Department of Education / 2021 Game Changer Challenge - Sponsorship Request - Expression of Interest for Industry Partners - 2021-DoE-BED-002

One of the biggest drivers of the Game Changer Challenge is to encourage the interdisciplinary application of subject content to real-world problems and the development of general capabilities in students. As leaders of innovation and design thinking, our partnerships provide an instrumental role in delivering valuable learning outcomes and experiences for our students and teachers.

We live in an era of accelerated innovation and increasing uncertainty where the limits of technology lie in the imagination. The great challenges of the future will be solved by today’s students. To flourish in this world, they will need to be deep thinkers, critical and reflective, empathetic and creative.  

The Game Changer Challenge is an initiative of the department to develop and promote these future-focused skills among students and teachers, in the form of a design thinking challenge.

Please note this is a request for sponsorship for the Game Changer Challenge. We are not able to respond to requests to supply to the department, or any other procurement-related enquiries. 

For all enquiries relating to supplying to the Department please visit:
https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/supplying-to-us

For any questions regarding this opportunity please contact Ben Garrard on 0409 530 447 or by email at ben.garrard4@det.nsw.edu.au.

Please note, expressions of interest close at 6:00pm on Friday 18 June 2021.

Expressions of interest may be submitted:

- on tenders.nsw.gov.au

- via the online form (https://forms.gle/vRLHpEfr49q4PeGW8)

- in writing via an email to a department contact representative

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All partner personnel attending virtual and face to face events associated with the Game Changer Challenge will be required to provide a current Working with Children Check number prior to participation

• Successful respondents to the EOI will be required to countersign a Sponsorship Agreement or Letter of Agreement subject to:

o Sponsorship Policy (https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/sponsorship-policy)

o Sponsorship and Commercial Arrangements Implementation Procedures (https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/associated-documents/PD-2005-0295-02-SponsProc.pdf)

• The department reserves the right to respectfully decline the offer of products and devices if those products and devices present on-costs (for example in set up, maintenance and technical support) that the department (through its ITD directorate) is unable to support.

Prospective partners will need to notify the department of any personnel or prizes they wish to involve or contribute by Wednesday 30 June. 

Virtual Heats take place from 27 July - 10 August

Ultimate challenge final takes place from 8 - 10 September