UBC - what's involved and quick overview

Why?

• Develops employability and enterprise skills
• Students build their profile and add something significant to their CV
• Each team member is presented with a Certificate of Participation which can be added to co-curricular record as evidence of employability & enterprise skills development
• Opportunity to meet leading graduate employers

Who?

• Open to undergraduate students from any faculty – preferably penultimate year students, but they can be from any year
• Soon to be open to postgraduate level students in a separate competition
• Students participate in teams of up to 5 members

What?

• Teams compete and run a series of realistic, simulated businesses:
• Round 1 – run on-line over the internet for 6 weeks
• Round 2 – live one-day regional Semi-Finals
• Round 3 – live one-day Grand Final
• NOTE: Some countries have a 2 Round format - please see country page

When?

• The 3 Round format (in the UK) starts the last week in October and ends the last week in March the following year

Time commitment?

• In Round 1, two hours a week for the first two weeks while you are familiarising yourself with the simulation.  One hour per week thereafter. Round 1 runs for 6 weeks

Learning Outcomes?

• The learning outcomes which result from participation are mapped against the skills employers are looking for in their graduate intake
• 83% of participants agree they their employability skills improved through participating in the UBC

Resources needed?

• Computer, internet access and printer 

Team registration process?

• Team registration is made via this website
• Please see country pages for timetable
• Register the number of teams you want to enter
• Then nominate team leaders as early in the new academic year as possible
• Team member names only required upon commencement of the UBC

Team participation process in Round 1?

• Registered teams are sent logins to the on-line simulation website
• All resources are available on the website
• UBC provides a team helpdesk
• All team decisions are uploaded on-line
• Results are displayed on-line each week

UBC management team support?

• The UBC team is here to make the registration and participation process as simple and beneficial as possible

Team support?

• Teams find lecturer or educator support beneficial in terms of team dynamics and decision making
• Guidance and resources are provided to educators by the UBC team

Round 2 Semi-Finals:

• Approximately 30% of teams go through to the Round 2 one-day live semi-finals where there is a 3 Round format
• These are held in February to March at regional venues
• They are hosted by our University Supporters / Employer Partners

Round 3 Grand Final:

• The top 10 teams go through to the Round 3 Grand Final run live over one day in the third week of March hosted by the country Lead Employer Partner

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