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Challenge the Chancellor Competition

Both Competitions - Notes for Lecturers and Teachers

What's it all about?

It's about raising awareness amongst students and young people of the importance of taxation in a positive light as a tool of government and about the impact it already has and will have on their lives. It's also about raising awareness of taxation as a possible career choice.

Why two separate competitions for GCSE/Level 2 and A2/AS/Applied Business students?

The competitions are closely linked to the National Curriculum to make them into more useful teaching tools. The A2/AS/Applied Business competition could be used as part of your key skills programme as well as within the Business Studies and the Economics subject areas. It asks students to demonstrate communication, team working, ICT and problem solving skills. The GCSE/Level 2 competition is linked to citizenship and to Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education.

Number of entries

We judge the success of the competition in terms of the number of students who have taken part. There is no limit on the number of teams a particular school or college may enter. Teams in both competitions must consist of 3 or 4 members.

How to send your entries

Students should submit their entries using the appropriate online entry form (note that there is a postal entry alternative for the GCSE/Level 2 competition):

• A2/AS/Applied Business entry form
• GCSE/Level 2 entry form

What's in it for your school or college

• A2/AS/Applied Business competition: £1,000 school prize - to be spent in the department which enters the winning team.
• GCSE/GNVQ competition: £300 school prize - to be spent in the department which enters the winning team.
• A prestigious prizegiving lunch in London (UK travel expenses paid for team members and up to two teachers per team) where the prizes will be presented to the winners by a senior official.
• Resultant press coverage and excellent PR for your school or college.

Why do we do it?

Bournemouth University has a strong commitment to the study of taxation, being the first UK university to offer an undergraduate degree course in taxation. We now offer several courses - the LLB (Hons) Law and Taxation, a qualifying law degree with an extensive specialisation in tax issues, and the BA (Hons) Accounting and Taxation.

Our principal partner for this competition is the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIT), which is the pre-eminent professional body in the UK concerned solely with tax matters. The Institute provides a whole range of tax resources for schools via TaxTalking including activities centred on Government finances, ethical aspects of tax and the taxation of footballers.