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WELCOME TO THE UK'S LEADING UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS CHALLENGE FOR DEVELOPING STUDENT EMPLOYABILITY & ENTERPRISE SKILLS

Participation in the UBC is open to all undergraduate university students in the UK. The UBC puts you on the road to success by developing and enhancing your employability & enterprise skills. To find out more about the UBC click here.

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RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR THE UBC 2011-12

LATEST NEWS: ROUND 1 IS NOW COMPLETE. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAMS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH TO ROUND 2 REGIONAL SEMI-FINALS

In 2011-2012 a record number of 73 universities and over  1,500 students will compete in the UBC on-line Round 1. In Round 2, the top teams will go through to a series of live semi-finals hosted by the UK's leading graduate employers at at their corporate offices around the UK. In Round 3, the top ten teams will compete in the live Grand Final at IBM, London.

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WINNERS AND GRAND FINALISTS IN UBC UK 2010-11

BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY WON THE VERY COMPETITIVE 2010-11 GRAND FINAL

Ist place: Bournemouth University. Team members are: Charli Gazzard, Kelly Doyle, Gary King, Jeme Durici and Angel Yeung. They were supported throughout the competition by their lecturer Mark Ridolfo (right). The IBM graduate recruitment team lead by Gwyneth Barker (back row on right) presented the prizes to the winning team.

2nd place: Imperial College, London. Team members are: Jamie Alldridge, Sara Siddiqi, Wei San Wong-Morrow, Madeline Rounds and Christopher Lau. They were supported throughout the competition by their college co-ordinator Catherine Fison (not pictured).

3rd place: Queen's University, Belfast. Team members during the competition were: Jason Elkin, Donnchadh Long, Harry Davies, Owen McMeel and Claire Watson. They were supported during the competition by Students Union representative Vincent Murray (left) and lecturer James McKevitt (right).

To see all teams that competed in UBC 2010-11 Round 3 Grand Finals  click here

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The Round 2 semi-fnals took place at 8 corporate sponsor locations throughout the UK during February and early March 2011

1st semi-final of took place at Procter & Gamble, Newcastle-upon-Tyne on 25 February 2011

2nd semi-final of took place at Lloyds Banking Group Management School, Shirley, Solihull on 1 March 2011

3rd semi-final of took place at Citigroup Centre, Canary Wharf, London on 2 March 2011

4th semi-final of took place at Citigroup Centre, Canary Wharf, London on 3 March 2011

5th semi-final of took place at Royal Bank of Scotland, Bishopsgate, London on 4 March 2011

6th semi-final hosted by Serco took place at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Greater London, on 7 March 2011

7th semi-final hosted by Procter & Gamble took place at their Weybridge corporate offices on 11 March 2011

8th semi-final hosted by the Royal Bank of Scotland took place at their Gogarburn, Edinburgh, corporate offices on 15 March 2011

To see all teams that won through to this year's Round 3 Grand Finals  click here

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The Universities Business Challenge is the premier business simulation competition for all university undergraduates in the UK who want to develop their employability competencies, meet potential employers - and have a life-changing experience. The UBC is a true learning experience for all those who enter.

Commencing in October each year, the competition helps students improve their decision-making skills, develop their team-working abilities and increase their knowledge of key business areas such as marketing, finance, production and human resources. The competition also enhances their employability skills and provides an important extra item for their CV.

Participants come from all faculties...

The Universities Business Challenge is not just for Business Studies students. Students in Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, Engineering, Law, Mathematics, Accounting, Medicine and a wide range of Arts and Sciences faculties have gained an invaluable understanding of the business world.

Improve employability skills....

Participating undergraduates tell us year after year how taking part in the UBC has helped them make the transition from university to the world of work.

"The UBC reflects the ethos that brings out the qualities in the participants that we are looking for in potential employees: team-working abilities, tenacity, persistence..." - says Sonia Bannon of IBM.

Meet potential employers....

UBC sponsors - IBM, Citi, Procter & Gamble, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Serco - are among the UK's Top 100 graduate employers.

You'll be in challenging company....

Previous winners have included: Aston University, Anglia Ruskin University, Sheffield Hallam University, Manchester Business School, Imperial College, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Durham, Cambridge, Swansea, Farnborough and Sussex. Semi-finalists have included teams from: Sheffield-Hallam, Imperial, Lancaster, Sheffield, Oxford, UCL, UMIST, Reading, Southampton, Loughborough, Anglia Ruskin, Aberystwyth, Bristol, Trinity All Saints, Bournemouth, Oxford Brookes, Essex, Birmingham, Dundee, Bell College, Regents Business School, University of Central Lancashire, Royal Holloway. Click here for the Hall of Fame

There will be cash prizes for the top three teams as follows:

To download a printable version of the UBC leaflet please click here

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