Bablake Scientists - Issue 3

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Oxford Science Essay Writing Competition

A number of Lower Sixth students entered the Michaelmas Term 2020 Schools Science Writing Competition on the theme of ‘An inspirational scientist, alive now, whose work is helping us to advance into the future’.

For example, you could write about a scientific discovery that required creativity, a scientist who takes a creative approach to their work, or how creativity is important for science in general.

Lower Sixth student Eleanor was one of the runners up for her essay on Rabia Salihu Sa’id: Saving the Environment Four Hours at a Time.

The word limit for the article is 700 words and you must be a school, college or sixth form student in Year 13, 12, 11 or 10 (or equivalent) in the UK. The deadline for submitting your article is midnight on Monday 1st February. For more information visit http://oxsci.org/schools/.

The Oxford Schools Science Writing Competition for Hilary Term 2021 is now open! The question for this term’s competition is: “How is creativity important in science?”.

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