1. Information on how to enter and prize details
form part of these conditions of entry. Entry into the Promotion is
deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions. Entries not in
accordance with these Terms and Conditions are deemed
ineligible.
2. The Promoter is the Institute of Chartered
Accountants in Australia (ABN 50 084 642 571), 33 Erskine Street,
Sydney NSW 2000.
3. Entry is open only to individuals who at the
time of entry are: 18 years of age or older and enrolled as an
undergraduate student at an Australian university. Employees and
Directors of the Sponsor (being the St. James Ethics Centre), the
Promoter and their immediate families, are ineligible to enter,
except that this does not in any way exclude undergraduate students
who assist the Promoter as Student Brand Champs.
4. To enter the Promotion, entrants must:
a. register their details by completing an
online form accessible at studentchallenge.com.au;
b. register their interest in participating in
the 2012 Student Challenge by completing an online form at
studentchallenge.com.au;
c. lodge submissions to the Part A and Part B
General Student Challenge or the Part A and Part B 1st Year Student
Challenge case study questions;
5. An entrant may only enter the Promotion once,
either as an individual or as a member of a team. Teams are capped
at a maximum of 2 persons. Entrants are individually and/or
collectively (as the case may be) responsible for ensuring that
their contact details submitted to the Promoter are correct.
Entrants will forfeit their right to claim prizes in the event that
their contact details are inaccurate or wrong.
6. The Promoter reserves the right to verify the
validity of entries and to disqualify any entrant or the team of
any entrant/s who tamper/s with the entry process and/or who
submit/s an entry that is not in accordance with the Terms and
Conditions of Entry. No responsibility will be accepted for lost,
late or misdirected entries.
7. The Promotion will consist of 2 separate
challenges, a General Student Challenge and a 1st Year Student
Challenge. The General Student Challenge is open only to 2nd,
3rd and 4th year students, being students enrolled in the second,
third or fourth year of their undergraduate degree. The 1st
Year Student Challenge is open only to 1st year students, being
students enrolled in the first year of their undergraduate
degree. In each challenge, eligible entrants will be required
to answer a Part A and Part B question from the same
challenge. A student cannot answer a Part A question from one
challenge and a Part B question from the other challenge. A student
cannot enter both the General Student Challenge and 1st Year
Student Challenge.
8. The Promotion will run for approximately 7
months from Thursday 1 March 2012 to Wednesday 31 August 2012
("Promotional Period"). The Part A General Student Challenge and
1st Year Student Challenge case study questions will be posted by
the Promoter at the website accessible at studentchallenge.com.au
from about 9:00am (AEST) on Thursday, 1 March, 2012. The Part
B General Student Challenge and 1st Year Student Challenge case
study questions will be posted by the Promoter at the website
accessible at studentchallenge.com.au from about 9:00am (AEST) on
Tuesday, 1 May, 2012.
9. Entrants will have from about 9:00am (AEST)
on Thursday, 1 March 2012 to 11:59am (AEST) on Wednesday 31 August
2012 to lodge their submissions. Registration and entry into
the Promotion will be permitted at any time during the Promotional
Period.
10. Each entrant/team will be required to make
two (2) submissions. That is, a Part A submission and a Part
B submission. Each submission may be a combination of some or all
of the following elements: a video (of up to but no more than 5
minutes in duration); an executive summary (up to but no more than
400 words); a picture; and/or supporting documentation (up to but
no more than 3 documents) in Word (up to but no more than 5 pages),
PowerPoint (up to but no more than 15 slides) or Excel format (No
more than one worksheet). Only one of each document type may be
submitted.
11. A final judging panel of Chartered
Accountants and Australian Accounting Industry figure-heads
appointed by the Promoter, at the Promoter's discretion, will
select the State Winners from valid entries received during the
Promotional Period at the Promoter's premises at 33 Erskine Street,
Sydney, NSW, 2000. The State Winners will be selected during the
period from Thursday 1 September 2012 to Thursday 20 September 2012
("Judging Period"). The State Winners will be announced at 9am
(AEST) on Friday 5 October 2012.
12. In the event that either the General Student
Challenge or the 1st Year Student Challenge does not elicit a
minimum of at least 10 entries, the Promoter reserves the right
(subject to the requirements of any applicable law) to terminate
the Promotion without awarding any prizes.
13. For the General Student Challenge and the
1st Year Student Challenge there will be a "State Winner" for each
of the following specified geographic regions. The State Winners
will be selected from the following geographic regions: 1 from New
South Wales, 1 from Australian Capital Territory, 1 from Western
Australia, 1 from South Australia & Northern Territory
combined, 1 from Victoria & Tasmania combined and 1 from
Queensland. From the pool of 6 State Winners for the General
Student Challenge, and the pool of 6 State Winners for the 1st Year
Student Challenge, the final judging panel will select an "Overall
Winner" for the General Student Challenge and a "Overall Winner"
for the 1st Year Student Challenge respectively. The Overall
Winners for the General Student Challenge and the 1st Year Student
Challenge will be announced at the networking dinner to be held on
[4 October 2012].
14. Each submission will be individually judged
based on literary and creative merit as well as technical
knowledge, content, innovation and presentation. Submissions
exceeding the time and/or word and/or document limits set out above
at clause 8 will not be disqualified from the Promotion but the
final judging panel will only consider the submission up to the
time and/or word and/or document limit specified, as the case may
be.
15. This is a game of skill and chance plays no
part in determining the winners. Winners will be notified by
telephone, email or in writing within 3 days of being selected.
- The State Winners of the 1st Year Student Challenge will
receive an all expenses paid trip (maximum 2 night stay) from their
State/Territory Capital to Sydney including flights, meals and
accommodation. If the Sydney State Winner(s) resides within 50km of
the Sydney General Post Office they will be responsible for the
cost of their transportation to and from the presentation skills
training and networking dinner. State Winners will be responsible
for their transportation to and from their State/Territory Capital
City airport. While in Sydney, State Winners of the 1st Year
Student Challenge will attend presentation skills training, a
networking dinner with members of the 2012 Student Challenge
judging panel and members of the Australian Accounting industry,
and will receive corporate attire vouchers sourced at the
Promoter's discretion to the value of $500, a certificate of
participation and an Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia
Careers Information pack. If the winner is a team, each team member
will receive the prize. The prize must be taken as offered and
cannot be varied. The value of the total prizes for State Winners
of the 1st Year Student Challenge is an estimated $30,000 inclusive
of GST and is in Australian dollars and is the recommended retail
value as provided by the supplier and is correct at time of
printing.
- The State Winners of the General Student Challenge will receive
an all expenses paid trip (maximum 2 night stay) from their
State/Territory Capital to Sydney including flights, meals and
accommodation. If the Sydney State Winner(s) resides within 50km of
the Sydney General Post Office they will be responsible for the
cost of their transportation to and from the presentation skills
training and networking dinner. While in Sydney, State Winners of
the General Student Challenge will attend presentation skills
training, will have an opportunity to present their business
solution at a networking dinner with members of the 2012 Student
Challenge judging panel and members of the Australian Accounting
industry, and will receive a personalised corporate attire fitting
the location of which will be determined at the Promoter's
discretion to the value of $1,500, a certificate of participation
and an Institute of Chartered Accountants Australia Careers
Information pack. If the winner is a team, each team member will
receive the prize. The prize must be taken as offered and cannot be
varied. The value of the total prizes for State Winners of the
General Student Challenge is an estimated $40,000 inclusive of GST
and is in Australian dollars and is the recommended retail value as
provided by the supplier and is correct at time of printing.
- The Overall Winner(s) of the 1st Year Student Challenge will
have an opportunity to speak about their winning business solution
at the networking dinner with members of the 2012 Student Challenge
judging panel and members of the Australian Accounting industry.
The Promoter will use its reasonable endeavours to have the Overall
Winner(s) of the 1st Year Student Challenge featured in an article
posted on the on the websites of BRW.com & CFOWeb.com &
AFR.com, receive a letter of recognition from the judging panel and
an Apple® iPad® (32GB Wi-Fi + 3G) and accessories including an
iPad® Smart Cover and Keyboard valued at $1,200. The prize must be
taken as offered and cannot be varied. The value of the total
prizes for the Overall Winner(s) of the 1st Year Student Challenge
is an estimated $10,000 inclusive of GST and is in Australian
dollars and is the recommended retail value as provided by the
supplier and is correct at time of printing.
- The Overall Winner(s) of the General Student Challenge receive
an opportunity to speak about their winning business solution at a
networking dinner with members of the 2012 Student Challenge
judging panel and members of the Australian Accounting industry.
The Promoter will use its reasonable endeavours to have the Overall
Winner(s) of the General Student Challenge featured in articles
published in BRW and CFO, receive a letter of recognition from the
judging panel and an Apple® iPad® (32GB Wi-Fi + 3G) and accessories
including an iPad® Smart Cover and Keyboard and up to $10,000 to be
used at the absolute discretion of the Promoter toward travel to an
international financial capital and gain invaluable experience by
job shadowing a qualified Chartered Accountant the location of
which will be determined at the Promoter's discretion. The prize
must be taken as offered and cannot be varied. The value of the
total prizes for the Overall Winner(s) of the General Student
Challenge is an estimated $30,000 inclusive of GST and is in
Australian dollars and is the recommended retail value as provided
by the supplier and is correct at time of printing.
16. The total maximum prize pool for the Student
Challenge is valued at approximately AU$110,000 (inclusive of
GST).
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