Student Challenge 2012

This year we asked students to answer the following question: “How would you use economics to solve one of these issues: poverty; climate change; or structural unemployment.”

Entries were accepted in a variety of formats (e.g. essay, poem, song or video).

The results

The winner is Olawale Lawal (University of Bath) who wrote a parable. As the winner, Olalwe will receive the grand prize of £400.

In second place came Sarisher Mann (University of Cardiff) who wrote a song (mp3) with lyrics (PDF).

In third place came Ha Phung Do (Abbey College) who made a cartoon (PDF).

There are a further seven commended entries:

  • Lungelo Cele (South Africa) who made a video
  • Ben Hughes (University of Nottingham) who wrote a song
  • Katia Bazar Rosen (University of Bristol) who wrote a poem
  • Marwa El-Gaby (University of Cardiff) who drew a drawing
  • Babatunde Onabajo (On a gap year) who wrote an article
  • Michael Puddy (University of Portsmouth) who wrote a newspaper article
  • Nikaan Mathews (University of Bangor) who wrote a speech

We would once again like to thank our sponsors for their generous donations to this competition:

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