John Locke Institute 2021 Essay Competition and Chance to Win $2000

John Locke Institute is offering essay competition to encourage young people to cultivate the characteristics that turn good students into great writers: independent thought, depth of knowledge, clear reasoning, critical analysis and persuasive style.

Competition Categories:

• Philosophy
• Politics
• Economics
• History
• Psychology
• Theology
• Law

• The prize for each winner of a subject category, and the winner of the Junior category, is a scholarship worth US$2000 towards the cost of attending any John Locke Institute programme, and the essays will be published on the Institute's website. 
• The candidate who submits the best essay overall will be awarded an honorary John Locke Institute Junior Fellowship, which comes with a US$10,000 scholarship to attend one or more of our summer schools and/or gap year courses.

• Entry is open to students from any country and any school. 
• Candidates must be eighteen years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline, 30 June 2021.
• Candidates for the Junior Prize must be fourteen years old, or younger, on the date of the submission deadline.
• Each essay should address only one of the questions in your chosen subject category, and must not exceed 2000 words 
• Submit your essay, saved in pdf format 

About University of Oxford:

As the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford is a unique and historic institution. The University of Oxford undertakes a wide range of activities to inform, attract, and support the ablest candidates from all socio-economic, cultural and geographical backgrounds. Its main challenges lie in encouraging students from under-represented groups to apply to Oxford and in helping them to make competitive applications.

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