Enterprise German promotes the collaboration between schools and German companies or Australian companies with a relationship to German speaking countries within the region. The project combines aspects of professional orientation with creativity and inventor spirit.
Registration
Registrations for 2023 are now open.
Would you like to inspire a new generation of doers, makers and dreamers? Are you working for a German speaking company in Australia or does your company have any connections to German-speaking countries? Are you interested in collaborating with students in an innovative creative ideas contest? If you're a YES on all fronts, please keep reading.
Your role in the project and your company’s involvement would be kept to a minimum. We would simply like to give the student groups the chance to get to know your company and it would be great if students had the chance to email some short interview questions to a representative of your team or conduct an online interview or if possible meet in person around May/June 2023 and/or August/September 2023. It would be ideal, but not mandatory, if this person was a German-speaking employee.
To find out more register your interest or please email: anna-lena.schenck@goethe.de.
The teaching materials at A1/A2 level are divided into three modules. The materials serve as a basis for the participation in the idea contest, but can also be used without taking part in the competition.
More than 300 students from 18 schools participated in the popular Australia-wide ideas competition Enterprise German - Unternehmen Deutsch 2021. Of the 97 innovative ideas, you can now see the top 3 ideas from Term 2 and Term 3. A big thank you and congratulations to all involved, especially to the students of Vermont Secondary College who won the online voting with their innovative idea Spülmaschine der Zukunft for their partner company Bosch and 261 out of 316 votes.
Would you like to take part in this great project in the coming year? Registrations are now open.
Top 3 - Term 2
1. BOSCH - Die Spülmaschine der Zukunft – Vermont Secondary College, VIC
In the school year 2019, more than 350 students from 16 schools participated in the Australia-wide ideas contest Enterprise German. On November 8, 2019, the most innovative product, service and marketing ideas for a selected partner company were announced from 96 submissions. Students, teachers and principals as well as representatives of the partner companies such as Aldi, SAP, DB Schenker, King of Cakes, Die Neue Woche and Moerk Water as well as representatives of the German Embassy came together to share the creativity and ingenuity of this year's participants at the Goethe-Institut Sydney. Congratulations to the proud winning teams and many thanks to all who support this creative project for professional orientation. The lucky winners will now compete in an international competition against the winning groups from Malaysia, Singapore and New Zealand. You too can be part of the jury and select your favourite idea until November 30:
1. SBS Kinderprogramm / SBS German
SINN: Ivy Semple, Nora Aubineau-Schüssler, Saskia Scholle, Nelli Conrad German International School Sydney, NSW
2. Selbstgemachte Brillen der Zukunft / Dresden Optics
Fowlers große Jungs: Jeffrey Chum, James Liao, Mannie Psarakis, Travis Chun Yu McKinnon Secondary College, VIC
3. Bosch Valet Parken - Autodienst / Bosch
Glühbirne: Thomas White, Elliot Starkey, Sophie Chen, Elizabeth Lim, Eloise Maher Box Hill High School, VIC
4. Wolkenschläfer / Lufthansa
Default: Daniel Frost, Eli Murray, Juan Blason Kenmore State High School, QLD
5. Backunterricht mit Wolfgang an Schulen / King of Cakes
Cannibal Cakes: Sevval Cikrikci, Isobel Farmer, Lily Hall Sandgate District State High School, QLD
SPECIAL PRIZES FOR DESIGN
Designideen / Melbourne Design Studios
Die Jungunternehmerinnen: Nina Liu, Liying Yang, Angel Li McKinnon Secondary College, VIC
Australisches Dirndl / Schnucki
Die Kahoots: Anna Petersen, Sophie Ellis, Kate Blee, Terina Pickering, Isabelle Chui Ferny Grove State High School, QLD
1. Prize
School: Box Hill High School, Melbourne, Victoria
Group: 40 K
Partner company: Dresden Optics
Business idea: Retrievable Glasses
TV ad:
Retrievable Glasses | @Box Hill High School
2. Prize
School: Kenmore State High School, Brisbane, Queensland
Group: Ta Dah!
Partner company: King of Cakes
Business idea: The Treasure Box
Radio ad:
Treasure Box | @Kenmore State High School
3. Prize
School: Ferny Grove State High School
Group: Kirschkuchen
Partner company: Des Alpes
Business idea: The Rösti Train
