As part of the University's 'week 0' development and consolidation activities in January, Iain Mitchell from the University's Widening Access Team and Kostas Tomazos from the department of Strategy and Organisation, organised the Strathclyde Business School Crowdfunding Challenge with the help of local charities.
The students' hard work and commitment raised £1,300 in less than the 48 hours that the fundraising was live for. During the week, the students fundraised on behalf of a number of local charities, including MCR Pathways, Glasgow Children's Hospital Charity, Spirit Aid, St Andrew's Hospice, MacMillan and Glasgow South-East Foodbank.
Dr Tomazos said, "We received excellent feedback from the charities on the work of the students. There were also prizes put up by Strathclyde Business School for the team that put together the best fundraising video and for the team that raised the most money for charity. The students really enjoyed this challenging development activity and we are looking forward to following up on this success next year. "