Greenpeace challenge

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is calling young entrepreneurs to enter a global challenge to develop an innovative solution to help clean up the estimated 18 billion pounds of increasing plastic waste that enters our oceans each year. 

Partnering with Greenpeace and GreenSeas Trust, the IET has set two very different challenges, with teams needing to solve one of them to be in with the chance of working with organisations that can make a real difference. The closing date for the entries is March 14, 2019

The Greenpeace challenge requires teams to think of ideas for reusable packaging designs or new approaches that enable supermarkets to dramatically reduce the need for packaging in the first place. 

The winning teams from both challenges will receive a £500 cash prize, trophy and an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the IET’s Innovation Awards ceremony in London where their winning solution will be revealed to the audience. 

For more information, visit www.theiet.org/global-challenge and follow the challenge on social media #IETSaveOurSeas. 

Summer Programme

The Knowledge@Wharton High School (KWHS) Global Young Leaders Academy is offering a two-week intensive summer programme for high school students. This will be held at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

The KWHS Global Young Leaders Academy (GYLA) explores entrepreneurship, leadership, business and finance skills with select groups of high school students from around the world through classroom lessons and speakers, trips and competitions. 

High school students aged 15-18 years are eligible to apply through BrainGain Magazine, a study abroad online magazine that collaborates with KWHS on this programme.

The two-week programme costs US $5,115 per student, including tuition, ground transportation, medical-insurance coverage during the programme, board and lodging. The program fee does not include international travel costs, international travel insurance and visa costs.

How to apply: The programme accepts a limited number of applicants. Interested and eligible candidates should apply online at http://wharton.braingainmag.com.   — TNS