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Would you like to win a trip to the land of the midnight sun? npower are offering a team comprising you and three of your peers the opportunity to win the trip of a lifetime dog sledding in the North Pole.

The winning teams will experience first hand the importance of living a more sustainable life, talking to locals and learning how climate change is directly impacting them.

In addition to the fabulous first prize, 8 finalist teams will have the opportunity to attend an outdoor team building activity; a fabulous weekend that will push you physically and build on your team working and leadership skills.

They are so confident that you will develop key employability skills from running your project, preparing for the competition, completing the team building weekend and actually going on the trip that they will offer a summer placement for each member of the winning team.

Please explore http://www.npower.com/future_leaders/ to discover more or email resourcing@rwenpower.com if you have any further questions.

 We are giving 12 places, free of charge, on Event Essentials 2012 to exceptional candidates from around the world, based on the following criteria:

- Passion for the event industry

- Commitment to excellence in their work

- Impact of the scholarship on future career aspirations

For more information & to apply: eventbusinessacademy.com/scholarship

eFinancialCareers and Bank of America Merrill Lynch present a real time Investment Challenge, offering UK students not only the possibility to win cash prices, but also the opportunity for the most talented traders to be noticed by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.  

The game is also a great opportunity for beginners to gain a first insight into the Financial Market.  

Students from universities and business schools all over the UK are aiming to increase a virtual fund of £ 10,000,000 within a 1 month trading period. Those students graduating in 2013 or 2014 are eligible to play and have the chance to register from now until 12 April 2012 at http://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/investment-challeng

http://www.universal-biotech.com/index.php/lang-en/prixdelinnovation

http://www.guardian.co.uk/student-media-awards-2012

Closing date: Friday 29 June 2012

Wedsite closing date: Friday 1 June 2012

 Are you interested in a summer internship with Coca-Cola?

The Coca-Cola Company is sponsoring a summer internship for students interested in sustainability.

Requirements

• The internship is open to all students currently attending

King's College, London, England.

• Candidates will be considered regardless of their field

of study but must have completed at least one year of

college or university.

• Term/Length: 3 Months (maximum)

• Location: UK, Canada or Europe

• Salary: Monthly Allowance

Application

Submit an esssay between 500 and 1500 words that communicate your perspective on the topic below. Please include CV or school transcript along with essay.

Topic: Identify key sustainability challenges in one of the following countries (Canada, UK, Turkey, South Africa, Mexico or Belgium) and evaluate The Coca-Cola Company’s impact in addressing these challenges. Include specific recommendations on how this work could be elevated to achieve greater impact in protecting the environment.

Apply to:

The Coca-Cola Company, c/o Marilyn Collazo

1 Coca-Cola Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30313

Email: macollazo@coca-cola.com

Fax: 404-598-1162

Milkround wants to read about what you think about careers and internships, your university experiences and graduate issues. Selected articles will be published on site so this is a great opportunity get your CV to stand out.

To submit your story, send an email to studentview@milkround.com with the following details:

 - Name

- University

- Year of Graduation

- Telephone Number

- Your Article

- Optional: a photo (must be your own image)

If you need more information, please have look at the Student View section at www.milkround.com.

Young people with an artistic streak are being invited to enter a national competition to design a screen saver promoting a free legal service which helps children and young people.

Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), a charity which specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people, is holding the contest to raise awareness of its new Child Law Advice online service. The service, funded by the Department of Education, offers free advice on family, child and education law for every parent, carer and young person in England. (CCLC), a charity which specialises in law and policy affecting children and young people, is holding the contest to raise awareness of its new Child Law Advice online service. The service, funded by the Department of Education, offers free advice on family, child and education law for every parent, carer and young person in England.

Those aged 16 to 24 are invited to submit designs for a screen saver which represents the theme of ‘Justice for children and young people.’ The winning design will be turned into a screen saver and be nationally distributed to a wide range of individuals and organisations who may wish to use the service themselves or signpost it to parents and children they work with. They will also win £100 voucher.

For complete competition details, including how to submit a design, and rules and regulations please visit

www.childrenslegalcentre.com

a competition to find 10 pioneers, change-makers and leaders of tomorrow aged 18 – 24, across Europe, Middle East and Africa*. The winners will take their place alongside the greatest visionaries of today at Google Zeitgeist 2012 near London on May 20^th – 22^nd

From January 25^th until March 19^th , the search will be on to find 10 exceptional, motivated and inspiring 18-24 year-olds from across EMEA*, who are making a positive impact in the world through science, the arts, education, innovation or inspiration.

The lucky winners will be invited to participate in Google’s annual Zeitgeist event, where previous speakers have included Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts, Google CEO Larry Page and Chairman Eric Schmidt. They will also win a brand new Google tech gadget and get the chance to take to the stage and have their voice heard.

To be in with a chance of winning a place at Zeitgeist 2012, simply upload a video telling your story, what matters to you and how you’re making a positive impact on your world to

www.zeitgeistyoungminds.com

http://www.zeitgeistyoungminds.com/

Closing date of Wednesday 8 February

With heats in the UK and Belgium and a Grand Final in Belgium this is great opportunity for students to network with a prestigious global company and really enhance their CV.  If this isn’t enough of an incentive to enter, two teams from each heat will share a prize of €3,000 and at the Grand Final there’s a further prize fund of €4,000 up for grabs!

Teams can still enter.  Details can be found by visiting the competition website www.bestbeercompetition.com . As there is a heat in Belgium, I

*Teams participating from the UK will be paid in Pounds Sterling. The competition is open to all university students in the UK and Belgium of legal drinking age. 

Think it, film it, post it

Think you have what it takes to cut it in today’s business environment?

Well, here’s your chance to prove it and be in with a chance of winning a weekend trip for two to the Wireless Festival in London, dinner with Grant Thornton trainees, a dedicated careers coach and an iPad 2.

To win, simply film yourself giving your advice to any of six questions we’ll be posting online over the next six weeks.

For full details on how to take part, visit:

graduates.grant-thornton.co.uk

Peak Time competition is a highly competitive and entrepreneurial environment where you can face real-life business challenges and act as a real businessman! Peak Time is organized exclusively by students from Stockholm School of Economics in Riga every year since 1999 and this student business competition is becoming a strong brand name in the world of business!

Peak Time:

 First-hand knowledge from international guest lecturers and workshops;

 Risk-free environment to challenge your knowledge;

 Really strong accent to enhance your CV;

 Platform where future business leaders gather!

Take the challenge of Peak Time 2012!

 Apply individually or as a team of 4 undergraduates on www.peaktime.org!

 Run your own virtual business prepared by CESIM and compete for a larger market share!

 Be the best in CESIM and continue the game in online case study prepared by business professionals;

 Be among the top 20 teams and come to the four days Grand Final to challenge your knowledge with

 advanced real business case studies, held in Riga, Latvia on the 2nd-5th May, 2012;

 Compete to be the best and win valuable prizes.

For more information about the competition check out in our official website: www.peaktime.org, write us info@peaktime.org or join us on Facebook and get the latest updates about Peak Time 2012 on www.facebook.com/ThePeakTime!

- The competition asks students and graduates to look at what makes a city resilient, and present their ideas in poster format.

- The prize is a month long paid internship at Arup International Development in London this summer, and there will be a high-profile awards ceremony and commendations for 10-20 shortlisted entrants.

- The deadline is April 6^th 2012, but entrants are asked to register their interest beforehand.

- The competition is open to students of all disciplines – very few of the members in Arup International Development are actually engineers.

All of the details can be found on the website – www.climate-resilient-cities.org

Rise To is an enterprise challenge for young people. It is a chance for young people to gain valuable skills and experience for the workplace, whilst engaging in positive activities within their community. The challenge is supported by IBM, MTV and Studentbeans.com and will be judged by important and successful people within the enterprise community, including Tim Campbell (first winner of The Apprentice), James Eder (co-founder of Studentbeans.com), Georgia Arnold (CSR at MTV) and Mike Clare (founder of Dreams Beds). The winning teams and individuals will get unique prizes such as internships shadowing successful entrepreneurs and cash prizes. There are also lots of opportunities for all participants, including unique internships, training courses and job offers.

The Challenge runs for 6 weeks from the beginning of February. During that time, teams run a campaign to promote someone or something that they believe deserves thanks. They aim to get as many thanks messages as possible left on their campaign page (see the attached PDF for examples of previous campaigns).

For more information on the challenge, please see www.riseto.co.uk 

The Graduate Barometer 2012 is a large-scale, independent piece of research into students’ views on graduate careers and recruitment. Almost 15,000 students from across the UK took part in our 2011 edition. Your views provide valuable insight and also help decide who makes the Guardian UK 300 top graduate employers. Join in and enter our prize draw with two prizes of £1,000 and five of £500 up for grabs!

The survey takes just 15 minutes to complete. To take part, please go to:

www.trendence-gradbarometer.co.uk

Who is your ideal employer? Your university and top employers want to know what is important for you in your career. Your participation will not only help you to think about your career, but also helps your university and employers know what you want!

Participate now and receive a free WetFeet Insider Guide: Brand Thyself (Value: £13.95), get direct feedback on your answers and find out what career type you are and what employers match your profile.  

You also have the chance to win a Universum Scholarship (£900) or one of seven Universum Internships in New York, Shanghai or Stockholm.

With over 400,000 students participating globally last year, My Future Career is the world’s leading research about student career expectations.

 My Future Career 2012 is completely independent. Your response is anonymous as only aggregated results are used.

Click here to enter My Future Career 2012: http://unisurv.co/UK

King's College is cooperating with Potentialpark in an international study on the communication between students and employers.

This survey  is your chance to tell employers how you would like online communication and recruitment to work. 

Please click on this link to take part in the survey:

http://survey.potentialpark.com/s3/2012

The survey is anonymous and takes about 15 minutes to complete. You can win the latest iPhone, an iPad 2, one of 25 vouchers (Amazon, iTunes, Sodexo or Dangdang) or one of 500 iHipo.com membership

TARGETjobs are looking for the most outstanding undergraduates of the year They are looking for a winning mix of personal skills, career motivation and an excellent academic record. So if you feel this is you and want to win some fabulous rewards why not enter! http://undergraduateoftheyear.com

Vote for the best:Best Employment Experience

www.work-experience.org/awards

Elevation Networks is a youth employment charity working with young people from disadvantaged background to help them become more competitive within the labour market.

They have recently teamed with Deloitte to launch a report on the experiences of different groups at university and the impact this has on their attitude towards the labour market. In order to do so they need students to take part in their nationwide survey, you will be able to win some fantastic prizes such as: a free return trip to Paris, a Kindle reader, £100 worth of vouchers, an iPod or Official Beats Dr Dre Headphones.

http://www.smart-survey.co.uk/v.asp?i=34481uqfkw