The one day Dynamo Challenge on 18 November, hosted by Portsmouth University at The Square Tower, set students from local universities a live brief to develop innovative ideas and solutions to a genuine problem.
¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ took along the largest team of students, and student, Van Hoa Trin, was part of the winning group. Their challenge was to adopt a greener approach to educating 4-11 year old children about global warming. The judges’ were impressed with the team’s responses to their questions and their proposals, which included SMART energy monitors, Energy Wizard charts, a magical flower factory of solar panels to grow plants, fundraising events and working with charity .
Panel member, , shared the judges' feedback about ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ students: “the ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ students were extremely professional, very mature, enthusiastic and fantastic ambassadors for ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ.â€
By the end of the day ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ students were exchanging details with contacts from all of the university’s involved and planning on bringing their ideas back to ¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ, saying “it was amazing – fun and interactive, and a great opportunity to exchange lots of contacts.â€
¶¹ÄÌÊÓƵ has worked with Southampton, Southampton Solent, Portsmouth and Winchester universities on the Dynamo Challenge since 2006. Details for the 2015/16 event will be announced early in the next academic year.