a group of three (from different disciplines) – complete this short form to enter: https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?
- The team will recreate the map of the world centring a feature of their choosing and develop a presentation.
- Team creates a presentation/poster/essay/cartoon/poem, etc . describing why they have chosen to centre the feature and how universal acceptance of their map will change their professions and the world
- Registration closes on 11th April 2025 at 5:00pm.
- Presentations to be completed and uploaded on 28th April 2025 at 11:59pm.
- Submissions via blackboard
TIME COMMITMENT: around 25 - 30 hours. 5 hours to form your group - form, norm, storm. 10 hours to research and reflect on task. 5 hours to refine your submission. 5 hours to develop your submission. Over 4 weeks - give or take an hour a day.
There will be prizes for the top 10 teams, and the top 3 will get higher prizes of £450, £300 and £150 for 1st, 2nd and 3rd.
If you have any questions, please email: jessica.hughes@bucks.ac.uk