Tuesday 15 April 2014

2014 Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) Essay Contest

The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria is the apex regulatory body chartered by Act 58 of 1992 to regulate the practice of Human Resource Management (HRM) in Nigeria.
The Institute hereby announces its 2014 Annual Essay Competition. This is an opportunity for interested undergraduates in the Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics to bring to fore, their abilities to carry out research into burning issues in both Nigeria and global economy.
Topic
Expanding Employment Opportunities for Nigerian Youths: The Self-Employment Imperative.
Organizer
The Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPMN)
Prizes
1st Prize – N125,OOO.00 and 2 HRM books
2nd Prize – N100,OOO.00 and 2 HRM books
3rd Prize – N75,000.00 and 2HRM books
Employment opportunity/prospect for the first prize winner
Free registration as student members of CIPM (for non-members) for all prize winners.
All expenses paid trip to Abuja for CIPM 2014 Annual National Conference
Deadline
31 July, 2014
Guidelines
  • Please note that the essay must be original, empirical and meet the standards for publication in local and international journals.
  • All entries should be typed in double line spacing and must not be more than 10 pages of A4 paper or 3000 words.
  • Font type must be Times New Roman with 12 points font size, citation of source must be made; in-text and work cited must appear at the end of the essay.
  • Plagiarism in all forms is prohibited and will attract outright disqualification of indicted entries.
  • Interested persons must be UNDERGRADUATES of Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics and should send their “spiral bound” papers on or before Thursday, July 31 2014 with the following documents attached.
# Reference letter from the Registrar of their institution
# Photocopy of admission letter to their current institution
# One recent passport sized photograph
# Current mobile telephone number and e-mail address, send to “The Registrar, CIPM”
Inquiries
E-mail: essaycompetition@cipmnigeria.org, Website: www.cipmnigeria.org Or call: FUNMI ONASANYA-08037167899, CHARITY NWAIGBO-08097727461 or LIVINA NWAGBARA- 08121969766


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2014 The Nation CAMPUSLIFE And African Liberty Essay Competition


The Nation CAMPUSLIFE, in collaboration with AfricanLiberty.org and Network for a Free Society, is calling for entries into an essay competition.
Topic
Freedom creates prosperity. It unleashes human talent, invention and innovation, creating wealth where none existed before. Discuss.
Organizers
The Nation CAMPUSLIFE, in collaboration with AfricanLiberty.org and Network for a Free Society
Prizes
Prizes: 1st – George Ayittey (Platinum Prize): $1,000 and scholarship to 2014 Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy (SYPALA)/ASFL at the University of Cape Town Business School, South Africa, from August 14-17, 2014
2nd – Anthony Fisher (Gold Prize): $700 and scholarship to 2014 Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy (SYPALA)/ASFL at the University of Cape Town Business School, South Africa, from August 14- 17, 2014
3rd – Derenle Edun (Silver Prize): $500 and scholarship to 2014 Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy (SYPALA)/ASFL at University of Cape Town Business School. South Africa, from August 14- 17, 2014
4th – The Nation CAMPUSLIFE Media Prize (Bronze): $300 and scholarship to 2014 Students and Young Professional African Liberty Academy (SYPALA)/ASFL at the University of Cape Town Business School, South Africa, from August 14- 17, 2014.
We also have eight consolation prizes of $50 each.
Deadline
6 June, 2014
Guidelines
  • Eligibility: All African Students in any tertiary institutions (university, polytechnic, college of education and technical schools) in Africa.
  • The format of the text should be in Microsoft word and not more than 1,500 words.
  • Interested students can visit www.africanliberty.org for background materials.
  • Note that plagiarism is not allowed; any text or sentences copied from other people works must be indicated in quotation marks and credit must be given at the bottom of the paper to the author. Any entry that contains plagiarised work will be disqualified.
  • On the first page of the completed essay, please write your full names, department, level of study and name of institution. Also include your email address and mobile phone number. Send your entries to adedayo.thomas@gmail.com
  • Entries will be received between March 6 and June 6, 2014. Late entries will not be accepted. Winners will be announced on July 3, 2014.
  • All entries will get a free book titled Why Liberty by Tom G. Palmer OR Foundation of a Free Society by Eamonn Butler. Please be sure you include your postal address if different from your school address.
Inquiries
Send questions to adedayo.thomas@gmail.com
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2014 WOL Foundation Essay Competition


WOL Foundation runs an annual competition looking for the best non-technical, English language writing on any themes related to political/social/environmental issues
Entries will be judged by the members of our Advisory Board.
Theme
“Leadership: What are the characteristics of effective leadership for the 21st Century?”
Organizer
The Web of Life Foundation
Prizes
The winning entry will receive a cash prize of $1,500. A further $500 will be awarded to the second placed entry.
Shortlisted entries may be published as a book of collected essays.
Deadline
30 September, 2014.
Guidelines
  • We encourage participants to focus on the nature of leadership itself rather than on the specifics of issues that leaders should be addressing.
  • Any and all views on the specified theme are welcome and encouraged. We would like to see entries that address all perspectives creatively. Just avoid giving us tired ideas that have been hashed out many times before.
  • Our judging process will reward two main attributes in the submissions received: fresh thinking and a clear, compelling writing style.
  • We are looking for entries that everyone will want to read.
  • All essays submitted to the competition must focus on political, social or environmental issues and address the current year’s theme. Essays that are off subject and off theme will be rejected.
  • Entries should be written in prose in the English language. You can submit essays or short stories, factual commentary or fiction – whichever way and whichever writing style you choose to communicate your ideas. Just make it compelling.
  • Everyone is welcome. Any one individual may submit up to three entries.
  • Essays should be aimed at a general readership and should be non-technical. No footnotes or citations are allowed
  • Submissions should be no longer than 2,000 words.
  • Essays may have been published before provided you have the necessary permissions to re-publish.
  • Do not use the theme title as the title of your essay. Be creative.
  • But English is not my first language! Don’t worry. We are mainly after clearly presented ideas not language perfection. If your essay reaches the finalists, we will help with editing the language.
  • Entry to the competition is free of charge.
  • Copyright for all submissions remain with the authors. In submitting their work, authors grant the Web of Life Foundation an irrevocable license to print, publish, distribute and publicize the submitted work.
  • Your entry must be submitted as a digital file saved in Microsoft Word (.doc) format. DO NOT send the essay text in the body of an email.
  • Manuscripts must be written in English, double spaced, no longer than 2,000 words and contain no abstract, list of references or footnotes.
  • Save your files only with the the essay title as the file name. DO NOT start or include “WOLF essay competition” or any other such generic statement in the file name. We cannot easily sort out hundreds of files all called WOLF Essay Competition!
  • The Microsoft Word document with your essay should also include in the same document the name, street/postal address and email addresses of the author/s.
  • Submit your entry by email to submissions@wolfoundation.org.
Inquiries
Send all questions to submissions@wolfoundation.org

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