The University of Bath’s School of Management is delighted to announce the return of the Rotork Community Challenge!
For the past 10 years the University of Bath’s School of Management faculty have partnered with the University of Bath’s Student Union Volunteering Department with the aim of encouraging small teams of students to volunteer their time and skills in October and November to add value to local charitable organisations.
They are now looking for a new set of ‘challenges’ that will allow up to 12 teams, each consisting of 6 or 7 students, to get involved with.
What are they looking for?
Projects that a team of up to 7 students can deliver sometime between the end of October and the end of November. Please see linked document for some examples of past projects.
Many of the students involved in this scheme are international and will be put into teams working with other students that they have probably not met before. Therefore, a part of their challenge may well include language and cultural barriers, as well as the short time given to deliver the project. Usually, the students really embrace this opportunity and will go above and beyond the brief to deliver a successful event or project. However, your time will be needed to support them throughout, as this is a learning experience for these students and things can of course, go wrong along the way. The important learning for the groups is around how they then deal with any problems and work together to come up with solutions and a positive outcome for the charities involved. Your project will be helping them to develop their teamwork, problem solving, communication and leadership skills, to name but a few.
N.B Fundraising projects will not be accepted.
Next Steps
Please complete the application form here giving as much detail as possible about the challenge and the benefits for your charity or community group. You may submit as many projects as you like but each one must be on a separate form.
The application deadline is 23rd August.
The projects will be launched to students in early October and the students will have an opportunity to choose which challenge they would prefer to deliver. If more than 2 challenge applications are received, there will be a shortlisting to achieve this number. Therefore, some challenges may not get selected to go through to the final round. However, there are other groups of students who might then want to take up some of these projects and other ways they may be able to work with you in future.
The student group’s will deliver their results as part of a presentation evening during late November and all charities will be invited to attend this event, where an overall winner will be announced!
Please note, charities are asked to support the students during this challenge and therefore please consider whether you are able to dedicate some of your time and can remain contactable throughout this period. Furthermore, once the final projects have been set you will not be able to change your challenge or request additional tasks from the students, therefore please ensure that you are satisfied with your challenge application before you submit it to avoid any last-minute changes.
The University of Bath’s School of Management looks forward to receiving your challenge projects application by close of play on August 23rd and thank you in advance for your support.
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