Guide· 20 Sept 2026
Stossel student contests: choose the medium that sharpens the argument
A practical guide to the essay, video and AI challenge without treating them as interchangeable.
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Guide· 20 Sept 2026
Future City High School: build the argument into the city
How teams can connect engineering choices, digital modelling and a persuasive final defence.
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Guide· 20 Sept 2026
Poetry Aloud: the poem has to live in the room
A guide to the 2026 all-island school recitation competition
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Guide· 17 Sept 2026
Science Without Borders: make ocean science visible
How to turn a conservation idea into an original artwork for the student challenge
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Guide· 16 Sept 2026
BRI Community Impact Contest: prove the action
Why a credible project record matters as much as the principles essay and pitch video.
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Guide· 16 Sept 2026
National High School Fed Challenge: publishable economics
How a school team can turn the Economics of Housing theme into rigorous, readable research.
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Guide· 15 Sept 2026
TSL 2027: make an El Niño response worth debating
How students can use any permitted medium without losing evidence, originality or a clear point of view.
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Guide· 15 Sept 2026
TEAMS: where engineering becomes a team sport
A practical guide to the four-part school competition that connects design, mathematical modelling, science and technical writing.
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Guide· 14 Sept 2026
FLL USA BIOGLOW: choose the programme before building
A guide to the final FIRST LEGO League season, its two editions, team routes and real planning demands.
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Guide· 14 Sept 2026
Continental Mathematics League: make each short meet count
Use a recurring school series to improve mathematical reading and reliable reasoning
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Guide· 14 Sept 2026
JSHS: research must survive the questions
Build a defensible investigation, then prepare to explain its limits before scientists
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Guide· 13 Sept 2026
USA Bebras: computational thinking before coding
Read the logic beneath playful tasks and use the result as diagnostic evidence
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Guide· 13 Sept 2026
The Math League: when the discussion matters more than the score
Use short school contests as a rhythm for diagnosis, discussion and improvement
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Guide· 13 Sept 2026
Davidson Fellows: prove the work is already significant
How to show depth, ownership and significance in a completed body of work
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Guide· 12 Sept 2026
Senior Physics Challenge Online: A Practical Guide for Year 12
A first-year A-level checkpoint for modelling, estimation and unfamiliar problems
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Guide· 12 Sept 2026
Intermediate Physics Challenge Online: A Practical Guide for Year 11
What the two online sections test, how schools enter and how students should prepare
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Guide· 11 Sept 2026
BPhO Years 7 & 8 Physics Challenge: A Low-Pressure First Step
How schools can turn a fast, wide-ranging quiz into positive physics enrichment
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Guide· 11 Sept 2026
BAAO Junior Astro Challenge: A Practical Guide for Years 7–11
A clear guide to the supervised online astronomy quiz, its broad question mix and how schools can make the experience worthwhile.
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Guide· 10 Sept 2026
BPhO Round 2: How the UK Physics Team Selection Paper Really Works
Eligibility, long-form problem solving and the route to the Oxford Training Camp
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Guide· 10 Sept 2026
BPhO Round 1: A Complete Guide to Qualification, Format and Preparation
What the compulsory Round 0 route and shorter two-hour paper mean for students pursuing the UK Physics Olympiad pathway.
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