Develop an idea to improve the UK automotive business and a 5 month work experience package and cash prize could be yours!

The Autocar-Courland Next Generation Award 2013 is calling for university students to enter the much coveted and premier automotive industry talent search competition. The 2013 winner will be rewarded with a priceless work experience package comprising one month at each of the contest sponsors – Jaguar Land Rover, McLaren Automotive, Peugeot, Skoda and Toyota – as well as £7500 cash.

To enter the competition, students need to answer in 500 words a brief set by Autocar editor-in-chief Steve Cropley and submit their entry via the Autocar-Courland Next Generation website by 2 September 2013.

If successful, for the next stage of the competition students will need to demonstrate how the idea could be made viable and the advantages it would offer.

Submissions will be welcomed from all disciplines, including – but not limited to – engineering, marketing and communications, design and media.  Special credit will be given to the originality of entrants’ suggestions.