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What is the Power Up Video Challenge

Learn what the power sector is really like

Every year our Power Up Scholarship students share a video exploring their experience and new industry knowledge as they undertake a Vacation Placement/Internship organised at an API Member organisation. The Power Up Video Challenge brings together the learnings for professional and personal development in students working towards a career in power. 

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Who is the Video Challenge for

This year's Video Comp is open to:

  • Power UP Scholarship Students undertaking a placement at an API Member Organisation.

  • Any Undergraduate student who are currently completing their summer placement at an API Member Organisation. See the API Members here: https://www.api.edu.au/our-members

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How students can participate:

This year's Video Challenge Theme is:

Behind the Scenes of the Power Sector: What I Learned and Why It Matters - Students take viewers inside a real workspace, project, or field environment to show what engineering in the power sector really looks like.

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Key Dates

  • Video Submission date: Friday 27th February

  • Voting opens: Monday 9th March

  • Voting ends: Sunday 22nd March

  • Announce winners on socials: Week of Monday 23rd March

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Prizes

People’s Choice

  • Winner - $500

  • 4 x finalists - $250 each

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The people's choice award will be given to the video with the most views on any social media platform. Make sure that you tell your colleagues, friends and family about your video to get those views!

Judges Choice

  • Winner - $500

  • 4 x finalists - $250 each

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All the uploaded videos will be judged by the Video Challenge’s Judging Panel made up of API staff and previous Challenge winners.

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How to Submit your Video

  1. Create your 3-minute video during your Vacation Placement.

  2. Make sure your finalised edited video has the included API Call to Action Slide at the end of the video. To be awarded the prizes all videos must have an API slide in the video.

  3. Get approval of your video from your company manager/management.

  4. Upload video to YouTube (and other platforms using hashtag #APIvideochallenge and tagging @AustralianPowerInstitute – both actions are mandatory). Make sure your video is either public or unlisted on YouTube – we won’t be able to see it if it is private.

  5. Submit your video to the 2026 PUP Video Challenge Submission form by Friday 27th February 2026.

  6. Share your YouTube video on your social channels to get more views e.g. Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, TikTok (to increase your chances of winning the People's Choice Award). For a video to be considered for the People's Choice Award your video must have the API’s hashtag.

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For more information please refer to the Student Briefing Sheet here.

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