Societies and Competitions

Building on the success of the Winter academic essay competition, DLD College London is launching our Summer essay writing competition and this year’s topic concerns social media, its effects on society and regulation.

Please answer the following question:

‘To what extent does social media have a positive impact on society, should all people have platform accounts, and should social media be further regulated?’

From research and your own knowledge, analyse and evaluate whether social media is a force for good overall, should everyone have social media accounts, and should platforms be further regulated.

1. https://www.learningpeople.com/uk/blog/digital-marketing/social-media-a-force-for-good-or-evil/
2. https://www.kubbco.com/13-positive-effects-of-social-media-on-our-society-today/
3. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54901083

This question can be approached from a variety of angles including psychological, business, economical, geographical, political and sociological.

Essays should be no longer than 1500 words and the submission deadline will be 20^th May 5pm.  Submissions should be emailed to essay@dld.org.

The topic for the Winter 2021 essay writing competition concerned COP26 and the climate emergency.

Students were asked to answer the following question:

‘To what extent will the COP26 agreements and policies be successful in fulfilling the conference goals and solving the climate emergency?’

From the agreements and policies established in the conference (1-3), analyse and evaluate how successful these will be in meeting the goals set out prior to COP 26 (4).

1. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cop-26-ends-with-global-agreement-to-speed-up-action-on-climate-change
2. https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cop26-ends-agreement-falls-short-climate-action
3. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/13/cop26-countries-agree-to-accept-imperfect-climate-agreement
4. https://ukcop26.org/cop26-goals/

This question could be approached from a variety of angles including business, biological, economical, geographical and sociological.

The winning essay was from Vlad in Year 12 and can be read here: Vlad Year 12

In second place was Giovanna, also in Year 12, and her essay can be read here:  Giovanna Year 12

Building on the success of last year’s academic essay competitions, DLD College London is launching our annual essay writing competition and this year’s topic concerns population growth.

Please review the following resources and answer the question:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/earth/story/20160311-how-many-people-can-our-planet-really-support

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/10/david-attenborough-warns-planet-cant-cope-with-overpopulation/

To what extent should we be concerned by the continued increase in our global population? 

The essay competition has now closed.

The following prizes were awarded:
• First Prize: Keilyn Wijaya
• Runner Up: Jacob Baron-Heaton
• Runner Up: Jeremi Sebastian Kulczyk-Lubomirski

A collation of the winners’ entries can be read here: Essay Competition Summer21

The final entries for the 2020 competition can be read here: Essay Comp2020 FINAL