Our annual Stock Market Challenge Careers programme took place on 29 January 2025, offering students an opportunity to gain real-world experience of analysing markets and making investments.
Our students got to simulate the excitement of the stock market and compete for top prizes including industry insight opportunities.
Congratulations to our Stock Market Challenge 2025 winners Michael McCormick and William Parr! You played a great game! And congratulations also to the runners up and everyone who took part in the popular competition.
We want to give our thanks to the Employers that took part First Derivative, FinTrU, Fund Axis and Grant Thornton NI LLP and to our delivery partners at SolutionSim.
Here is what some of the people involved had to say about this year’s programme.
As a law student, this was my first time participating in the Stock Market Challenge, and thus it was an incredible experience with Rachel Lyle. We generated profit and secured a top 12 finish, making the experience even more rewarding. It was a competitive challenge but truly exciting, and I’m looking forward to the next one!
Additionally, the Employer Panel Q&A provided great insights into what employers are looking for. After the competition, we also had the opportunity to network with each other and connect with representatives from Deloitte, FinTru, First Derivative, Funds-Axis, and Grant Thornton NI LLP.
A big thank you to Careers Queen’s University Belfast for hosting such an amazing session!
Charmyn WoonLLB Law Student at Queen’s University Belfast
It was impressive to see so much talent on display at QUB’s Stock Market Challenge earlier this week. Congratulations to all the students who took part and gained the real-world experience of analysing markets and making investments.
We look forward to welcoming QUB students Richard and Jahed from the competition to our Summer Insights programme this June.FinTrU
50+ students worked in teams to beat a stock market simulation, with 4 teams performing so well that they won a Work Shadowing / Careers Insight Day with one of our brilliant guest employers, or as part of our upcoming Work Shadowing Week 2025, plus a nice gift voucher to spend however they want!
We’re so grateful to our Guest Employers representatives who joined us, answered our questions in the Employer Panel, and even tried their hand at beating the stock market alongside our students: FinTrU, First Derivative, Funds-Axis Limited, Grant Thornton (NI) LLP.
A final, massive thank you from myself and my event co-coordinator Becky Law to our Delivery Partners at solutionsim.net for making this possible year after year, and in particular to Liam Barnes, for joining us as game host on the night (and for all the work that came before!).
Ludovica Piccinini, Careers Consultant
