Content Competition 2025

If you’re aged 14-17 and currently attend high school, enter our creative content competition – a chance for your design to be printed on our merchandise in 2026!

What is the competition?

We need a unique design to feature on our new merchandise (bags, mugs, t-shirts) in 2026. This is your opportunity to get creative and potentially have your design printed on items that will be shipped and distributed globally.

How to enter

To be considered, your design must showcase a certain aspect of BCUIC and/or Birmingham life. Here are some examples of what you could focus on in your design:

The diversity of our student cohort
Our central location in Birmingham, UK
The city’s vibrant cultural scene

Designs should be submitted in PDF/JPEG/PNG format, together with a few lines of explanation.

Student doing fabric printing in a workshop

Resources to help

For inspiration and guidance on techniques, check out our virtual taster sessions. These sessions are led by our Senior Lecturer in Art and Design, who shows you how to get creative using common, everyday items.

When is the deadline?

You should submit your design by Friday 28th November 2025. We will then review all submissions and shortlist our favourites. The winner will be announced in December 2025.

Enter the Competition