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The reading-out-loud competition of the German Book Trade is under the patronage of the Federal President and is one of the largest nationwide student competitions. The competition is recommended by the Kultusministerkonferenz, and approximately 600,000 pupils across the country take part every year. All sixth school classes can take part, and those who like to read and enjoy books are invited to present their favourite book and read a short passage from it. There are books for every individual and on every subject. Whether for excitement, entertainment, knowledge, the reading competition offers the opportunity to present your own favourite story and discover lots of new books. Over 600 event organizers throughout Germany hold the reading contest at the regional level. These can be bookstores, libraries, schools and other cultural or educational institutions. School winners are invited directly to the decision by the organizers and thus learn when and where the next round takes place. The winners of the state elections compete against each other at the federal finals in Berlin. The Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels invites all state winners to Berlin for three days. Here they are accompanied by an experienced team of supervisors, undertake joint activities and prepare for the grand finale. For more information, please visit: www.vorlesewettbewerb.de

The Liebig Association for Organic Chemistry of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker eV awards the ORCHEM prize for junior scientists every two years. The prize is awarded to younger scientists who have qualified themselves through new, original and groundbreaking scientific work in the field. The prize not only includes the coveted title, but also a grant of €5000.00. The ORCHEM prize is traditionally awarded at the ORCHEM conference and is a highly prestigious award aimed at acknowledging the work of particularly successful young scientists. For more information, please visit: https://www.gdch.de/netzwerk-strukturen/fachstrukturen/liebig-vereinigung-fuer-organische-chemie/orchem-preis.html

The GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology hold an annual prize for outstanding scientific work in the field of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology. The Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology of the GDCh deals with the fate of chemicals in the environment (environmental chemistry) - their pathways, their distribution and their transformation in the compartments soil, water, air - and their effect on organisms and habitats (ecotoxicology). The topic is extremely interdisciplinary and a wide field of research and activity for chemists, biologists, geoscientists, lawyers, engineers and scientists of other related disciplines. The work can be submitted by the author themselves or by third parties - a scientific publication (from the past two years, peer-review journal). The first or main author should have a doctorate, but the work to be awarded should not have been published more than two years after the doctorate. Included in this prestigious award is not only a certificate but prize money of 1,000 euros, donated by the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, which the award winner can use at their own discretion. A panel of experts appointed by the board of the section decides on the award.

Held in Singapore's Catholic Junior College, the Whitley Business Forum (WBF) is the school's first student-organised business conference. Standard Chartered Bank's Regional CEO of ASEAN and South Asia and the Singaporean Minister of Education will be speaking in a panel discussion, along with one or two other distinguished business professionals (TBC at a later date). Topics covered include how students can prep for growing industries, and how to make use of one's education to jumpstart a career in business. WBF is a one-day conference that will be held sometime in early September, between the 2nd and the 6th. 

A competition, facilitated by an international expert, to encourage schools and students (from Grades 6-12) to compete in the fields of scientific and technical invention and innovation. Focuses on four categories – Biological & Ecological Sciences; chemical. Physical & Mathematical Sciences; Social & Behavioral Sciences; and Technology. Includes a non-competitive Primary Science Fair targeting younger students. Encourages students, parents and the public to think and learn about science plus motivates students to follow careers in science and technology, and make valuable contributions to the UAE. The competition looks to promotes different science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related activities ​ INITIATIVE DETAILS § Science competition with three entry levels, Junior (Cycle 2, Gr 6&7), Intermediate (Cycle 2, Gr 8&9) and Senior (Cycle 3, Gr 10-12) § Non-competitive Primary Science Fair (Cycle 1) § Technology Exhibition – Industry and higher education displays § Potential winners camp to prepare for international competition​"The student will have to be familiar with video editing technology and video-making process, or have the ability to get assistance with the video-editing aspect. The story should be well-developed and pre-planned, and the execution should be to a high standard. For more information, please click here .

Original Narrative is an annual, non-profit student short film festival initiated & hosted by MBRSC and AUD in Dubai. We hope to inspire, recognize and reward the up-and-coming filmmakers of tomorrow, showcasing students’ short films and screenplays from the UAE, the region and beyond. "Make a one to three minutes original short film based on the theme "Happiness" or "Brotherhood or Sisterhood" or "A Day in Your Life". For more information, please click here . 

The Mohammed Bin Rashid School for Communication at the American University in Dubai (AUD), in association with the Dubai Press Club, has launched an investigative journalism competition and a short film competition for grade 12 students. Both categories accept English and Arabic submissions. First prize in both competitions will be a full scholarship at AUD MBRSC.

The Think Science Competition is the region’s largest science competition focused on engaging teams of up to three or four talented youth from all across the UAE. It aims to identify eager and gifted youth with advanced innovative solutions that seek to serve a community benefit and betters the lives of others. It encourages youth to design, develop and build a working scientific prototype using their scientific knowledge, problem-solving and analytical skills to solve practical problems. For more information, please click here .

The competition aims to encourage them to explore the role of peaceful use of nuclear applications to serve the community. The high-school students are encouraged to submit a proposal covering one of the following categories that focus on the role on nuclear science and technology to: improve human health; protect the environment and water resources; and generate clean energy. The three categories of the competition correspond with the UN Sustainable Development Goals which the UAE adopted in 2015. The categories touch upon: UN Goal # 7 "Affordable and Clean Energy" that aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable sustainable and modern energy for all. UN Goal # 3 "Good Health and Well-Being" to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. It also supports UN Goals # 6, 13, 14 and 15 to use nuclear applications to combat climate change, provide clean air, sanitation as well as protect the environment. For more information, please click here .

The Programme Each Fall, debate teams from UAE high schools come to NYU Abu Dhabi to compete for the Abu Dhabi schools trophy. A two-week programme, the tournament first invites teams for a day of coaching, during which our globally competitive university speakers train high school students at various skill levels: from first-time public speakers to experienced debaters. The following week, teams return to NYUAD to debate multiple preliminary rounds before breaking to the final rounds. The winning team, as well as the best speakers of the tournament, are recognised as the UAE High School Debate Champions. Speakers can opt to debate in either the English or Arabic division of the competition. The Vision High School debating is an extraordinary chance to learn to express ideas and arguments convincingly, explore new topics, and meet other driven students. There is a reason that many of the best high school debaters go on to study at the world’s most competitive universities, and that many who try out Debate for only a few weeks stay at it for years. We aim to pioneer Debate in the UAE and MENA by bringing this opportunity to all high schools throughout the Emirates, foster a debating circuit in the region, and establish Arabic language debate as a crucial addition to the global debating circuit in the 21st century. For more information, please click here .

The Breakthrough Junior Challenge is an annual global competition for students to inspire creative thinking about science. Students ages 13 to 18 from countries across the globe are invited to create and submit original videos (3 minutes in length maximum) that bring to life a concept or theory in the life sciences, physics or mathematics. The submissions are judged on the student’s ability to communicate complex scientific ideas in engaging, illuminating, and imaginative ways. The Challenge is organized by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. Prize: $250,000 post-secondary scholarship $50,000 prize for your teacher $100,000 Breakthrough Science Lab For more information, please click here .

Now in its fifth year, the COBIS Music Festival is a wonderful weekend of workshops, competitions, performances and fun social activities. This fantastic event celebrates talented COBIS students from around the world through a full programme, providing them with the opportunity to meet and socialise with students from other countries. Schools must register on behalf of students. Schools can bring a maximum of 20 students (this number may depend on the number of schools that sign up). There will be several workshops over the weekend, with: Dominic Peckham – Conductor (National Youth Choirs of Great Britain) Ioanna Ismyridi – Conductor/Repetiteur (Cottbus Philharmonic Orchestra) Andrew Plummer – Lead Singer/Guitarist (Snack Family, World Sanguine Report, Bilbao Syndrome) For more information, please click here .

The COBIS art competition is open to students from the Council of British International Schools' member schools. The theme changes each year. The 2019 art competition theme is a challenge for students to “Introduce Yourself”. Through a piece of art, students should convey who they are; this could be a self-portrait or a reflection on the things, feelings, surroundings etc. that make all COBIS students so wonderfully unique. There are five categories students can enter: Early Years and Foundation Stage Key Stage 1 Key Stage 2 Key Stage 3 Group Entries For more information, please click here .

The Young Scientist Film Awards is the annual COBIS science competition in partnership with National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London. It is open to COBIS member schools and non-member schools for students in KS1-KS5. For this competition, students are asked to make an exciting film celebrating the diversity and excitement of science. Awards will be presented for the “Best Filmed Experiment”, “Best Engineering” and “Best Overall” in KS1&2, KS3 and KS4&5. Don’t worry about choosing the category for your films; NPL will classify each film. For more information, please click here .

On Saturday 23 February 2019, Doha College will be holding their sixth annual Medical Review School Conference at their Al Waab campus in Doha, Qatar. For this event, Doha College has once again partnered with COBIS to extend invites to British schools across the world. This event brings together aspiring medical students and industry experts to present on some of the key medicinal challenges of the 21st century. The Medical Review Conference allows students who are thinking of following medicine to enhance their skills and boost their university applications. Event details For this one-day conference, interested schools are invited to enter teams from Years 11, 12 and 13 to research recent developments in medicine and deliver a short presentation about it. The morning session will see teams split into six break-out rooms, where teacher judges will rank each team’s presentation. The four teams with the highest scores will then go forward to the afternoon session, where they will present to an expert judging panel. The final judging panel will comprise doctors and health professionals from Elite Medical Center and Hamad Medical Corporation, who will assess and challenge the finalists in the afternoon session. Click here to see the full event programme. Student presentations must fall within the following topic areas: Epidemiology of Infectious Disease Technology in Medicine Radiological, Pathological and Diagnostic Updates Feto-maternal Medicine (Obstetrics and Antenatal Care) Hereditary and Metabolic Diseases Cancer Prizes: 1st Prize: QAR2000 2nd Prize: QAR1000 3rd Prize: QAR500 For more information, please click here .

The COBIS / Mangahigh Maths Challenge is a free, online competition for 5-16-year-olds designed to engage students with maths through a games-based learning approach. Using Mangahigh, students complete maths activities, which teachers may personalise to support students’ learning, to score individual points, which in turn contributes to their school's tally. Students can access their activities at home or in school so it can be used for homework, revision, or a fun task! For more information, please click here .

Run by the Council of British International Schools: All entries must follow this year's theme "The Last Page". This theme should be used to inspire students as they write their original poem. Categories There are three age categories (based on the age of the student as of 3 September 2018): Category A: 10 yrs and under Category B: 11-14 yrs Category C: 15-19 yrs For more information, please click here .