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EcoTech Challenge – Pioneering Innovative Tech for a Sustainable Future.

EcoTech Challenge – Pioneering Innovative Tech for a Sustainable Future.

Leveraging cutting edge technologies to support a greener future
Open for application

Our Challenge

Welcome to the EcoTech Challenge – Pioneering Innovative Technologies for a Sustainable Future! This challenge is designed to future-proof students with the competencies and skills required to leverage digitalisation, address societal challenges and provide unique value to organisations. Students will be presented with a real-world technology and sustainability-based challenge that reflects the realities of industry and society. Learners will be required to engage with the problem, immerse themselves in primary and secondary data to investigate and sense check potential solutions to provide tangible, supported and viable recommendations. On completion of the challenge students will present their key findings and action recommendations to company representatives (who have introduced the challenge) and will complete a detailed report outlining ideas and action points of direct relevance for the organisation. This module provides an opportunity for learners to exercise their creative, problem-solving, critical thinking and collaboration skills in a practical and focused manner while gaining formative feedback from industry mentors and academic leads.

The Team

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Study format
Hybrid
Application period
14 August – 24 August 2025
Study period
8 September – 28 November 2025
Credits
5 ECTS
Hosting university
Dublin City University
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Learning outcomes

LO1 - Learning Outcome 1

Identify and engage with strategies to leverage digitalisation, address societal challenges and provide unique value to organisations.

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LO2 - Learning Outcome 2

Demonstrate the ability to effectively engage with technologies and their applications to address societal challenges and provide unique value to organisations

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LO3 - Learning Outcome 3

Demonstrate a capacity to evaluate and apply different research tools, theory, frameworks and tools to resolve real world sustainability problems

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LO4 - Learning Outcome 4

Critically explore policies, principles and regulations to promote responsible behaviour

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LO5 - Learning Outcome 5

Demonstrate an innovative and creative mindset when engaging with challenges and opportunities

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LO6 - Learning Outcome 6

Collaborate within a team to provide tangible solutions to a real-world problem

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LO7

Demonstrate clear communicative competency to clearly present key recommendations to industry partners, academic leads and relevant stakeholders

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Positioned at the intersection of challenge and opportunity, this module is designed to future-proof students with the competencies and skills required to leverage digitalisation, address societal challenges and provide unique value to organisations. 

Students will be designing a Digital Knowledge Centre for Sustainability training for the client using a CBL approach. Students will also be considering ways in which to implement this system and measure user engagement. This unique learning experience will equip learners with the knowledge and skills necessary to prepare them for the realities of the future world of work.

Challenge Based Learning (CBL) is a powerful framework that encourages learners to problem solve though real world application. Students will have a unique opportunity to engage with industry leaders and company representatives over the course of this learning experience. This module is designed to offer a transformative learning experience allowing students to embrace their communicative, critical thinking, creative thinking and problem-solving skills and develop an innovation mindset.

Hosting university

Dublin City University

Dublin City University