The CORE Project, with the help of our partners FT Secondary Schools, is launching the CORE Schools Economics Challenge 2018. We are challenging students in schools across the world to create an accessible and entertaining short video on an economic topic. This year’s theme is:
“Ten years on from the global financial crisis”
If you need inspiration, you can watch the winning entry from our 2017 competition, by The Academy at Penguin Hall. And if you need an incentive, this year, we are offering generous cash prizes and Amazon vouchers to the winners.
The 2018 challenge
Using CORE’s The Economy as a resource, present a three-minute video on the theme: “Ten years on from the global financial crisis”
Be creative! Your entry can combine data, charts, economic analysis or references to the work of a particular economic thinker. To get you started, there are a lot of useful resources on our site, particularly Unit 17 of The Economy.
For this year’s competition CORE has partnered with the Financial Times, and you can also find multiple resources on FT Secondary Schools, (right) which offers “articles to help get ahead in exams and interviews”, and is available free online for 16-19 year olds and their teachers. To get access, there’s a simple sign-up for UK schools here, and for schools elsewhere here.
You will compete for three cash prizes:
- 1st place: £1,500 for the school and £500 Amazon vouchers for students
- 2nd place: £750 for the school and £300 Amazon vouchers for students
- 3rd place: £500 for the school and £200 Amazon vouchers for students
Participating schools may each enter one additional collaborative entry with another local school to compete for a separate prize of £1,500 for the school and £500 Amazon vouchers for students.
The closing date for entries is 1 October 2018. For guidelines, and to find out more detail about the competition, read our Overview and the Terms and conditions documents:
CORE-SEC 2018 Terms and conditions
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