Deadline: 31 March 2024
Registration is now open for the OxBright 2024 Essay Competition . Test your academic skills with the OxBright Essay Competition. Designed for bright young people aged 15 to 18, the competition will challenge you to go beyond the school curriculum and think about the future of your subject.
At OxBright, they are passionate about inspiring students to come together as a community, and this year's essay topic reflects that. They are asking students "How does collaboration in [your discipline] support social impact and innovation? Discuss how working together is essential to tackling global challenges and creating meaningful change."
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issues
- Architecture
- Biology
- Business
- Computer Science and Coding
- Writing and Journalism
- Economy
- Engineering
- History
- law
- Maths
- Medicine
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Psychology
Benefits
- £100,000 in academic prizes available, including a place at their sister organisation's residential summer school in Oxford.
Eligibility
- Anyone can take part - the only eligibility requirement is to be between 15 and 18 years old. You don't need to have previously joined an OxBright programme to take part.
- Only one essay per student will be accepted for each Essay Contest.
- They can only accept entries from individuals, and it's important to ensure that your work is entirely your own.
- Answers must be written in English.
Evaluation criteria
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They will assess the essays based on the following criteria:
- Fluency in written English
- Relevance to the issue
- Consistency
- Creativity and originality of ideas
- Use of evidence or examples
- Relevance to OxBright's world vision
Application
The essay has three parts:
- Essay title: the title of your essay can be up to 100 characters long, including spaces
- Essay: your essay can be up to 3,800 characters long, including spaces (that's about 500 words). This includes everything you write, such as the main text and in-text instructions. In-text citations are small notes you put in your essay to show where your information came from. For example, if you quote something from a book by John Smith, you would add (Smith, 2010, p. 50) right after the quote. These instructions are part of your word count, so make sure you include them.
- References: as for references, there is no word limit - you can include as many as you need! They are important to show where your information came from. Use Harvard Reference Style for your references (you can find out how to do this in the guidelines provided here). This won't count towards your essay character limit, so list all the sources you've used.
