Essay competition: making higher education more inclusive (5 July)
The Magna Charta Observatory has announced its 2024 Student Essay Competition, and will support 5 students to attend its event in Washington DC. The Observatory invites students to reflect on how access to education, with diversity and inclusivity anchored in principles of equity and fairness, can prevail. More specifically, the question is:
“What would you change about your higher education experience or environment to make it more inclusive for all who have the ability to benefit from it?”
5 winners will present their 1000-word essays and participate in discussions with an international audience at the MCO Anniversary 2024, which will be held from 23-25 October in Washington DC, USA. They will receive expenses paid, or a prize of equivalent value. The deadline for submissions is 5 July at 2359 (GMT+2).
First signed in 1988, the Magna Charta Universitatum is a document signed by universities, in which they commit to fundamental values of academic freedom, institutional autonomy and social responsibility. The University of St Andrews is a signatory. The Magna Charta Observatory is an association of the signatory universities, and supports them in pursuing these fundamental values.