GA Worldwise International Competition
2013 competition
The deadline for this year's competition has now passed.
The top four entries will win places to participate in the International Geography Olympiad 2013 (iGeo) to be held in Kyoto, Japan from 30 July - 6 August 2013.
About the International Geography Olympiad
The Olympiad involves teams from more than 30 countries across the world who come together to take part in a range of geographical activities and excursions and to share their culture and friendship. It contains three elements: a written response test, a multimedia test and a fieldwork test.
The official language of the iGeo is English and a country's team will be made up of four secondary school/college students who are aged between 16 and 19 (inclusive) on 30 June. The UK team will be accompanied by two adults who are teacher volunteers with the GA.
Find out more on the International Geography Olympiad website.
iGeo 2012 - Congratulations Team UK!
Four young geographers from the UK took part in the International Geography Olympiad (iGeo) during August 2012 and walked away with silver and bronze medals following a series of geographical challenges.
120 competitors from 32 countries took part in the contest which was held in Cologne from 20-27 August. The students completed a written response test, a multimedia test and a fieldwork exercise in central Cologne before the scores were tallied and medals awarded.
Hugo Leatt from Westminster School finished 23rd to claim a silver medal while Caoimhe McLaughlin from Our Lady's Convent High School in Hackney came 52nd to bag a bronze. The team from Singapore were crowned as overall contest winners with the UK coming in 15th place.
About the team
Team UK were selected following an essay competition organised by the GA as part of our range of activities for students known collectively as Worldwise. The team included:
- Eleanor Haslingden from Darrick Wood School, Orpington, Kent
- Caoimhe McLaughlin from Our Lady's Convent High School, Hackney, London
- Camilla Howard-Luck from Southend High School for Girls
- Hugo Leatt from Westminster School, London
A word from the GA Worldwise Committee
The team were accompanied by GA Worldwise Committee Co-Chairs Mark Higginbottom and Sue Lomas. Mark said:
"Team UK has once again demonstrated that we have some of the best young geographers in the world. The team were a credit to themselves, their families and the GA. They worked together with teams from Nigeria, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Estonia, Tunisia and more, totalling 32 countries, the largest iGeo Geography Olympiad to date.
The four young people in Team UK came away not just with medals and certificates of success but also new international friendships. They have helped us to raise the profile of geography as indeed have Sue and I as we shared with other nations the approaches to geography teaching and learning in our schools and colleges.
We both value enormously the opportunities that being a part of the Olympiad brings to geography in the UK."
GA Press Release - UK students win silver and bronze in international geography competition
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15 Comments
A Bowers
Guest
22:55 - 17/11/11
We are an international school in Manila. Are our students able to compete?
John Lyon
GA Staff
13:54 - 29/11/11
No Problem. If your students are UK citizens and meet the age range of 16 - 19 then they are very welcome to enter.
John
cas
Guest
22:54 - 08/02/12
If an entry is not successful, will we still be contacted to be informed or how do we find out? Thanks
John Lyon
GA Staff
12:36 - 09/02/12
Hi Cas, the judges are still deliberating, but I will make sure everyone is contacted whatever the outcome.
Jane
Guest
16:21 - 05/03/12
Hi, please do you have an update of when entrants will find out if they have been successful or not and will they find out by email or post. Thank you.
lucy
Guest
07:24 - 06/03/12
Hi there. It's now march and I was just wondering wether you had decided yet? And wether I will still be contacted if I do not win. Thanks
John Lyon
GA Staff
16:33 - 06/03/12
I'll check with the judges this week for you both and get back as soon as possible. Sorry about the delay
Richard
Guest
22:39 - 06/08/12
Hi, does my school need to be a member of something for me to enter?
John Lyon
GA Staff
08:58 - 07/08/12
Hi Richard, we would like the school, or one of your teachers, to be a member of the Geographical Association. The GA is an educational charity and we don't receive any cash from the government. Everything we do is funded by membership, publications and the training events we put on, so by being a member your school supports our work as well as getting journals and e mail updates with lots of good teaching ideas. Ask your teachers and see what they say. Best of luck!
Lucy Trotman
Guest
06:10 - 28/11/12
hello, I am a UK citizen currently studying in Malaysia and was wondering if it is still possible for me to enter?
John Lyon
GA Staff
10:06 - 29/11/12
Hi Lucy
as long as you fit the other criteria i.e you are a UK citizen and meet the age range of 16 - 19, you are very welcome to enter. Where you live doesn't have any bearing on eligibility. Best of luck!
John
Pawel
Guest
14:38 - 18/01/13
Do I need to have UK citizienship? I am now student of UK independent school, but I do not have UK citizenship.
John Lyon
GA Staff
12:40 - 21/01/13
Hi Pawel
You don't need to have citizenship as you qualify by being a secondary school/college student in a UK school aged between 16 and 19 (inclusive) on 30 June. Unfortunately you have missed the deadline for this current year but you can always enter again next year
Diana Larsson
GA Member
18:28 - 25/01/13
Any update on this year's (2013) results, please?
John Lyon
GA Staff
10:54 - 28/01/13
Hi Diana,
Sue or Ricky will be in touch very shortly.
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