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About FLUX
The Basics
FLUX runs throughout the UK over a period of 7 weeks, with 100 uni's competing in 7 Regional Finals. The top 10 teams will then go forward to the Grand Final. Up to 15 uni's compete at each Regional Final, and each team is made up of 6 of you lovely people, specially selected by Champions from each uni taking part.
At each Regional Final, you and your team mates take a scenario from an existing business and use our business planning tool, Xing (http://www.twkg.net/html/highereducation.php) , to visualise aspects of the business.
Up to 12 experts (with their business heads screwed on) are there to give you a helping hand and support you with their business knowledge.
You aren't judged on what you already know about business, but how you perform as a team, how well you use the advice given, and whether you play to your strengths and recognise your weaknesses.
The Agents
Agents are students who are responsible for promoting the competition to other students at their university and signing people up to the competition. Of course, there's no reason why an Agent can't promote the competition to other universities too, as it boosts the number of referrals and increases the chance of winning a great prize (see below).
The Agent at your uni (if not you!) will be seen handing out promotional materials such as stickers, and putting up posters. If you'd like to be an agent as well as being a participant, (and why wouldn't you when there's an iPhone up for grabs?!) it's easy to take part.
The perks of the job include: hand out promo materials whenever you want (but the quicker, the better!), FREE DVD with videos and the FLUX animation on, and the chance to get £50 for signing up 100 students. This year, we have a bonus prize for the Agent who gets the most students to sign up... a shiny new iPhone! That's it. Simple really. To take part, just click on "Sign Up!" and select "Agent" when asked. Don't forget that you can still take part in the competition by signing up as an Agent, so what are you waiting for?!
If you don't fancy being an Agent, that's cool too. Just try and help the Agent's reach their goal by entering their Agent Code (An Agent's three-digit number e.g '001' , written on Posters, Stickers, etc.) when you sign up.
If you're already an Agent, you can find out more about how referrals work and read great tips for getting more people signed up in your Agent's Toolkit. Just login and click "Agent's Toolkit" on the left.
The Experts
Experts have a wide range of backgrounds and experiences and come from small and big businesses, professional services and public organisations. The contacts you make and the experience you gain will be invaluable to you after FLUX. Don't forget to collect loads of business cards!
Click here to read more about some of the experts.
The Regional Finals
To reach the Grand Final for your chance to win the £500, you first have to represent your Uni at your Regional Final. See where it is on the Where and When page.
Take on the other Universities in your region, and if you come out on top you are on your way to Plymouth on Sunday March 16th to stay at Jury’s Inns Hotel, ready to start on Monday 17th.
The winning team at the Regional final shares £500 to give you a taste of the cash and help you celebrate!
The Grand Final
After the Regional Finals comes the Grand Final, which this year, will be held at the University of Plymouth.
10 teams will battle it out over two days, with the overall winners emerging victorious with a cool trophy, each holding £500 in cash.
The format of the Grand Final will be different to the regional!
The competition formerly known as YTN...
This year, the competition is called FLUX (as if you haven't guessed already) instead of Yomping The Nations, but it's still the same great competition it always was. Seeing as the competition is now in it's third year, we felt like a bit of change.
"Try it - it's exciting, stressful, fun, horrible and good, all at the same time. It's brilliant." Kirsty Riley, Manchester Metropolitan University
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