The Unlock Your Unlimited Future Challenge 2024

About The Unlock Your Unlimited Future Challenge

The Unlock Your Unlimited Future Challenge is a competition organized by Western Sydney University (WSU) for high school students from Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, aged 15 to 19. It aims to develop skills in areas such as Computer Science, Nursing, Business, and Engineering, and runs from 29 October 2024 to 30 December 2024.

Who Can Join?
This competition is open to high school students aged 15 to 19, who are citizens and residents of the participating countries. With free entry, students can immerse themselves in two exciting parts of the challenge: the Game Mission Competition and the Essay Competition.

Key Details:

Eligibility: Open to high school students in the specified countries aged 15-19.
Free Entry: Participants are responsible for their own costs to participate.

Game Mission Competition: Fun and Skills Combined

Participants will take on engaging online missions themed around key disciplines:

Nursing & Midwifery: Solve time-based challenges to experience the compassion and precision of clinical practice.
Technology: Dive into a mini-coding adventure in the Human Machine Interaction Lab.
Engineering: Master the art of bridge design in a solution-focused challenge.
Business: Launch a business in a resource-management game.

Every completed mission earns participants an entry into weekly prize draws for exclusive WSU merchandise. Over nine weeks, students can win up to four entries for exciting weekly and regional prizes such as Logitech ergonomic keyboards or Paper Shoot cameras.

Essay Competition: Share Your Vision

Students who complete at least one Game Mission can enter the Essay Competition. By writing a 500-word essay, participants will share their dream career, the WSU course that aligns with their goals, and the facilities they would like to see when visiting WSU campuses. Finalists from each country will win Paper Shoot cameras, and the grand prize winner will enjoy a customized four-night trip to Sydney, Australia!

Two Main Competitions:

Game Mission Competition:
1. Participants complete up to 4 online game missions related to nursing, business, engineering, and technology. Each completed mission provides entries for weekly and regional prize draws.
2. Weekly Prizes: WSU merchandise (e.g., caps, plushies) awarded weekly for up to 9 weeks.
3. Regional Prizes: Cameras and ergonomic keyboards for winners selected every 3 weeks.
Essay Competition:
1. Entrants who complete at least one Game Mission can submit a 500-word essay about their career goals and how WSU can help them achieve those goals.
2. The grand prize is a customized 4-night trip to Sydney, Australia, with various inclusions like flights, accommodation, campus visits, and city tours.

Prize Details:

Grand Prize: A 4-night trip to Sydney, including flights, accommodation, meals, and tours (valued for one winner and a guardian).
Regional Prizes: Paper Shoot cameras and Logitech keyboards.

Submission and Judging:

Participants must register for the competition and complete game missions by 30 December 2024.
Finalists in the essay competition will need to submit a 2-minute video about their essay to compete for the grand prize.

Terms and Conditions:

The competition has rules on eligibility, entry methods, deadlines, and prize distribution.
Winners will be contacted by email/phone, and prizes will be sent within 30 days of confirmation.
The competition also outlines privacy policies, intellectual property rights, and WSU’s ability to use entrants’ materials for promotional purposes.

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