The University of West London RAK Branch Campus hosted the grand finale of PAN UAE IDEA MARATHON on January 21 for high school students to submit ideas in business and information technology. Twelve teams out of the 139 that participated in the first round, representing 61 schools from the UAE, were selected for the grand finale.

Annet Cecil Thomas from The Indian High School, Dubai became the winner & Mohammed Uzair Ateef, Mohammed Nuh Abuhuseina & Sandeep Singh from PACE International School, Sharjah became the runner-up in the Web Designing Competition.

Pranay Bapna & Mayur Parthiv Sohanlal from GEMS Millenium School Sharjah became the winner & Ayesha Alzaabi, Meirah Alyammahi & Jawaher Alyammahi from the International School of Choueifat, RAK became the runner-up in the business idea pitching competition.

The winner of the web designing competition displayed an e-commerce platform with features allowing consumers to virtually try out clothes prior to purchase and also compare prices worldwide.