Real-World Challenges
Challenges set in the real world of work
Tackle a real-world problem, then persuade the experts, while developing key employability skills in the process.
Our challenges for 2022-23 include our Real-World Challenge: Climate Change which took place at PwC’s Belfast offices, and Real-World Prison Challenge which is schedulled to take place in semester 2, (check back here for dates).
Real-World Prison Challenge

Eligibility criteria and registration information for the Real-World Challenge: Inside the Prison System will be added to this webpage once confirmed.
The challenge will open for expressions of interest soon via MyFuture.
Real-World Challenge Climate Change
Real World Challenge Climate Change Highlights
In the first of our Real-World Challenge series, we tackle climate change and looking at how industry leaders can use the ecological crisis to inform decision-making and prompt action.
The programme took place live in PwC’s Belfast offices on 12 October 2022, where students joined a team to tackle this real-world problem, then persuaded the experts –all while developing key employability skills in the process.
This challenge was open to students from all disciplines.
Images from Real-World Challenge Climate Change 2022