Group Size
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1.) Small group (teams of 4-6)
2.) Individual Task
3.) Large Group
4.) Any
Small group (teams of 4-6)
Learning Environment
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1.) Lecture Theatre
2.) Presentation Space
3.) Carousel Tables (small working group)
4.) Any
5.) Outside
6.) Special
Special
QAA Enterprise Theme(s)
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1.) Creativity and Innovation
2.) Opportunity recognition, creation and evaluation
3.) Decision making supported by critical analysis and judgement
4.) Implementation of ideas through leadership and management
5.) Reflection and Action
6.) Interpersonal Skills
7.) Communication and Strategy
1Creativity and Innovation
2Opportunity recognition‚ creation and evaluation
3Decision making supported by critical analysis and judgement
4Implementation of ideas through leadership and management
5Reflection and Action
6Interpersonal Skills
7Communication and Strategy
The Global Enterprise Challenge is an international enterprise skills competition, where teams of students from around the world compete within a 12-hour period to come up with a solution to a significant global challenge.
In 2015, a team of students from (North East Wales based college) Coleg Cambria went through to compete in the international finals of the challenge, having successfully come through their national heats (a three-day long challenge held in Cardiff), and the college-wide Team Enterprise Challenge (see How-To Guides).
The students, who were all studying A-Level Business, successfully beat the competition to be crowned Global Champions!
As stated on the Global Enterprise Challenge Website, the brief presented to students for 2015 was as follows;
“To Design an innovative exhibit, to inform communities, government and the media about the ways light affects our lives.
“This exhibit could be a trade display, website, travelling education experience or similar and could include a working model, smart phone apps, social media, print, or other material illustrating a new technique or approach and should be appropriate to your region.
“Your product, process, or service should feature light as a primary resource and deliver benefit in one or more of the following areas: education, health, community, home, leisure, entertainment or business.
“Your response may include new and creative ways to capture or generate light.”
The students were given 12-hours to complete the challenge, at the end of which they had to submit;
and to show
The electronic submissions were then assessed by a team of international judges, with the highest scoring team declared the winner.
The Coleg Cambria team met this challenge, with their idea for a new digital product called ‘LiteLearn’ – Learning at the Speed of Lite.
Their proposed product utilised the latest technology in augmented reality in order that learners could use their mobile phones to bring learning to life inside the classroom, capitalising on mobile phone usage amongst young people and offering them an engaging new way to learn.
To complete the 12-hour challenge, the students based themselves at Glyndwr University, and in the days preceding, undertook a series of site visits, workshops with guest speakers, and various activities to enhance their creativity and develop their skills and confidence. The students found out that they had been crowned champions, in an announcement via video-link in the days following the challenge’s completion (see references 'GEC –The Journey').
Figure 1: The winning team, their tutors and mentors.
Rona Griffiths Enterprise / World Skills Manager at Coleg Cambria said:
‘’We are delighted with the achievements of our students in this competition – they really showed their ability as young dynamic entrepreneurs. We based ourselves for the challenge at Glyndwr University and knew from the beginning that we had the winning ingredients for success.
“I would like to thank everybody involved including all of the mentors from Cambria, Glyndwr and local businesses namely Mel Henry, Lynn Williams, Joey Edwards, Heather Wilson, Mike Corcoran, Sid Madge and Big Ideas Wales for their support.
“Many congratulations to the team for their excellent business plan and winning this highly prestigious award, putting Coleg Cambria and Wales on the global map.’
All the students who took part found the experience to be extremely worthwhile, and in the weeks following the completion on the challenge, one of the victorious students went on to establish his own business.
