Green Gown Awards 2017 - London Metropolitan University - Finalist

The Big Idea Challenge

An entrepreneurship competition for young people with ideas, Big Ideas, change the world kind of ideas!

Run by London Metropolitan Uni (London Met Uni) in partnership with NatWest, Microsoft, the Princes Trust and the support of HRH The Duke of York, The Big Idea Challenge helps students from 17 FE colleges and London Met Uni to create, develop and pitch new ideas for commercial businesses and social enterprises.

The Big Idea has rapidly become the biggest entrepreneurship competition for college students in the country with over 700 participants getting support and training.

Top 3 learnings:

1 The Big Idea Challenge changes the lives of young people - inspiring them to plan for a more ambitious future.

2 Many of the companies started put social impact at the heart of their mission.

3 We are passionate about opening the door to entrepreneurship to a diverse group of young people.

Videos

• The Big Idea Challenge (click to hide)