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Bioethics Essay Competition
A national schools bioethics essay competition has been launched by the University of Cambridge, the Wellcome Trust and the postgraduate research conference ‘Why Bioethics?’
The competition is supported by The Wellcome Trust and King’s College, Cambridge, and is being run in conjunction with the postgraduate conference ‘Why Bioethics? Our research in context’ which takes place at King’s College in July 2007.
The competition is open to children aged from 14 to 18 years old, and the winners will be invited to present their essays at the conference, as well as receiving book tokens and guided tours of King’s College in Cambridge. Travel expenses will be paid for the winning essayists to go to the conference.
Entrants should write a short essay on any bioethical topic of their choice, such as:
The development and use of medical technologies (eg cloning, life-prolonging technology, artificial reproduction, etc)
The conduct of medical practitioners and the permissible limits of medical intervention (eg euthanasia, abortion, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, resource allocation, consent and confidentiality etc)
The ethics of biomedical research (eg the use of animal testing, the use of human subjects in research etc).
Further information about the competition including the structure and essay guidlelines can be found on the Schools Bioethics website.
The deadline for entries is 15 May, 2007
Spring Day for Europe
Schools are invited to organise, from 26 March to 30 June 2007, European Days of exchange, debates and meetings with local, regional, national or international personalities, giving pupils and teachers the opportunity to gain information and a better understanding of the European project.
Schools are also encouraged to take part in discussion forums and teaching activities based on the functioning of institutions and on the values of Europe. ‘Spring Day for Europe’, based this year on the theme ‘Together since 1957’ is an opportunity for young people, as citizens and players in the Europe of tomorrow, to share their experiences.
This action is based on voluntary participation by schools whose pupils are aged between 7 and 17.
To register for participation and for further information go to the Spring Day for Europe website.