The Worshipful Company of International Bankers (WCIB)

WCIB Competition 2015: Information for Teachers

The Worshipful Company of International Bankers’ (WCIB)

London Schools/Colleges Competition for 2015

Students in years 12 and 13 are invited to write a 1500 word (+ or – 10%)

Open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer justifying their views of the most important issues facing the new government

Information for Teachers:

The WCIB 2015competition will function on the following lines:

• There is no cost to schools / colleges to enter this competition.

• The competition is open to all members of years 12 and 13 (whatever subjects they are doing) and to others if they wish to participate.

• Schools / colleges enteringstudents into the competition must register their names with the contact person(see below) by email by September 25th, 2015.
• Entries must be 1,500 words +/- 10% and prepared in digital format compatible with MS Word. Longer or shorter entries will be disqualified. Word count must be stated on the entry.
• Each entry must have a cover sheet stating the name of the author, the name of the school / college and the date it was delivered to the teacher for assessment together with the word count.
• The teacher at each school / college will decide the winner and runner-up (if there are 5 entries at least) at the school / college by November 6th. The teacher will thensend the winning entrywith its completed cover sheet and a statement of the number of entries actually received to the contact personat the latestby November 13thwho will add the entry to a pool of winning entries from participating schools / colleges.

• By close of business on November 13th, the pool of winning entries will be submitted to the WCIB Awards Committee who will assess the entries and select the overall winner and highly commended entries by November 26th.

• Every entrant will receive a certificate from the WCIB to record participation in this competition. It is essential therefore for teachers to submit to the contact person the names of all participants who actually submitted an entry by November 16th. These names will be forwarded to theWCIB as soon as received.

• Diary Date: Awards will be made to all winners at a City of London venue onDecember 2nd, 2015 starting at 6pm. Teachers and one guest per student will also be invited.

The awards are:

• £100 to each individual school / college winner
• £50 to each individual school / college runner-up provided there were at least 5 entries from that school / college as determined by the number of entries actually submitted to the teacher (not the number of individuals who sign up with the intention to participate)
• £100 for the overall pool winner and £50 for the three highly commended entries in the pool. This means the overall winner will receive a total of £200 and the three individuals having highly-commended entries will receive a total of £150.

In additionthe WCIB will match the prize money won by the students at each school/ college as a single grant for departmental use.

The overall winner’s entry will be published in the WCIB newsletter and may, with the author’s consent, be sent to the editors of selected newspapers for consideration for possible publication.

On all matters relating to this competition, the WCIB’s decision is final and binding.

These details can be found on: the “competition” iconand can be made available to potential entrants in the competition.

Contact: Frank Funnell

Email: frank@the brokerage.org.ukTelephone: (020) 7628 9904