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Student Blog Competition 2022: Congratulations to our Winner!
We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Student Blog Competition in which students, aged 16-19 in full time secondary education, were challenged to submit a blog of maximum 600 words on the subject: “UK Parliament doesn’t look or sound like the rest of the country: should this change and, if so, how?”
Our congratulations to the winner of the 2022 Student Blogs Competition, Abim Tayo from Haberdashers’ Boys School.
The winning entry, and two runners-up, were chosen by our panel of judges: Michelle Doyle-Wildman, PSA CEO; Stephen Bush, Associate Editor and columnist at the Financial Times, and Clare Tubridy representing the Association for Citizenship Teaching.
The judges stated that “The winner submitted a very well-framed blog with a good mix of data, analysis, and proposals for change. It demonstrated a well-considered use of statistics in analysing the current make-up of MPs in Parliament, contrasting this with the ‘the rest of the country’ to support the theme. Referring to New Zealand was a fresh and interesting take on the topic. The key answer to the defined inequalities, according to this student, is to strengthen and adhere the voluntary political party quotas”.
As well as the link to Abim’s blog here on the PSA website, it will also be published by the FT online - our partners in this initiative - and printed in the PSA's magazine Political Insight.
We also congratulate the two worthy runners-up: Rahul Mather from University College School, and Scarlett Philips from Park Hall Academy.
The winner, and two runners-up, were announced at a virtual event, on 8 September, chaired by Andrew Jack, Global Education Editor, Financial Times. The announcement was preceded by a presentation on the topic of the blog, live from the House of Commons, from Deputy Speaker of the House and MP for the Ribble Valley constituency in Lancashire, Nigel Evans.
Our thanks to all the students who entered this year’s competition, and to the Association of Citizenship Teaching who supported this event.