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  1. Woolf Essay Prize 2024

    Woolf Essay Prize 2024. The Woolf Essay Prize 2024 is now open! Woolf Essay Prize 2024 Information and Questions. In 1928, Virginia Woolf addressed the Newnham Arts Society on the Subject of 'Women and Fiction', and from this talk emerged her seminal text, A Room of One's Own.Newnham is very proud of its place in the history of women's education, and we are delighted in the ...

  2. Newnham College Woolf Essay Prize

    Newnham's Woolf Essay Prize is an essay competition for Y12 ... Newnham's Woolf Essay Prize is deigned to give students the opportunity to think and write about women in literature, history, society, and culture, while developing their independent study and writing skills. ... Friday, 14 July 2023 (12:00pm) Audience . Year 12 (Y13 NI / S5 ...

  3. Resources from the Essay Prizes 2022

    In 2023, we launched the Essay Writing Masterclass Programme in place of the essay prizes of previous years. The recorded webinars can be found below. The password is to access these is 'essays2022!'. Recorded on Friday 14 th January 2022 (5-6pm): Help Getting Started. Recorded on Thursday 17 th February 2022 (5-6pm): Writing your Essay.

  4. Oxford and Cambridge Essay Competitions

    Newnham College, Cambridge's Woolf Essay Prize. This year, the Woolf Essay Prize invites participation from all female students in Year 12 (or equivalent), irrespective of their school or nationality. The submission deadline is 12pm GMT on Friday, July 14th, 2023.

  5. Access and Outreach

    Newnham College was founded 150 years ago with the belief that education is for everyone, and we remain committed to increasing access to higher education in general, and to the University of Cambridge in particular. ... In 2022 we ran a programme of structured advice and guidance webinars to support students entering the Essay Prize ...

  6. Newnham College Cambridge Woolf Essay Prize 2024

    This year, the Woolf Essay Prize is open to all Women in Year 12 (or equivalent), regardless of school or country. For more information, including the question list, word limit, and submission details, please consult the Information and Questions document. The deadline for submission is 09:00am BST on Monday 8th July 2024.

  7. Newnham College Cambridge Prize Winners

    Every year Newnham College Cambridge welcome entrants from female students on 15 different essay questions covering Archaeology, Biological Sciences, Classics, Computer Science, Engineering, History, Mathematics, Medicine, Modern and Medieval Languages, Music, Philosophy and Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, and the 'Woolf Essay Prize' with questions inspired by Virginia Woolf's A ...

  8. Cambridge Essay Competitions

    Newnham College Woolf Essay Prize 🔗 🌟 The Woolf Essay Competition is focussed on women in literature, history, society and culture. There are also competitions for other subjects - more information these will be coming soon. ... The prize did not run in 2023, but may in 2024. Trinity College Essay Prizes 🔗 These competitions give ...

  9. India Wins Cricket World Cup, Sealing Its Domination of the Sport

    The top prize had also evaded Virat Kohli, 35, one of cricket's most recognized icons. Rahul Dravid, India's coach, had never won a World Cup during his long and illustrious career as a player.

  10. Medicine Essay Prizes (7 Competitions For Year 12 and 13's)

    Open to. Female students in year 12. Word count. 1,500 - 2,500 words. Prize. £400. Newnham College of the University of Cambridge runs a medicine essay competition with a twist: Only female students are allowed to enter. Again, students have a choice of three differing questions.

  11. And the Winner Is … the Slowest!

    Tiered awards were also rolled out, a purposeful tactic. "We are not a shaming program," Mr. Hastings said. The top-level Sapphire prize goes to companies whose ships slow down for at least 85 ...

  12. Student Wins A Place In Cambridge Essay Writing Competition

    Lana also received a tour of the college and afternoon tea following the prize giving ceremony. Each of the Newnham essay writing competitions has a prize of £400 for first place, £200 for second place, and £100 for third place. The prize money is equally split between the winner and their school, and Lana has made the suggestion that the ...

  13. Sarah Sze Has Been Making Work About Life and Death Since Childhood

    Sarah Sze discusses her practice, pet adoption and winning second prize in a painting contest. By Marisa Mazria-Katz Sarah Sze's studio is an encyclopedic celebration of the human experience ...

  14. Newnham College Woolf Essay Prize

    The Woolf Essay Prize, inspired by Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, is an essay competition which may be of particular interest to those studying English Literature, History, Politics, Philosophy or Sociology and adjacent subjects. A Room of One's Own raises a number of questions surrounding the place of women in society, culture, and education, and the competition allows

  15. PDF The Newnham History Essay Prize 2021-22 female students currently in

    Newnham will be running a programme of essay writing skills advice and guidance webinars in the new year. Dates and information can be found here. Each of the Newnham Essay Prizes have a first prize of £400, a second prize of £200 and a third prize of £100. Prize money is split 50:50 between the Essay Prize winner and the funding of

  16. Woolf Essay Prize 2023

    Woolf Essay Prize 2023; Watch. 11 months ago. Woolf Essay Prize 2023. farrsm88. 6. did anyone enter? (edited 2 weeks ago) ... Nope but if it helps I went to a Newnham access event and the organiser confirmed that she was marking the essays-this was around August 7 (?) though. ... Freshers Blog Competition 2023 Prize Announcement; History and ...

  17. A Comprehensive Guide to the Cambridge College Essay Competitions

    Newnham College The Woolf Essay Prize n 1928, Virginia Woolf addressed the Newnham Arts Society on the Subject of 'Women and Fiction', and from this talk emerged her seminal text, A Room of One's Own. A Room of One's Own raises a number of questions surrounding the place of women in society and culture, and the competition allows ...

  18. A Reading List for Disability Pride Month 2024

    Bellevue Literary Press | 2023. In this essay collection, published posthumously, Talve-Goodman "tells the story of her chronic illness and her youthful search for love and meaning, never forgetting that her adult life is tied to the loss of another person—the donor of her transplanted heart."

  19. Essay Competitions for Year 12 Students: A Complete Guide

    The rules encourage students to engage with the legacies of colonialism in all its forms - historical, political, economic, social, cultural. Entry is via a 2,500 word essay, and is open to students in Year 12. The prize is £250, and your entry needs to be submitted by 15 March, 2024. Find out more.

  20. Teslas and Teens: Two Young Drivers Take the Wheel

    Matt Richtel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2010 for his series on distracted driving. He reported from his home in Boulder, Colo. July 6, 2024, 5:00 a.m. ET

  21. Independent schools shut out of Cambridge essay prizes

    Former independent school head Bernard Trafford also recently wrote about the dangers of "crudely defining university applicants by their school or postcode.". The Newnham essay prizes, offer a £400 first prize in each category, with £200 for second and £100 for third. The money is split equally between the writer and their school.

  22. PDF NEWNHAM COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE CB3 9DF The Woolf Essay Prize 2020-21

    sample. Good essays will present a clear argument using specific examples, but outside of this many different approaches are welcome. Each of the Newnham Essay Prizes has a first prize of £400, a second prize of £200, and third prize of £100. It is strongly advised that students read A Room of One's Own before answering any of these questions.

  23. Newnham Essay Competition 2022

    Newnham Essay Competition 2022; Watch. 1 year ago. Newnham Essay Competition 2022. C_H_B. 16. Has anyone entered for this essay prize? ... Woolf Essay Prize 2023; Medicine related essay competitions; Cambridge Newnham Applicants For 2023 Entry; dream college vs application test; Robert Walker Essay 2023;

  24. Newnham College Essay Prize

    C ongratulations to our sixth-former Deborah for winning one of the prestigious Newnham College essay prizes. Deborah was awarded second prize in the Engineering category 2019. Newnham College's annual essay prize competitions are designed to encourage ambitious female sixth-form students to explore university-level subjects and themes and to develop their independent research and writing ...

  25. Newnham essay competition

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  26. PDF The Newnham Medicine Prize 2021-22 female students ...

    and guidance webinars in the new year. Dates and information can be found here.Each of the Newnham Essay Prizes. have a first prize of £400, a second prize of £200 and a third prize of £100. Prize money is split 50. 50 between the Essay Prize winner and the funding. of resources for their school.The completed cover sheet must also be ...

  27. Newnham college Essay Prize results

    Newnham college Essay Prize results. I think they are due to come out today, publish results/feelings about it here! Just to flag, in terms of managing expectations, that essay prizes don't always translate into offers. It's the same with choral awards. Just to flag, in terms of managing expectations, that essay prizes don't always ...

  28. Awards and Prizes

    Eligibility: Any Newnham undergraduate student returning to Newnham to study for an MPhil or Ph.D in Public Policy, Economics, Health or Social Care.. Timing: Awards will be confirmed in July (where possible).. Procedure: Eligible students will be automatically considered providing they have opted to return to Newnham College for postgraduate study.. The value of these awards will be £500.00.