Students learning Russian at Schools, Colleges and Universities in the UK, including heritage learners and adult learners, are invited to participate in the 5th National Russian Essay Competition 2011. The competition is organised by the Russian Committee of the Association for Language Learning http://www.all-languages.org.uk/about/languages_at_all/russian_at_all and the Russian Teachers’ Group UK (RTG) www.russianteachersgroupuk.org
For more detailed information on this year’s topics, prizes, categories, judgment criteria and deadlines please see the website www.resources4russian.co.uk/essay
This is a high-profile event which will give your students a chance to win great prizes including cash (1st prize - £100) and see their essays published in Rusistika journal and on-line! It is also a great opportunity for your students to be creative with the language, compete nationwide with their peers and raise the profile of Russian at your institution.
The competition organisers who can help with any queries are:
Katya Solovyova (Feoktistova) (Oxford High School) info@russianessaycompetition.co.uk
Nadia Griffin (Cator Park School) entry@russianessaycompetition.co.uk
Natalia Tronenko (Russian Committee, ALL) coordinator@russianessaycompetition.co.uk
Please confirm your interest by 3 December 2010 to Katya Solovyova at info@russianessaycompetition.co.uk
The Competition has been organised with the support of:
- Rossotrudnichestvo (Federal Agency for CIS, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Co-operation) www.rs-gov.ru
- The Centre for Russian & East European Studies, University of Birmingham www.crees.bham.ac.uk
- Ruslan Limited www.ruslan.co.uk
- Grant and Cutler www.grantandcutler.com
- The Scotland-Russia Forum www.scotlandrussiaforum.org
- The Russian Society at the University of Sussex www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/russian
- Russian language newspaper Angliya www.angliya.com
- Resources4Russian www.resources4russian.co.uk
- National Theatre www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
- Victoria and Albert Museum www.vam.ac.uk
