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Take the 2011 Student Challenge and you could win networking experiences that money can't buy, a trip to a global financial city plus your share of a $100,000 prize pool.
There is an Overall Student Challenge open to 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students, and a 1st year Student Challenge.
August 31st
Submissions close at 11.59pm AEST, upload your entries in good time.September 19th
State Finalists will be announced and advised of their two day trip to Sydney to network with high profile prospective employers.The 2011 Student Challenge offers all State Finalists opportunities and experiences that money can't buy. The overall Student Challenge winner(s) can win, amongst many other great prizes, the opportunity to travel to a global financial capital.
For details on all the 'money can't buy' experiences and the $100,000 prize pool that the 2011 Student Challenge has to offer State Finalists and Winners
You can enter as an individual or as a team
• More information about Teams
• To enter, you will be required to make a submission
• Find out what a submission involves
• For each Challenge there will be State Finalists
• State finalists by geographic region
• The State Finalists will be notified within 3 days of selection
• This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners
• The prize must be taken as offered and cannot be varied
Terms and Conditions
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia 2011 Student Challenge
1. Information on how to enter and prize details form part of these conditions of entry. Entry into the Promotion is
deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Entries not in accordance with these Terms and Conditions
are deemed ineligible.
2. Entry is open only to individuals who at the time of entry are: 18 years of age or older and enrolled as an
undergraduate student at an Australian university. Employees and Directors of the Sponsor (being the Australian
Conservation Foundation), the Promoter or their Advertising Agencies, namely Mitchell Communication Group and
Mercer Bell and their immediate families, are ineligible to enter, except that this does not in any way exclude
undergraduate students who assist the Promoter as Student Brand Champs.
3. To enter the Promotion, entrants must:
a. register their details by completing an online form accessible at studentchallenge.com.au;
b. register their interest in participating in the 2011 Student Challenge by completing an online form at
studentchallenge.com.au;
c. lodge a submission to one of the two Student Challenge case study questions;
4. An entrant may only enter the Promotion once, either as an individual or as a member of a team. Teams are
capped at a maximum of 2 persons. Entrants are individually and/or collectively (as the case may be) responsible
for ensuring that their contact details submitted to the Promoter are correct. Entrants will forfeit their right to claim
prizes in the event that their contact details are inaccurate or wrong.
5. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the validity of entries and to disqualify any entrant or the team of any
entrant/s who tamper/s with the entry process and/or who submit/s an entry that is not in accordance with the
Terms and Conditions of Entry. No responsibility will be accepted for lost, late or misdirected entries.
6. The Promotion will consist of 2 separate challenges, a General Student Challenge and a 1st Year Student
Challenge. The General Student Challenge is open only to 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students, being students enrolled
in the second, third or fourth year of their undergraduate degree. The 1st Year Student Challenge is open only to
1st year students, being students enrolled in the first year of their undergraduate degree. In each challenge,
eligible entrants will be required to make one submission to either the General Student Challenge case study
question or the 1st Year Student Challenge case study question. A student cannot enter both the General Student
Challenge and 1st Year Student Challenge.
7. The Promotion will run for approximately 3 months. The General Student Challenge and 1st Year Student Challenge
case study questions will be posted by the Promoter at the website accessible at studentchallenge.com.au from
10:00am (AEST) on Monday, 2 May, 2011. Entrants will have from 10:00am (AEST) on Monday, 2 May, 2011 to
11:59pm (AEST) on Wednesday 31 August 2011 ("Promotional Period") to lodge their submission. Registration
and entry into the Promotion will be permitted at any time during the Promotional Period.
8. Each entrant/team will be required to make one submission. A submission may be a combination of some or all of
the following elements: a video (of up to but no more than 5 minutes in duration); an executive summary (up to but
no more than 400 words); a picture; and/or supporting documentation (up to but no more than 3 documents) in
Word (up to but no more than 5 pages), PowerPoint (up to but no more than 15 slides) or Excel format (No more
than one worksheet). Only one of each document type may be submitted.9. A final judging panel of Chartered Accountants and Australian Accounting Industry figure-heads appointed by the
Promoter, at the Promoter's discretion, will select the State Winners from valid entries received during the
Promotional Period at the Promoter's premises at 33 Erskine Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000. The State Winners will
be selected during the period from Monday 1 September 2011 to Monday 19 September 2011. The State Winners
will be announced during the week commencing Monday 19th September 2011.
10. In the event that either the General Student Challenge or the 1st Year Student Challenge does not elicit a minimum
of at least 10 entries, the Promoter reserves the right (subject to the requirements of any applicable law) to
terminate the Promotion without awarding any prizes.
11. For the General Student Challenge and the 1st Year Student Challenge there will be a “State Winner” for each of
the following specified geographic regions. The State Winners will be selected from the following geographic
regions: 1 from New South Wales, 1 from Australian Capital Territory, 1 from Western Australia, 1 from South
Australia & Northern Territory combined, 1 from Victoria & Tasmania combined and 1 from Queensland. From the
pool of 6 State Winners for the General Student Challenge, and the pool of 6 State Winners for the 1st Year
Student Challenge, the final judging panel will select an “Overall Winner” for the General Student Challenge and a
“Overall Winner” for the 1st Year Student Challenge respectively. The Overall Winners for the General Student
Challenge and the 1st Year Student Challenge will be announced at the networking dinner to be held on a date to
be confirmed in September 2011.
12. Each submission will be individually judged based on literary and creative merit as well as technical knowledge,
content, innovation and presentation. Submissions exceeding the time and/or word and/or document limits set out
above at clause 8 will not be disqualified from the Promotion but the final judging panel will only consider the
submission up to the time and/or word and/or document limit specified, as the case may be.
13. This is a game of skill and chance plays no part in determining the winners. Winners will be notified by telephone,
email or in writing within 3 days of being selected.
a. The State Winners of the 1st Year Student Challenge will receive an all expenses paid trip (maximum 2
night stay) from their State/Territory Capital to Sydney including flights, meals and accommodation. If the
Sydney State Winner(s) resides within 50km of the Sydney General Post Office they will be responsible for
the cost of their transportation to and from the presentation skills training and networking dinner. State
Winners will be responsible for their transportation to and from their State/Territory Capital City airport.
While in Sydney, State Winners of the 1st Year Student Challenge will attend presentation skills training, a
networking dinner with the 2011 Student Challenge judging panel and members of the Australian
Accounting industry, and will receive corporate attire vouchers to the value of $500, a certificate of
participation and an Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia Leading Knowledge Information pack. If
the winner is a team, each team member will receive the prize. The prize must be taken as offered and
cannot be varied. The value of the total prizes for State Winners of the 1st Year Student Challenge is an
estimated $30,000 inclusive of GST and is in Australian dollars and is the recommended retail value as
provided by the supplier and is correct at time of printing.
b. The State Winners of the General Student Challenge will receive an all expenses paid trip (maximum 2
night stay) from their State/Territory Capital to Sydney including flights, meals and accommodation. If the
Sydney State Winner(s) resides within 50km of the Sydney General Post Office they will be responsible for
the cost of their transportation to and from the presentation skills training and networking dinner. While in
Sydney, State Winners of the General Student Challenge will attend presentation skills training, will have
an opportunity to present their business solution at a networking dinner with the 2011 Student Challenge
judging panel and members of the Australian Accounting industry, and will receive a personalised Farage
corporate attire fitting to the value of $1,500, a certificate of participation and an Institute of Chartered
Accountants Australia Leading Knowledge Information pack. If the winner is a team, each team member
will receive the prize. The prize must be taken as offered and cannot be varied. The value of the totalprizes for State Winners of the General Student Challenge is an estimated $40,000 inclusive of GST and
is in Australian dollars and is the recommended retail value as provided by the supplier and is correct at
time of printing.
c. The Overall Winner(s) of the 1st Year Student Challenge will have an opportunity to speak about their
winning business solution at the networking dinner with the 2011 Student Challenge judging panel and
members of the Australian Accounting industry. The Promoter will use its reasonable endeavours to have
the Overall Winner(s) of the 1st Year Student Challenge featured in an article posted on the on the
websites of BRW.com & CFOWeb.com & AFR.com, receive a letter of recognition from the judging panel
and an Apple® iPad® 2 (32GB Wi-Fi + 3G) and accessories including an iPad® Smart Cover
and Keyboard valued at $1,200. The prize must be taken as offered and cannot be varied. The value
of the total prizes for the Overall Winner(s) of the 1st Year Student Challenge is an estimated $10,000
inclusive of GST and is in Australian dollars and is the recommended retail value as provided by the
supplier and is correct at time of printing.
d. The Overall Winner(s) of the General Student Challenge receive an opportunity to speak about their
winning business solution at a networking dinner with the 2011 Student Challenge judging panel and
members of the Australian Accounting industry. The Promoter will use its reasonable endeavours to have
the Overall Winner(s) of the General Student Challenge featured in articles published in BRW and CFO,
receive a letter of recognition from the judging panel and an Apple® iPad® 2 (32GB Wi-Fi + 3G) and
accessories including an iPad® Smart Cover and Keyboard and STA travel vouchers to the value of
$10,000 to be used toward travel to and experience a Financial Capital abroad. The prize must be taken
as offered and cannot be varied. The value of the total prizes for the Overall Winner(s) of the General
Student Challenge is an estimated $30,000 inclusive of GST and is in Australian dollars and is the
recommended retail value as provided by the supplier and is correct at time of printing.
14. The total maximum prize pool for the Student Challenge is valued at approximately AU$110,000 (inclusive of GST).
General
15. In the event that for whatever reason, any prize is unavailable, the Promoter reserves the right to substitute the
unavailable prize for a prize of equal or greater value, subject to the relevant state regulation. Except with the
written consent of the Promoter, the prize is not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. The
Promoter has absolute discretion as to whether it will provide such consent and need not provide any reasons to
any person for providing or withholding consent.
16. In the event that any prize is not claimed within three months of the winners being selected, the Promoter reserves
the right to award the prize to the valid entry judged to be the second best in the respective category. In such
circumstances, the new Winner will be notified by telephone, by email or in writing within 3 days of being selected.
17. The Promoter's decision in relation to any and all aspects of the Promotion is final and binding on every person who
enters and no correspondence will be entered into.
18. The Winner/s and Finalists agree to the use of their submissions, name/s, image/s and/or photograph/s for
publicity, promotional purposes and for the Promoter's future promotions, without compensation, and agree/s that
the Promoter will own copyright in any such images and photograph/s and in all material incorporating the
photograph/s.19. The Promoter may disqualify, in its discretion, any individual who the Promoter believes has breached any of the
Terms and Conditions, or engaged in any unlawful or other improper misconduct (including plagiarism) calculated
to jeopardise the fair and proper conduct of the Promotion.
20. The Promoter, each of its related bodies corporate, officers, employees and agents shall not be liable for any loss
or damage whatsoever which is suffered (including but not limited to direct, indirect or consequential loss) or for any
personal injury suffered or sustained in connection with any prize/s except for any liability which cannot be excluded
by law.
21. The Promoter accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to prizes in transit. The Promoter makes no
representations or warranties as to the quality/suitability of prizes. To the extent permitted by law, the Promoter is
not liable for any loss suffered or sustained, to person or property and including, but not limited to, consequential
(including economic) loss by reason of any act or omission, deliberate or negligent, by the Promoter, or its agents,
in connection with the arrangement for supply, or the supply, of any goods or services by any person to the prize
winners. This clause does not affect, and is not intended to affect, any rights a consumer might have, which are not
able to be excluded under applicable Australian consumer protection laws, including the Australian Consumer Law.
22. The Promoter is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunction of any telephone network or lines,
computer or online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, technical problems or traffic
congestion on the Internet or at any web site, delay or error in postal service or any combination thereof, including
but not limited to any injury or damage to eligible entrants' or any other person's computer related to or resulting
from participation in or down-loading any materials in this Promotion. The Promoter is not responsible for any
incorrect or inaccurate information, either caused by the phone user or for any of the equipment or programming
associated with or utilised in this Promotion, or for any technical error, or any combination thereof that may occur in
the course of the administration of this Promotion including any omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in
operation or transmission, communications line or telephone, mobile or satellite network failure, theft or destruction
or unauthorised access to or alteration of entries.
23. If for any reason this Promotion is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by
computer virus, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other causes beyond
the control of the Promoter which corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper conduct
of this Promotion, the Promoter reserves the right, subject to any written directions given under applicable law, to
disqualify any individual who tampers with the entry process, and to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the
Promotion. The Promoter reserves all rights to recover damages and/or other compensation as may be deemed
appropriate from such an offender.
24. In the event of war, terrorism, a state of emergency or a disaster, the Promoter reserves the right (subject to any
written directions under applicable law) to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the Promotion.
25. Apple Inc. is not a participant in, or sponsor of, this Promotion. Apple and iPad are trademarks of Apple Inc.,
registered in the U.S. and other countries
26. The Promoter is the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ABN 50 084 642 571), 33 Erskine Street,
Sydney NSW 2000.
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