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UNIVERSITY CHALLENGES

http://universitychallenges.com

An online platform that provides students with equal access to information regarding

competitions, contests and conferences

Presenter: Alberto Xodo

“It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.”

(Arthur Vandenberg - Journalist and American Senator)\

Agenda

Needs

Mission & Design

Implementation

Goals & Achievements

Q&A

BenefitsPrizes

US$ 250.000 India Future of Change

€ 15.000AceManager by BNP Paribas

€ 6.000Generation Energies by SIA

Partners

BenefitsEmployment opportunities

Make resumes stand out

BenefitsMeet new people and create relationshipsProvide learning opportunities

“…learning results from what happens on the way to achieving our goals”

(Schank, Berman, & Macpherson, 1983)

The problem

Promotion costs

Research costs

INEQUALITIES

Mission

University Challenges aims to provide equal access to the gathered information regarding competitions, contests and conferences for any university student in the world.

Design 1/3

Newsletter

Links to the pages collecting the opportunities

Feeds from Facebook page

Main menu

Design 2/3Links to the

pages dedicated to each

opportunity

When and Where

Fields and Deadlines

Design 3/3

Official website

Other relevant information about the opportunity

Implementation 1/4

Implementation 2/4

Editorial Team• Contact organizers• Contact universities• Update website• Manage social

media

Ambassadors• Contact universities• Create word of

mouth

Implementation 3/4

Implementation 4/4

Costs Labour €0

Supporting services €0

Platform and domain €150/year

Social media marketing €500/year

Total budget €650/year

Goals

Evaluation

Networks’ development (number of partners & internationality)

Number of visitors and internationality

Break-even

Achievements 1/4

Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India

Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada

Universities collaborating:

Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey

Academic partners:

Achievements 2/4

Achievements 3/4

cities

Achievements 4/4

LimitationsUniversities’ involvement

Companies’ involvement

Ambassadors’ team

Understaffing

Join the challenge

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGEShttp://universitychallenges.com

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UNIVERSITY CHALLENGEShttp://universitychallenges.com

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universitychallenges@gmail.com

Alberto Xodo alberto.xodo@gmail.com

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