Essay competitions — Faculty of Classics.

Murderous Games: Gladiatorial Contests in Ancient Rome Gladiatorial shows turned war into a game, preserved an atmosphere of violence in time of peace, and functioned as a political theatre which allowed confrontation between rulers and ruled.

New Collection Videos. Mar 31, 2020. The Museum of Classical Archaeology is pleased to announce the first in a series of short videos on objects in the collection, featuring the Faculty's own Prof Caroline Vout.

Instructions for entrants and essay questions are provided for the Kelvin, Thomas Campion and Vellacott prizes on the lefthand side as attachments. There is also an FAQ page for entrants and their teachers, as well as a guide for teachers on how to use our online system to run an internal competition within school and how to approve or modify essays.

Since 1883, we have delivered The Queen's Commonwealth Essay Competition, the world's oldest international schools' writing competition. Today, we work to expand its reach, providing life-changing opportunities for young people around the world.

Each month Write the World holds a new competition, developed around a particular idea or genre of writing, such as poetry, fantasy, sports journalism, or flash fiction. Competitions encourage you to dig deeper into the writing process, try out new genres and share your work with a sea of eager readers.

School Essay Competition The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) and the Financial Times ran a joint School Essay Competition in 2019, which sought thoughtful and well argued responses from A Level geography pupils to the question Is it better for the world to be wealthier or to be more equal?

Classics: First prize in national essay competition Thursday 1 November 2012 We were delighted to hear that Rosie Parr (EDH UVI), was awarded first prize in the national Omnibus Gladstone Competition - the UK's premier essay prize in Classics - for her essay 'Country life versus urban living in ancient Rome'.

The Summer Olympic Games is the leading international sporting event in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. According to existing historical manuscripts, the first ancient Olympic Games were celebrated in 776 BC in Olympia.

Ancient peoples, like modern, spent much of their lives engaged in and thinking about competitions: both organised competitions with rules, audiences and winners, such as Olympic and gladiatorial games, and informal, indefinite, often violent, competition for fundamental goals such as power, wealth and honour.

Compete in our Global Essay Competition and qualify for participation as a Leader of Tomorrow in the world's premier opportunity for intergenerational debates: The St. Gallen Symposium. Leaders of Tomorrow. Pre-Register for our Global Essay Competition. Pre-Register now. Pre-Register now. Past Wings of Excellence Award Winners.

SCHOOL VISITS TO THE FACULTY. Classics is for everyone! We have something to offer for all ages! In particular we offer an exciting programme of Taster Days at the Faculty for school groups, from Key Stage 3 to Key Stage 5.

Girton’s Humanities Writing Competition is for students in Year 12 (or equivalent) who have an interest in the Humanities. Students will submit an essay based on one or more objects selected from the College’s small antiquities museum, the Lawrence Room. This competition is an opportunity for research and writing beyond the curriculum using.