Calling all creative minds! Get ready to unleash your entrepreneurial spirit and dive into the world of digital innovation. Let us spark your imagination, equip you with valuable digital skills, and open doors to exciting careers in the digital health and care sector.
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Since its launch in 2017, the #DigiInventors Challenge has been growing bigger and better. More young talent, schools, and partners are joining the fun each year. We now have Primary and Secondary School Challenges in Scotland along with an international challenge in the UAE. The challenge itself is as simple as it is inspiring: we want YOU to identify real health and care challenges and dream up ideas that could transform into real digital health and care solutions.
The #DigiInventors Challenge is on a mission to test your ambition.
We want you to come up with fresh, new, game-changing ideas that could be developed and transformed into digital health and care solutions to support and enhance health and care provision for our young people.
The #DigiInventors Challenge Secondary School Edition kicks off from August to December.
We've teamed up with dressCode, City of Glasgow College and the Scottish Tech Army to provide you with top-notch resources for your classroom activities. Our goal is to support your learning, teaching, and idea development every step of the way.
For our friends in the UAE, Heriot-Watt University Dubai, will be delivering the challenge just for you with the brightest minds from Scotland and the UAE getting the chance to shine on the global stage.
But wait, there's more! Shortlisted finalists will embark on an exciting 2-day boot camp where you'll fine-tune your ideas and attend expert-led sessions to supercharge your creativity.
And that's not all – a grand finale awaits, where you'll present your brilliant idea to a panel of esteemed judges.
*Note: These dates are tentative and might shift by a day or two due to external factors.
Date | #DigiInventors Challenge Activity |
21 August 2023 | Applications open in Scotland and the UAE |
13 October 2023 | Application submission deadline |
16-27 October 2023 | Shortlisting |
31 October 2023 | Shortlisted finalist teams announced |
01-19 November 2023 | Idea development using teaching materials before boot camp |
20 & 21 November 2023 | Boot camp (two half-days) |
05 December 2023 | Final presentations to our panel of judges (half-day) |
14 December 2023 | Scottish and UAE winners announced |
22 February 2024 | Award presentations and prizegiving (Scotland) |
TBC | Award presentations and prizegiving (UAE) |
Develop an idea for a digital health and care solution that uses SMART Technology to help young people’s mental health and wellbeing, especially when dealing with peer pressure or being bullied. Earn extra points if your idea has a positive impact on our environment and supports efforts to reach net carbon zero.
Get into boot camp and score your own #DigiInventors Challenge goodie bag.
Tech treasures await all winners.
View all our #DigiInventors Challenge 2023 Secondary School Edition resources to help you with your applications!
There are two Privacy Notices for this year's #DigiInventors Challenge. Please ensure you read the relevant Privacy Notice for where you are located.
Scotland
UAE
Please ensure you read the rules and application criteria before submitting your ideas!
We have worked with our education and charity partner dressCode to develop a suite of teaching resources to assist with your ideas and applications. This means you can take the #DigiInventors Challenge into the classroom and use it as part of your lessons!
We have:
We've produced a suite of marketing assets that can be shared digitally or printed and put around your school or classrooms.
Social media
Generic marketing assets
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