Global Student Challenge - Revamped

The CIOB Global Student Challenge is a real success story. For nearly a decade students from around the world have taken on each other to claim the famous title. Many of whom are now enjoying fantastic careers in the industry and have made connections that will stand them in good stead in the future. 

So, you might be asking yourself, why change it? Simply put the technology now available to us will give an even more valuable experience for students than our previous setup - really testing their limits and excitingly unleashing their creativity. 

The 2023 challenge will use a new online platform called Sim Venture Validate. This ideas platform is perfectly suited to develop an individual’s creative thinking, business planning, entrepreneurial spirit and communication skills. 

It is currently used by a wide range of universities for various subjects (from engineering, creative industries, to business) to build employability and enterprise skills in curricular and extra-curricular learning environments. It is also used by corporate clients for employee skills development and business innovation activities.  

From January 2023 students will be able to register for the competition with the real work beginning in February. The competition asks students to create a virtual organisation and tests team skills on a unique and challenging construction project.  It opens the door more fully for the students to think outside the box but will also test their analytical and technical skills too.  

Teams that reach the final will go on to present to a panel of expert judges online. The team who wins will receive an all-expenses paid trip to CIOB Members’ Forum to test their ideas in the real world in front of some of the world’s finest construction professionals, and importantly gain feedback they can learn from. On top of that the winning team also will receive a £2000 cash prize!