Coventry Cultural Challenge: WBS Datarian

Retaining Students in Coventry and Boosting Cultural Growth

The Coventry Cultural Challenge was a two-day event where teams were given access to the latest Coventry cultural data and asked to develop an idea/proposal that had the potential to ‘make life better in Coventry’. At the end of the weekend, each team presented their ideas to a jury of experts.

Idea/Proposal

The WBS Datarian outlined things that Coventry is doing well in comparison with other cities:

• aware about environment
• low cost of living
• high happiness rate
• good cultural Infrastructure
• diverse background of students

and things that could be done better:

• increase the retention rate of students that remain in Coventry (currently ranked the fourth worst place in the United Kingdom)
• boost the number of student friendly activities
• attract industries to Coventry
• implement a more start-up friendly environment
• increase the average income
• increase disposable income.

Team Members

• Dillon Sim
• Jeongmin Son
• Jonghwan Moon
• Sonali Sachdev
• Yatharth Kher

Team WBS Datarian presenting to the jury (Photograph: Tim Hammerton)