Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition AH6, based on Stephan Nitu’s lecture on ‘Athenian Democracy: Modes of Thinking About Different Worlds’. Below you can read the winning entry, as selected by our team of markers. The challenge: Building on the ideas covered in the taster lecture, think about how society is…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition AH5, based on Dr George Potts’ lecture on ‘Tradition and Innovation in Modern Poetry’. Below you can read the winning entries, as selected by our team of markers. The challenge: Building on the ideas covered in the taster lecture, write a short response (no more than…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to our two S4 competitions. Competition S4A was based on Professor Gillian Rose’s lecture, ‘How is Digital Data Transforming How Cities Work?’ Competition S4B was based on Professor Katherine Blundell’s lecture on ‘The Universe Beyond The Visible’. For competition S4A, read Ebrahim’s winning entry on…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition AH4, based on Professor Gillian Rose’s lecture, ‘How is Digital Data Transforming How Cities Work?’. Below you can read the winning entry, as selected by our team of markers. The challenge: Think about the neighbourhood where you live. Identify a problem that you would like…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition AH3, based on Professor Nicholas Jones’s lecture ‘How Do People Persist Through Time?’. Below you can read some of the winning entries, as selected by our team of markers. The challenge: Imagine that scientists have created a “Teletransporter” machine. It works by scanning your body,…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition S3, based on Professor Charles Newton’s Going Further challenge on the topic ‘Meandering Through Medicine’. Below you can read the winning entry, selected by our team of markers. Kuba’s winning entry Why autism may have increased in the past few decades Autism doesn’t…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition S2, based on Professor Alan Grafen’s article on The Mathematics of Natural Selection. Given the nature of maths, it’s easy to make a minor mistake and miss out on a perfect answer; each submission was given our full consideration, and evaluated based on the overall quality of the…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition AH2, based on Dr Samuel Derbyshire’s article on Documenting Endangered Knowledge. Below you can read some of the winning entries, as selected by our team of markers. Lauren’s winning entry Sukkot or ‘the feast of tabernacles’ was my favourite festival when I was growing up….

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition AH1, based on Professor Hannah Skoda’s lecture on Medieval Crime and Punishment. Below you can read some of the winning entries, as selected by our team of markers. Lily’s winning entry Crime and Punishment in the Middle Ages What was the purpose of punishment? The purpose of…

Thank you very much to everyone who submitted an entry to Competition S1, based on Dr Keno Juchems’ lecture on Artificial Intelligence. Below you can read some of the winning entries, as selected by our team of markers. Kuba’s winning entry Should a multi-national company use AI in their factories? I think the company would need to consider ethical,…