Magna Charta Observatory Essay Competition 2024

Deadline Date: July 05, 2024

 Donor Name: Observatory Magna Charta Universitatum

 Grant Size: Not Available

The Magna Charta Observatory (MCO) is pleased to launch a new call for essays from university students worldwide to reflect on how access to education, with diversity and inclusivity anchored in principles of equity and fairness, can prevail.

More specifically, the guiding question of the 2024 MCO Student Essay Competition is as follows:

“What would you change about your higher education experience or environment to make it more inclusive* for all who have the ability to benefit from it?”

Through this essay competition the MCO wishes to increase and raise the profile of student involvement in universities. The MCO has representatives of students in the membership of its governing body and in its various activities. By including representatives of students in the membership of its governing body and in its various activities, it continues to recognise the importance of bridging the student voice from the institutional to the international levels.

Priorities

• You may choose to reflect upon one or more of your student experiences and the surrounding environment in relation to higher education governance (including student movements), culture, teaching, learning and/or research could be more inclusive. Such methods may concern:
  • Making access to education opportunities/resources/facilities more equitable and fairer.
  • Enhancing students’ participation in and successful completion of their courses/programmes through more inclusive and diverse learning environments (E.g., through flexible and/or community-engaged learning, teaching and research opportunities)
  • Widening university policies and capacity to put the freedom to study/ research/ engage/ pursue/ explore interests into practice.

Prize Information

• There will be 5 prizes for winners to present their essays and participate in discussions with an international audience at the MCO Anniversary 2024, consisting of expenses paid (including travel and accommodation costs) or a prize of equivalent value, at the discretion of the organizers.

Eligibility Criteria

• The competition is open to students registered in any university in any country.

For more information, visit Observatory Magna Charta Universitatum.