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This competition is only open to pupils in years 9, 10, and 11 in eligible schools so check our list to ensure that you can enter:

Eligible schools • Abbey Park, Redhouse Way, Redhouse, Blunsdon St Andrew, • , Long Readings Ln, • Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School, Fawley Rd, Reading • UTC, Road, Aylesbury • Carterton Community College, Upavon Way, Carterton • Easthampstead Park Community School, Ringmead, • EOTAS Swindon, Swindon • , Bull lane, Bracknell • John Madejski , 125 Hartland Rd, Reading • , Hyde Road, Stratton St Margaret, Swindon • , Swindon • Lord Grey Academy, Rickley Ln, , • , Grange Park Way, Swindon

1 • North Oxfordshire Academy, Drayton Road, Banbury • , Swindon • Oakbank, Hyde End Ln, Reading • Oxford Spires Academy, Glanville Road, Oxford • Reading Girls' School, Northumberland Ave, Reading • , Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes • St Gregory the Great Catholic School, Cricket Road, Oxford • St Joseph's Catholic College, Ocotal Way, Swindon • , Beech Avenue, Swindon • The Aylesbury Vale Academy, Paradise Orchard, Aylesbury • , Rectory Lane, Bracknell • , Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading • The , The Mall, Old Town, Swindon • , Swindon • The Grange School, Wendover Way, Aylesbury • The Mandeville School, Ellen Rd, Aylesbury • The Oxford Academy, Sandy Lane West, Littlemore, Oxford • Trinity School, Love Ln, Newbury • UTC Swindon, Bristol Street, Swindon • , Holton, Oxford • , Banbury

1 Is a competition run by Study Higher as part of the Confidence to Argue programme from the University of Oxford.

It is part of a programme of enrichment activities that aims to support young learners to develop confidence in their academic selves, with the intention of supporting their progression through school, post-16 education, and university.

2 • Leaning how to and practising making good arguments can help you become more confident in voicing your views, which is is so important in getting through school and university, as well as in the workplace. What do you think the money should be spent on? Should we spend it on sweets for all the entrants? Should it go towards a charity or good cause? Should we keep it for ourselves and spend it on Among Us hats and Fortnight emotes?

3 Prize categories available: Grand winner; Year 11 winner and runner up; Year 10 winner and runner up; Year 9 winner and runner up Also 30 books chosen by random draw Prizes are per person. If a team wins a category, each member of the team wins the same prize. E.g. overall winners in a team of three each get a £50 gift card of their own.

Intend to publicise profiles of winners on the Oxford University and the Study Higher website and social media. (If contestants give us permission.)

4 So, what do you need to do? We want you to submit a short video making your argument. The video can be up to 5 minutes long, and you can work in teams of up to three. All team members need to be in the same year at the same school, but you don't need to be in the same class.

As well as this, you need to submit a short written reflection. This should be up to 500 words in length, but can be shorter. In your reflection you should discuss how you came up with your idea for an argument, what you found difficult or challenging about this task, and what you think you learned by doing it. Your short reflection should be about the process of doing the challenge; we're not looking for you to restate your argument or provide any extra details to support it.

5 The argument will be judged by a panel of experts on:

Logic: does the argument make sense? Style: is it well presented and clear? Organisation: does the order of your points help you make your argument? If you're in a team, do you take turns well?

6 Deadline is 11th July. Submissions open on 14th June.

7 Full instructions, rules, and tips can be found at www.studyhigher.ac.uk/challenge

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