Experience this year’s KPMG International Case Competition in São Paulo, Brazil.

April 01 – 04, 2014

This could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. KPMG’s International Case Competition is a chance to experience the fast-paced world of casework, meet new people and travel to places you may never have been before. If you get to the top of your national case competition, you’ll find yourself on your way to São Paulo, Brazil, on an all-expenses-paid trip to the International Final. There, you’ll have the chance to network with your peers from around the world as you compete for the global title.

What’s in it for you?

Embark on a continuous journey of learning and self-improvement. Gain firsthand experience of the type of work our member firms undertake, while receiving valuable coaching from industry experts and KPMG leaders. Stand out from your peers and gain real industry experience by participating in the KPMG International Case Competition.

How it works

The challenge we’ll give you will be based on a realistic business scenario and will represent the kind of challenges our firm tackles on behalf of clients. We’ll give each team a detailed case study to consider – and then it’s up to you.

How to apply

You don’t need to be studying a particular subject to take part, but you do have to have:

  • An interest in business
  • Strong leadership and task management skills
  • Composure under pressure
  • The ability to absorb a range of information quickly, think through ideas and present solutions

Most of all, you must be prepared to challenge your own thinking and to encourage others to be their best. It takes flexibility and teamwork to come up with business solutions that are truly innovative and refreshing.

Find out more, visit our website.

Closing date: 23:59, Sunday 15th December 2013

Enter the BP Ultimate Field Trip Competition

Registration for the Ultimate Field Trip 2014 is open until Friday, 22nd November:

Enter the BP Ultimate Field Trip Competition and have the chance to win a 2 week trip to Alaska and Chicago!

What is the Ultimate Field Trip?

“The Ultimate Field Trip” (www.bp.com/uft/uk) is aimed at attracting the best and brightest early stage science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) undergraduates to BP.

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IBM Mainframe Challenge

IBM_competition

This years contest opens on Friday 18th October and  will run until 19th January 2014  http://www.ibm.com/uk/takethechallenge

Registration page here

Prizes are:

  • A hoodie to the first 200 students to complete Part 1
  • A Raspberry Pi and set-up kit to the first 25 to correctly complete Part 2
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab and a visit to Hursley Labs for the top 3 students completing Part 3

Loughborough Students’ Union Apprentice competition

Applications are now open and close at midnight on Sunday 13th of October.

Applications are made through the online form at  http://www.lboroapprentice.com/  Click on the apply button on the home page to enter.

Teams can be up to four current undergraduate or post graduate students. By current, we mean students studying at Loughborough University in 2013/2014.

The application form is a limit of 250 words describing the event that you want to make happen at Loughborough Students’ Union.

Watch the video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj3MULd7BR0

Calling all engineering students

What’s your take on what engineering can contribute to the UK economy, both now and in the future?

What should universities be doing to make sure that potential students and businesses know about it and their graduates are equipped to do it?

The Engineering Professors’ Council (EPC) is offering engineering students of EPC member universities the opportunity to contribute to this important national debate

In your own words (up to 2,000 of them), tell us what you think. There’ll be cash prizes for the best entries and the overall winner will be invited to deliver a presentation based on their work to the the Engineering Professors’ Council’s Annual Congress in Glasgow in April 2014

See epc.ac.uk/20th-anniversay-awards

Closing date 8th January, 2014

Emerging designers competition – sofa.com

We’d like you to create a brand new print design for an upholstery fabric to join our range of exclusive designer fabrics.

We’re looking for a design that our customers will find striking and innovative, but not
intimidating or bewildering; something that they’ll be bowled over by but that they can also imagine in their home. So in a nutshell we’re looking for a fabric that is incredibly commercial!

The winning design has the potential to become one of our most popular patterned fabrics.

Find out more

Closing date for entries is midnight on 31st December 2013.

Entry is via the sofa.com website only: www.sofa.com/emerging-designers