The Oxford Strategy Challenge

The Oxford Strategy Challenge (TOSCA) is a team-based experiential learning programme with participants taking part in real strategy-focused client challenges.

The Oxford Strategy Challenge is an opportunity for you to develop a broad range of transferable skills including teamwork, leadership, communication and business awareness. These along with the client relationship experience, will help you demonstrate your potential in applications, on your CV and in interviews.

You will be placed in a small team providing consultancy on a client project. The project you will take part in will be important to your client, an opportunity for hands-on client experience, and to make a real contribution to an organisation.

The Oxford Strategy Challenge is an intense challenge. You will need to consider how you will manage the Challenge alongside your other commitments. Once you have received your client brief and received training, your team will have five days to tackle the challenge and present back to your client.

At the end of the programme, participants will have developed:

• An understanding of some of the fundamental business frameworks and models used by consultants - such as SWOT analysis, 4Ps framework, stakeholder mapping, market segmentation and mapping - including the opportunity to apply some of them via case studies and/or client work
• Confidence in liaising with a real client and quickly getting to grips with their business 
• Collaboration and teamwork skills, including working in multi-disciplinary team, assigning team roles and managing team dynamics
• Written and verbal communication skills via co-creating and presenting a proposal and final report