The Oxford Trust
Venturefest Apprentice Winner Anounced
Yesterday saw the final of The Venturefest Apprentice, a competition for Year 12 students interested in science, technology and business. Run by The Oxford Trust, the Venturefest Apprentice is an excellent vehicle to introducing students to business concepts, showing them how a business works, getting students to interact with real businesses and employees and developing key entrepreneurial skills.
After two days of gruelling challenges where students met and networked with people from up to 25 different companies, the judges selected Natalie Wylde, from Waddesdon School, as the winner.
Natalie said "I was all set to do History at University, but now I really want to go into Business. Venturefest Apprentice has been an invaluable experience which I have learnt a lot, putting ideas into real business practice. Thank you to all those involved, it has been brilliant".
Runner-up, Rachael Workman, admitted that at the start she had never done any public speaking but by the end her confidence had gone through the roof. As well as learning how to work as part of a team and individually, she said "overall the Venturefest Apprentice has given me the opportunity to expand my knowledge of the business environment".
As well as £1000, the winner will now spend two weeks in a placement at Nominet, an Oxford based company that runs the technology that registers all .uk domain names.