2014 Rolex Awards for Enterprise – for Young Visionaries Age 18 to 30

rolex awards for enterprise

The Rolex Awards for Enterprise, a philanthropic programme of Rolex SA, aim to encourage a spirit of enterprise in individuals around the world by supporting outstanding efforts in areas that advance human knowledge and well-being. The Awards are open to individuals of any nationality or background. The Rolex Awards provide financial assistance to people who [...]

Call For Entries: Naija Writers’ Coach Annual Essay Competition, 2013

NWC Essay Competition

Entries are hereby invited from Nigerian undergraduate students for the 2013 edition of Naija Writers’ Coach Annual Essay Competition. The contest is intended to serve as a national platform for Nigerian students to express their opinions on pressing national issues, and advance workable and sustainable solutions to them. Theme “Does The Nigerian Education System Prepare [...]

Goi Peace Foundation UNESCO International Essay Contest for Young People 2013

goi peace essay competition

The Goi Peace Foundation and UNESCO are offering International Essay Contest for young people around the world. The international Essay contest is aimed to enable young people develop their full potential, as they are crucial for the shaping of our future. UNESCO’s objective is to help empower young people, reaching out to them, responding to [...]

2013 Google online Marketing Challenge for Students and Professors

Google Online Marketing Challenge

About Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC) The Google Online Marketing Challenge (GOMC) is an exciting opportunity for students to experience online marketing and creating online marketing campaigns using Google AdWords & Google+. As well, students and their professors can win great prizes. This is a great opportunity for students in classes such as advertising, e-commerce, [...]

Google Summer of Code 2013 for Students

Google Summer of Code

Google Summer of Code is a global program that offers post-secondary student developers ages 18 and older stipends to write code for various open source software projects. Google have worked with open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund projects over a three month period. Since its inception in 2005, the program [...]

Google Science Fair 2013 Now Open for Competition for Young scientists and engineers – age between 13 and 18

Google Science fair 2013

Throughout history many great scientists developed their curiosity for science at an early age and went on to make groundbreaking discoveries that changed the way we live. In partnership with CERN, the LEGO Group, National Geographic and Scientific American, Google is launching the 3rd annual Google Science Fair to find the next generation of scientists [...]

Commonwealth Essay Competition now open for 2013 entries!

Commonwealth Essay Competition

Each year, the Commonwealth Essay Competition, run by the Royal Commonwealth Society since 1883, inspires thousands of young writers from all over the world. It is the world’s oldest and largest schools’ international writing competition. Past winners include Mr Lee Hsien Loong, the Prime Minister of Singapore and Elspeth Huxley. Get Started for the 2013 [...]

Carnegie Council’s 4th Annual Student/Teacher Essay Contest 2012

Carnegie Council essay contest

Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs announces its fourth annual International Essay Contest. This Essay competition is open to both teachers and students anywhere in the world. From climate change, to terrorism, to global financial crises, many of the greatest problems facing us in the 21st century transcend national borders. All involve ethical issues, [...]

Top 10 Tips for Writing College Admission Essay

writing resources

Written and submitted by Meghan I. College admissions is a time of anxiety and excitement for high school seniors, and the college admission essay is a perfect demonstration of this. It is exciting because you have the freedom to say what you want to say and talk about a variety of weird and wonderful subjects, [...]

CIPE Youth Essay Competition 2012 – Strengthening Democracy and the Private Sector

CIPE Youth essay competition

Each year, the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) invites young people to share their ideas on how youth can help strengthen democracy and the private sector. CIPE has launched the Youth Essay Competition 2012. The aim is to encourage young people to share their ideas on how to create opportunities for youth to strengthen democracy [...]

Google RISE Awards 2013 Application – Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Google RISE Awards 2013

Google RISE – Roots in Science and Engineering – Awards are designed to promote and support Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and Computer Science (CS) education initiatives. The internet search giant grant awards to organizations working with K-12 (primary & secondary schools) and university students to provide enrichment programs in these fields. Google believes that [...]

7 Simple tips to better proofread your own work

Better ProofReading

This article was written and submitted by Sally Uresti, from Papersconsulting.com Have you ever imagined whether or not you are good at proofreading your own work? Research has shown that people are not so good at proofreading their own work. In fact, some of the best writers we know never proof their own work. Their [...]