We are pleased to announce Deepesh Jayasekara, the DTP scholarship holder (DTP student at UNNC and Ningbo Institute of Materials Tecnology &Engineering, CAS), got the runner-up and Sen Yang (UNNC) also successfully entered the final entries in the U21/PwC Innovation Challenge competition 2019/20.
Deepesh Jayasekara(UNNC), Sen Yang (UNNC), Alice Konta (UNUK) and Francois Seys(UNUK) have been recommended to represent the University of Nottingham in this global online competition in the Tri-campus competition by the tri-campus judging panel. We are so glad to see Andrea Alice Konta (UNUK) and Deepesh C. Jayasekara(UNNC), got the runners-up in the final competition.
The competition attracted 44 entries from 17 universities in the U21 network; all 44 entrants have been awarded online careers training from PwC and the 10 entries shortlisted as finalists will be given both online careers training and mentoring.
In the 2019/20 competition PwC challenged students to respond to the following question: ‘How can universities help individuals gain a broader perspective on the long-term impact and consequences of their day-to-day actions on people, society and the environment? What types of jobs will an environmentally-sensitive economy need, and what is the best way to prepare students for them?'. Entrants then each produced a three-minute video in which they presented their answer to the question.
I feel proud to represent the University of Nottingham at the global stage. Also, it was a privilege to compete against the best 44 contestants from 17 leading research universities in the world. To be honest, I was elated when I got to know that I was selected to the global top 10 and finally winning the Runners-up. I never thought I would go this far, but here I am. I would like to end with one of my favorite quotes from my childhood, 'Try and try, one day you can fly'.