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REGISTRATION GUIDELINE OF ESSAY COMPETITION The 16th Economix: Global Economic Challenges Essay Competition’s theme for this year is The Future of Work: A Looming Phenomenon. Participants’ ideas and knowledge will heavily be observed concerning the world’s ability in maintaining its economic performances in the moment of not only incessant global economic problems, but also many fundamental obstacles which have internally occurred in every country over the world. This international competition can be participated by all undergraduate students from universities all over the world who are having a huge interest in economics and having an interest in taking a part in the essay competition. Participants of the essay competition are single individuals, with no minimum threshold for a university to send their teams to the competition. The participants have to register online by filling in the Registration Form which can be obtained at www.economix-febui.com. The completed Registration Form, together with the essay, must be submitted to the committee not later than the August 5, 2018. The essay will be assessed by the judges who are experts in their fields, which consist of national and international academicians, economists, lecturers and practitioners. One best essay from each region will be announced as regional winner, and the three best essays will also be selected to receive the prize.
Important Dates
Call for Essay
: May 4 – August 5, 2018
Result Announcement
: November 8, 2018
Theme for Essay Competition
The Future of Work: A Looming Phenomenon
Rules of Essay Competition
Registration fee: Free of charge
The rules are: 1. The competition is administered and promoted by The 16th Economix, and is run in association with the Kanopi FEB UI. 2. The competition will run from May 4th, 2018 until midnight on 5th of August 2018. Late entries will not be accepted. 3. The competition is open to all undergraduate students enrolled in any recognized college or university. 4. Entry is limited to a single individual. Only entries by an individual will be accepted for the essay application. 5. You can only write one essay related to the main theme of essay competition. 6. The essay must be written in English. 7. The essay must be an original scientific essay that has never been used in any other competition and/or published before. 8. The essay must not contain any information about the institutional origin of the writers. The cover format must follow the sample format provided by the Committee, please check in www.economix-febui.com 9. The length of essay is restricted to 2500 words, excluding cover, table of content, reference, tables, charts, and graphs. 10. The essay must be submitted digitally in PDF format. The font is Times New Roman with size of 12 and space of 1.5. The essay uses left margin of 4 cm; right margin 3 cm; top margin 3 cm; and bottom margin 3 cm. The paper size is A4. A list of references which follows American Psychological Association (APA) format must be attached to the essay. USAGE OF FOOTNOTES IS COMPULSORY!
11. Entrants will be required to give their date of birth, the name of their university/college, email address, postal address and telephone number, a photo, and enrollment letter as part of the online entry procedure. 12. The judges’ decision is final and not subject to appeal. No correspondence will be entered into.
13. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI reserve the right to present no prizes or commendations or to reduce the number of prizes and commendations if an insufficient number of deserving essays is received. 14. Entrants retain all rights to their entries, but taking part in the competition implies accepting that The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI retain unlimited,
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compensation. The winning essay may be published by The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI. There is no guarantee that any of the essays will be published by either organisation. 15. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI reserve the right, at their sole and absolute discretion, to use names and information about participants without obtaining further consent from the participant or providing any payment whatsoever to the participant for any commercial or noncommercial endeavours, publicity, advertising, trade or promotion in perpetuity. 16. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI reserve the right to modify the format and content of essays for publication purposes. 17. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI will not be responsible or liable for any problem, loss or damage of whatsoever nature suffered by any party due to any delay and/or failure in submitting entries to the competition. 18. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI reserve the right to disqualify any participant that they determine are submitting material that is deemed to be offensive. 19. Entry to the competition is deemed an acceptance of The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UIs terms and conditions of use as posted on the website. 20. Any form of plagiarism will result in automatic disqualification. It is the responsibility of the participant to ensure that their essay does not infringe the copyright of any third party or any other laws.
21. By entering, the entrants, including the winner, agree to allow the free use of their names, photographs and general locations for publicity and news purposes during this competition. 22. Submission of an entry will be deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions. 23. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI reserve the right at any time to cancel, modify or supersede the competition (including altering the prize) if, in their sole discretion, the competition is not capable of being conducted as specified. The 16th Economix and Kanopi FEB UI reserve in their absolute discretion the right to substitute a prize value in the event that circumstances beyond their control make this unavoidable. 24. The essay must be submitted not later than August 5, 2018 through http://bit.ly/Submit_EconomixEssay. 25. The judging criteria are as follows: a. Organization of ideas 15% b. Creativity and arguments 35% c. Feasibility of ideas presented 25% d. Background explanation (availability of data and argument linking) 15% e. Language 10%
The winners of Essay Competition will be announced publicly in November 8th 2018 at the Cultural Gala of 16th Economix. Winners also will be informed in our website and social media. The three best essay will be selected to receive the prize.
The prizes are*
The first winner
: US $ 200
The second winner
: US $ 150
The third winner
: US $ 100
Additional prize of e-certificate will also be given for the best essay from each region – Asia, America, Australia and Oceania, Africa and Europe.
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