Can you take out the postgraduate Bowater Business Challenge?
Attention postgraduate business and law students! Want to develop your problem-solving skills, employability and industry networks? Oh, and win some cash along the way?
Then the Deakin Bowater Business Challenge (DBBC) is for you!
Working in teams of four, students will research and develop a presentation on the future of a selected industry. This year’s DBBC theme is ‘The Koko Black Employee Value Proposition – premium chocolate by accomplished chocolatiers’.
Interested? Here’s how it works
Eligibility
The DBBC is open to all postgraduate business and law students enrolled for Trimester 1, 2021. If you’re an undergraduate student and like the sound of this competition, stay tuned – there will be a Bowater Business Challenge for undergraduate students later in the year.
You can enter as a team of up to four people or as an individual. If any groups don’t have the required four members, we’ll assign individual entrants to those teams.
Timeline
- 11.59pm, Tuesday 30 March: applications close.
- Monday 19 to Friday 23 April: registered teams compete in the virtual Preliminary Round, where a University panel will rank each team’s recorded 10-minute presentation.
- Friday 23 April: four finals teams announced.
- Monday 3 to Friday 7 May: Briefing Day – finals teams meet with industry partners and academics to understand the problem in more depth. All members must attend and an academic mentor will support each team.
- Monday 10 to Friday 14 May: site visit to Koko Black – one member per team.
- Monday 17 to Friday 21 May: Challenge Final (in-person or via Zoom).
Remember: winning teams will score cash prizes and you might even impress a potential employer!
Applications and more information
Hurry – applications close at 11.59pm on Tuesday 30 March. Apply online now.
Need more info or have a question? Email [email protected] or visit the Deakin Bowater Business Challenge webpage.