Born out of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Cosmos Championship ( www.globaldebating.org ) is an international, online, face to face debate competition which aims in becoming a staple in the debating world! It has so much potential that teams from 16 different countries rushed to enter this unprecedented opportunity before any advertising had taken place. For the Cosmos Championship to reach and surpass its goals, we need an exceptionally talented team to lead the competition; that's where you come in. You are applying to be part of the leadership team for the competition, maximising its engagement, exposure, and making sure everything runs smoothly. By being on this team, you will be instrumental in the success of the Cosmos Championship.
Through this opportunity, you will apply existing skills, learn new ones, and work closely with some of the greatest students around the world, developing essential, lifetime connections with future Ivy League and Oxbridge graduates. The success...
The Cosmos Championship is a WSDC, Parlimatary, and Public Forum debate competition that focuses on giving students the opportunity to debate on an international and intercontinental scale . In turn, this allows them to engage with arguments from a global perspective, make worldwide connections, possibly learn a new style of debate, and debate other students who live thousands of miles away; something only the best or wealthiest debaters would normally have the chance to do, ALL FOR FREE .
To find out more and sign up, go to our website www.globaldebating.org
Any questions? Feel free to email us at contactglobaldebating@gmail.com
We’re a team of young students on a mission to change the game, developing and launching a CubeSat into orbit.
Our goal is to create a better world through the adoption of sustainability, universal education, and innovative technologies. We aim to inspire the next generation of aerospace leaders, thinkers, and engineers who will have the responsibility of developing novel solutions to the world's big issues such as climate change, poverty, conflict, and multi-planetary life.
In addition, we plan to foster and inspire young people in disadvantaged parts of the world, in order to help bridge the gap that exists purely due to geographic location. In order to achieve this, we plan to partner with organisations such as the United Nations to construct facilities and support networks by investing in education initiatives, healthcare facilities, and basic necessities.
Our CubeSat will transmit live video back to earth, along with data from two student-built...
We are a team of dedicated high school students who set up a company with the goal of making technology accessible to everyone. We offer gaming tournaments of many different games ranging from first person shooters to strategy games.
Moreover, keeping a healthy balance in life is important and we understand as students that schooling is tough. Therefore, we are also developing an academic tutoring program on various subjects.
Note: We will collect a small amount of money as the entrance fees for the participation within the game tournaments or the academic tutoring services and a percentage will be donated back into the community. You can pay the entrance fee of the tournaments with different payment methods.
Check out our website for details and tournaments!
http://escentral.net/
Follow us on our social media!
We stream the finals of most tournaments on our Twitch!
https://www.twitch.tv/esportscentralltd
Our YouTube Channel!...
The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop. In addition, the winning poem and the poems of the two runners-up will be published in the Kenyon Review , one of the country’s most widely read literary magazines.
The contest is named in honor of Patricia Grodd in recognition of her generous support of the Kenyon Review and its programs, as well as her passionate commitment to education and deep love for poetry.
The final judge of the 2020 contest will be named soon.
Every year, submissions are accepted electronically November 1 through November 30.
It’s Simple to Enter
Limit of one, previously unpublished poem per entrant (please do not simultaneously submit your contest entry to another magazine or contest.)
You must be a high school sophomore...
About the Contest
Bennington College has a unique literary legacy , including twelve Pulitzer Prize winners , three U.S. poet laureates, four MacArthur Geniuses, countless New York Times bestsellers , and two of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people.
In celebration of this legacy, Bennington launched the Young Writers Awards to promote excellence in writing at the high school level. Our goal with this competition is to recognize outstanding writing achievement by high school students.
Each year, students in the 9th-12th grades are invited to enter in one of the following categories with the following submission:
Poetry: A group of three poems
Fiction: A short story (1,500 words or fewer) or one-act play (run no more than 30 minutes of playing time)
Nonfiction : A personal or academic essay (1,500 words or fewer)
A first, second, and third place winner is selected in each category. We welcome submissions from both US and...
According to WHO over a billion people, about 15% of the world's population, experience some form of disability
AI can empower people with disabilities with tools that support independence and productivity, as technology rapidly changes the way we live, learn, and work.
Microsoft APAC are proud to host the first virtual AI for Accessibility hackathon for business partners, developers, start-ups and universities in countries: Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
Step 1
Register and join the community
Each team can include up to five members and the team lead must register all members using the "Register Your Team" button. Registration will be closed on 30th October 2020 (midnight) You will ideate and hack on real-life problem statements provided by non-profit organisations. Alternatively, you may address an accessibility...
This Pandemic Policython is an international, online competition from August 28th to the 30th for hundreds of students to propose policy-based solutions to today's most pressing challenges. Over the course of 48 hours, competitors, in teams of one to four members, will hear from community partners, federal agencies, and international organizations, receive guidance from leading academics whilst writing proposals, and submit their policy memos to policymakers.
This year, Powered By Speech are hosting an online international speaking competition for students aged 13-18! Participants are required to submit a 3 minute video on one of the following categories: personal events or experiences, law & politics, or untold stories. The winner will receive a mentorship with a professional public speaker. Further details can be found on our website: https://poweredbyspeech.weebly.com/ . There, you can find our PDF guide explaining the entry requirements, judging criteria, and ideas for speeches.
Hello!
Biology for Better is a new non-profit aiming to create a community of students from all around the world that are passionate about biology and would like to do more and actively contribute in a meaningful way. We are aiming to launch workshops and webinars, competitions, an education program to teach underprivileged children biology and the sciences, and have a monthly newsletter curated by our volunteers on fascinating biology topics and issues, current biological research, and feature interviews with famous biologists. So no matter whether you like animals, plants, human anatomy, evolution, genetics, Biology for Better is for YOU.
Link for the form: https://forms.gle/eDo3WFyTmAgAqdNP8
Description of Positions:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vxTfx3dk9fP26kvZN31e0ihfyrm455AVIyxiUDVu4Rs/edit?usp=sharing
Japanese Kanji is ART that consists of various parts representing subjects/meaning.
Let's share your original Kanji with us!
This year's theme of original Kanji is "FUN" (Tanoshii).
The contest opens to all students who study Japanese in 6-12th grades.
Grand prize: $100 cash prizes for each division (Junior 6-8th, Senior 9th-12th grades)
Sponsor awards: $50 cash prizes for each division
The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University is excited to invite you to the 25th Annual International Case Competition (ICC). The competition focuses on Operations Strategy, Supply Chain, Sustainability, and Corporate Social Responsibility and provides an innovative learning platform for students to solve a current operational business challenge. The competition helps students build competencies in synthesizing information under time pressure, organizing and prioritizing issues, applying decision-making skills, and working in teams. The event also connects leading operational talent with multinational sponsor companies for networking and recruiting opportunities.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ICC will be held virtually this year to ensure safety and accessibility for participating teams and sponsoring companies.
https://www.teppericc.com/
Creative Shock is a global social business case competition for students which first took place in 2011. Participants every year are gathered to solve finance, marketing, PR and strategy problems for social businesses. By organizing this competition, we seek to introduce students to real-life global social business models and to communicate how all traditional business strategies can be applied to social enterprises and organizations, improve students’ strategic thinking by challenging them with real marketing and management problems, promote social business all around the world.
Participants have to solve two social business cases in the preliminary rounds. The best 10 teams gather in Vilnius, Lithuania to solve the two final cases.
If you are experiencing any difficulties contact us directly at info@creativeshock.lt for more information.
http://creativeshock.lt/competition/
We welcome you to the P&G CEO Challenge : A competition which will test your aptitude for business strategy and real-life problem-solving. If you’ve been eager to demonstrate your ingenuity and intelligence beyond your campus, this is the chance to make an impression on a global scale.
Prepare to compete with teams from around the world to see who is most fit to be the next CEO of P&G. Top students will ascend to the Global Final in Mexico City and win the opportunity to meet P&G CEO David Taylor. First, prepare to showcase your ability to think critically about leading a brand. Best of luck!
https://www.pg-ceochallenge.com/#select_region
Has COVID-19 suspended your extracurriculars? Looking to turbocharge your university applications? Excited at the prospect of winning a mentorship session with the philanthropist and billionaire investor, Julian Robertson, the 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sir John Key and the Founder and CEO of Crimson, Jamie Beaton?
The Tiger Global Case Competition is the world's first global, online business case competition for high school students, delivered by our Principal Partner Tiger Global Management and our Official Sponsor PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Compete in teams of 3 or 4 to step into the shoes of a CEO and develop solutions to a real-world business' challenges in a set timeframe. Winning strategies require attention to detail, creativity, and business acumen.
In addition to world-class prizes, the Tiger Global Case Competition will allow you to experience the exciting world of business, develop key teamwork and problem-solving skills and build a high-impact CV for your...
Although the pandemic has caused much of the world to come to a standstill, we believe innovation and ingenuity have not ceased to exist, especially in students who have experienced the effects of COVID-19 firsthand. As a team of four motivated high school upperclassmen, we started AstraHacks, a female-led hackathon that aims to empower high school students to design an application that targets a problem being faced by society during the COVID-19 pandemic. AstraHacks 2020 will be a nine-day event starting on August 28th with guest speakers, expert mentors, workshops, and prizes. We are hoping to provide inspiration to many students whose summer programs have been canceled and would love to have you stand in support with us.
The hackathon takes place from August 28th, 2020 to September 6th, 2020. For more details, our Website is: https://tinyurl.com/astrahacks
The Big Bang Competition recognises and rewards young people's achievements in all areas of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), whilst providing them with the opportunity to build their skills and confidence in project-based work.
The Competition is open to all UK residents in full-time education or training (year groups 7 to 13 and Scottish/NI equivalent). We are revising the programme and entry procedure for 2020/21 and will be announcing these details soon.
Finalists compete for over £20,000 worth of amazing prizes , including top and runner-up prizes in the Junior, Intermediate and Senior categories for science and engineering, as well as the coveted titles of GSK UK Young Engineer of the Year and GSK UK Young Scientist.
Visit our How to get started page for advice and inspiration, and read the rules and eligibility for 2020 (2021 Finals).
If you have any questions, please contact us at competitions@thebigbangfair.co.uk
In this competition, students will create their own Android/iOS applications while learning the fundamentals of computer programming.
This competition is perfect for children who dream of creating their own apps and sharing them with friends or publishing them.
The theme for the competition is “Well Being”. Students need to build an app that focuses on Emotional, Physical and Social well being.
Through 3 online interactive sessions, students will learn and create an array of apps. Finally students create their own app and compete in the competition.
By the end of the competition, the top 3 app developers will be awarded prizes and showcased on Atlab social platforms
THEME OF THIS COMPETITION: "Well Being"
The theme for the competition is " Well Being". Students need to identify an real life problem that focuses on Physical, Emotional and Social well being and build an app to solve that problem.
This competition is perfect for children who dream of creating their own...
An opportunity for young Commonwealth citizens to share their thoughts, ideas and experiences on key global issues and have their hard work and achievement celebrated internationally.
We are pleased to announce that The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition 2020 was launched in Christchurch, New Zealand by our Vice-Patron, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall on the theme 'Climate Action and the Commonwealth'.
Each year, aspiring young writers are asked to submit their pieces in response to a theme. Recent themes have included A Connected Commonwealth (2019) Towards a Common Future ( 2018 ) A Commonwealth for Peace (2017 ) and ‘An Inclusive Commonwealth’ ( 2016 ) ; drawing out innovative ideas for positive change and encouraging entrants to consider new perspectives. The theme is rooted in Commonwealth values, providing an interesting introduction to the network and allowing young people to explore their own connection to the Commonwealth, whilst fostering an empathetic...
A chance to win a monetary prize and membership of the NZ Society of Authors.
“If Shakespeare has relevance for us it lies in his incomparable understanding of humanity and human relationships. Racism and global warming were of no concern in the 16th century; the position of the stranger was. For this Essay discuss the development of character and the relationship between characters, looking at the play as an artistic whole and using quotations intelligently. Make it a personal response to the play as a whole.” – Dr Ida Gaskin
Essays should be written in formal style and deal with such topics as theme, language, imagery, and characterisation. Length – minimum of 300 words.
