Previous Editions

2012-2013 Edition

The winners are Louis Nouaille-Degorce, LSE Student, & Sylvain De Miguel, Sciences Po Student.

“Is the French educational system better at promoting upward social mobility than the British one?”

A sample of essays that were submitted can be found here.

Rules & Resources (French/English)

The Jury was composed as follows:

Baroness Shephard, Former Secretary of State for Education
Xavier Darcos, Former Minister for Education
Mary Dejevsky, Foreign Correspondent at The Independent
Simon Garcia (laureate 2011), Student at Ecole Nationale d’Administration

2011 Edition

The winner is Simon Garcia, Sciences Po Paris & ENA student.

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“This house believes that one of France or Britain has a superior system for promoting innovation

The Jury was composed as follows:

Cédric Villani, Fields Medal Laureate
Michel de Fabiani, Chairman of the Franco-British Chamber of Commerce
Lord Oxburgh, Former Chairman of the House of Lords Science & Technology Committee
Declan McCavana, President of the French Debating Association and Professor at Ecole Polytechnique

A sample of essays that were submitted can be found here.