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Programme name
UCL-Japan Youth Challenge
Started as the UCL-Japan Young Challenge in 2015, renamed to the UCL-Japan Youth Challenge in 2017.
Summary
The UCL-Japan Youth Challenge is an annual summer school programme for pre-university students from UK sixth forms and Japanese high schools for cultural interaction through various educational activities and events held at UCL and the University of Cambridge, since 2015, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Japan’s Choshu Five and Satsuma 19, all of whom studied at UCL in 1863 and 1865 respectively.
Data
2015
Theme: In the Footsteps of the Pioneers: New Pioneers in Dialogue
Participants: 85 (51 from 9 Japanese high schools, 34 from the UK)
2016
Theme: Facing Disasters: International Disaster Management and Humanitarian Responses
Participants: 49 (28 from 9 Japanese high schools, 21 from the UK)
2017
Theme: Social and Business Entrepreneurship: How to Improve Our Society
Participants: 66 (41 from 12 Japanese high schools, 25 from the UK)
2018
Theme: Our Life in an Ageing Society: How the Young Generation Solves Various Problems Associated with Ageing
Participants: 76 (43 from 12 Japanese high schools, 33 from the UK)
2019
Theme: Accessibility for All: Sports, AI and Robotics
Participants: 91 (52 from 16 Japanese high schools, 39 from the UK)
2020
Theme: COVID-19 and Beyond
Participants: 46 (35 from 12 Japanese high schools, 11 from the UK)
2021
Theme: Art and Design for Sustainable Future
