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Program](https://studentstartups.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(34)-1.png?width=400&upsize=true&name=Untitled%20design%20(34)-1.png)](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/year-in-review-2025) ##### [Year in Review 2025: MQi x YW Secondary Schools Program](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/year-in-review-2025) ![Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/hubfs/sm%20(3).png) [Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/author/shahe) 22 December 2025 #### ✅Another spectacular year of the MQ Incubator x Young Wisdom Secondary Schools Program!🙌 First up,... 10 minutes read [Read More](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/year-in-review-2025) [![Apply to join Cohort 4 of the Ideas Challenge in Terms 1-2, 2026](https://studentstartups.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(32)-1.png?width=400&upsize=true&name=Untitled%20design%20(32)-1.png)](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/apply-to-join-the-term-1-2026-ideas-challenge) [student 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Night💡](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/term-3-pitch-night) ![Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/hubfs/sm%20(3).png) [Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/author/shahe) 23 October 2025 ###### On Thursday 25 September, we farewelled Term 3 with a spectacular night of student startup pitches... 4 minutes read [Read More](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/term-3-pitch-night) [![A glimpse into the MQBS Teen Business Builders Holiday Camp✨](https://studentstartups.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Untitled%20design%20(29).png?width=400&upsize=true&name=Untitled%20design%20(29).png)](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/mqbs-teen-business-builders-holiday-camp) [student programs](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/tag/student-programs) ##### [A glimpse into the MQBS Teen Business Builders Holiday Camp✨](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/mqbs-teen-business-builders-holiday-camp) ![Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/hubfs/sm%20(3).png) 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[Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/author/shahe) 22 August 2025 We're excited to share that our Term 3 Ideas Challenge (IC) has just kicked off, with 50 teams... 4 minutes read [Read More](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/cohort-3-have-kicked-off-their-ideas-challenge-journey) [![Apply to join the Term 3, 2025 Ideas Challenge](https://studentstartups.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Incubator_StudentPitchNight_10thApr25-132.jpg?width=400&upsize=true&name=Incubator_StudentPitchNight_10thApr25-132.jpg)](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/t3-25) [student programs](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/tag/student-programs) ##### [Apply to join the Term 3, 2025 Ideas Challenge](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/t3-25) ![Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/hubfs/sm%20(3).png) [Shahe](https://studentstartups.com.au/blog/author/shahe) 6 June 2025 ##### Applications have just opened for our Term 3, 2025 Ideas Challenge program, which is a free,... 5 minutes read [Read 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