Industry partnerships
The Game Changer Challenge has a demonstrated reputation for bringing together a peer group of world-leading technology, media and innovation partners and offering them a unique opportunity to engage directly with and mentor our society’s future innovators and leaders.
With a range of engagement options for partners, the GCC offers significant opportunities to have a real impact on the next generation of designers, innovators and leaders and the teachers who mentor them.
Video - Industry partnerships at Game Changer Challenge (duration 1:30)
Student 1
Today we're here for the Game Changer Challenge and currently we're meeting all of the industry experts to make our big idea better.
Chloe
Hi.
Adult
Hello.
Chloe
My name's Chloe. Nice to meet you guys.
Adult
Hi, how are you?
Sharni Boyall
I think there's a great opportunity for people to become industry partners because we should never stop listening to children.
So we're sitting in offices thinking about problems and solution finding without always realising that children have the ideas.
Sue Murthy
How can they help with those ideas?
I think that's really the reason why we're here, because we want to help as industry experts where we can to really bring these ideas to life.
Dr Tim Kitchen
So we get a lot out of seeing our tools being used really effectively to enhance creativity in the learning and in the teaching process.
Student 2
Personally, I'm quite looking forward to pitching and just seeing if our idea could actually make something happen in the world.
Student 3
I love how it's so interactive and like how everyone can be part of game changers.
Megan Townes
I think game changers are so important because it's learning in real life.
It's the way learning should always be, where they're solving these real-world problems, developing all these skills that they will use for the rest of their lives, no matter which industry they go into.
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Be part of a team that
Helps close the equity gap for regional and rural schools
Supports teachers and develops cross-curricular resource aids
Led the introduction of design thinking methodologies into classroom settings
Helps turn winning, game changing ideas into a reality
Supports students to achieve real social impact in their schools and broader communities.
Partner benefits
Receive a personalised media kit with photos, suggested copy and digital assets to promote and publicise your involvement across your brand’s channels
A unique opportunity to connect with our executives and award-winning service-delivery teams
Join a peer group of media, innovation and mentorship experts
Access opportunities to engage with deeply-involved, motivated NSW public school students
Ask the Experts
Ask the Experts is a dedicated area at the grand final where students are encouraged to break out of their teams and learn alongside other students by engaging with industry partners to receive advice on their idea and learn skills. This is a less-structured approach to exchanging ideas and receiving advice that speaks to the openness of design thinking and finding inspiration in all interactions. By encouraging students to speak about their ideas, it also helps strengthen pitching and prototyping skills.
During the idea exchange experts can:
Introduce the new technology or skill
Educate students on how to use the technology or skill
Try out what they have learnt and receive feedback
Apply the technology or skill to the GCC
Incubation experiences
Mott MacDonald incubation experience
Winners of the GCC’s Mott MacDonald Incubation Prize in 2022 took part in an intensive, 1-day incubation program where they learned more about the design cycle and were encouraged to think big in an inspiring ideation session with mentors Mike Matthews-Stuart and Brian Dargan.
The Laughing Legends team from Leura Public School took part in the workshop designed by Mott MacDonald and hosted at the NSW Department of Education’s head offices in Parramatta.
“It is always an inspiration to work with such committed and engaged people,” Mike Matthews-Stuart, Technical Director at Mott MacDonald, said.
“We truly hope the Leura Public School team is able to build a lasting legacy and continue to make a positive impact on their community, which they are clearly already doing. Fantastic to be a small part of this great initiative.”
Leura Public School teacher Hannah Bucholtz said the workshop helped energise the students and focus the vision for their initiative.
“The post-challenge incubation opportunity has been such a unique and outstanding mentorship experience for our students. The Mott MacDonald team hosted a really impressive workshop and journey through the design cycle,” Ms Bucholtz said.
“Thank you to everyone who assisted in bringing this high calibre opportunity to fruition, and to the Mott MacDonald team for helping our Laughing Legends unlock the possibilities and dream big.”
Thank you to Mott Macdonald, a long-time GCC Industry Partner, for their ongoing support and empowerment of Game Changers!
Our partners
Contact
Contact the Business Engagement team at be@det.nsw.edu.au for more information, or if you would like to get your organisation involved!