Students take part in Global Impact StartUp Challenge 2025

Fourth year undergraduate students Adam Diab, Callum Samuel, Ewan McCall and Josh Duncan, who all do International Business with Business Enterprise, won an undergraduate pitching competition at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Innovation which led to them flying out to Singapore to take part in Singapore University of Social Sciences’ (SUSS) Global Impact StartUp Challenge 2025 in July.

The SBS team was joined by students from ASEAN, China and India to collaborate with fellow changemakers across borders, build and pitch their impact venture and immerse themselves in one of Asia’s most dynamic startup cities. 

The Global Impact Startup Challenge (GISC) is a nine-day programme which brings together students for an immersive entrepreneurship bootcamp. Participants will form teams, develop and validate business ideas, design prototypes, and pitch to industry judges. This challenge provides a unique platform to collaborate with international peers, engage with Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem, and gain insights from industry experts 

Adam, Callum, Ewan and Josh made the Hunter Center and the Business School very proud by coming second and third in the competition (they were split into two different groups with others joining them from all over the world). They have said that it was a genuinely worthwhile experience, intellectually demanding, culturally rich, and personally rewarding: “The programme brought together a diverse group of students and challenged us to develop a full business plan and pitch in a fraction of the time we’d normally be given at university. The pace was fast, and the expectations were high, but it offered a valuable opportunity to apply knowledge in a practical, team-based environment.” 

Published: 31 July 2025