University of East LondonUEL × Wazoku · Challenge-led innovation
University of East London challenges

Your idea could
win £1,000.

Two live challenges are open to UEL students, researchers, teams and departments. Choose your brief and submit your solution through the official challenge platform.

Two live UEL challenges

£1,000

Winner’s prize for each challenge.

01Low-carbon, human-centred food systems
02A distinctive sonic identity for UEL
Open now · Two UEL challengesApply through Wazoku InnoCentive · £1,000 winner’s prize
Wazoku
UEL × Wazoku partnership

Academic learning connected to a global open-innovation ecosystem.

UEL provides the academic leadership, learning design and assessment. Wazoku brings challenge-led innovation expertise, digital-platform practice and access to the InnoCentive solver ecosystem.

Live challenges

Choose your challenge
and apply.

Read each UEL brief, decide where you can contribute most, then submit directly on the official challenge platform.

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How to enter

From brief to submission.

01

Choose

Select one of the two live UEL challenges.

02

Develop

Build an original, credible and evidence-led solution.

03

Apply

Submit through the official Wazoku InnoCentive challenge page.

Supporting course

Innovation for Impact can help you strengthen your solution.

Developed through UEL’s collaboration with Wazoku, the Level 7 course combines academic rigour with challenge-led open-innovation practice. Participants strengthen problem framing, evidence, risk, value and professional presentation while learning how real innovation challenges are structured and evaluated.

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Level 7

A 30-credit, challenge-led course built around real-world problem solving.

Applications are open

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