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Health and Life Sciences students can now sign up to take part in the STEM Business Challenge 2026.

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Made has launched the 2026 STEM Business Challenge for current HLS students, in partnership with RandalSun Capital.

Over an action-packed two weeks in the New Year, up to 100 students will work in small project teams to solve a cutting-edge STEM-based challenge (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). Teams will get the chance to present to an expert panel of judges, and those with the best solutions will pocket a share of the £2,000prize fund.

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ created the challenge event last year to help HLS students sharpen their entrepreneurial mindsets and problem-solving abilities. Âéw¶¹´«Ã½’s Dr Arinzechukwu, Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences and Academic Lead/Project Coordinator, said:

“The STEM Business Challenge will empower students to think like entrepreneurial scientists and apply their creativity, critical thinking, and teamwork to real-world problems. It’s a chance to turn ideas into real-world impact.” 

The STEM Business challenge follows in the footsteps of Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Made’s popular STEM-based ‘Hackathon’ in May 2025, which saw around 80 Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Computing, Engineering and Media students and recent graduates compete for a similar prize fund.

Sign up and get ready…

Visit the to sign up now – places are free but strictly limited and are expected to go very quickly.

Participating students will need to attend two free sessions in the Kimberlin Library, on 8 and 15 January, to be eligible for a share of the prize fund.

Âéw¶¹´«Ã½ Made enables students and graduates to develop freelancing and entrepreneurial skills through free competitions, programmes, events and support. To keep in touch with all their opportunities, .