What is the “Your World” competition?
Your World is the first ever global student competition organised by the British Council. Students from O and A levels across the globe have been invited to create and submit videos on ‘Your World’: their lives and their communities for the world to see. This is an excellent chance for students to use and hone their creative skills, alongside academic learning.
The competition is based on what typically happens in their school, or on work they do in their community. With the competition, students answer the basic question: ‘What will encourage someone from a country very different to mine to click on the film made by me and my classmates?’
Entry mechanics
There are two categories:
- Students aged between 14 and 16
- Students aged between 17 and 19
Each school can submit two entries, one from each of the category, above.
- Students, via their schools, submit video content as an mp4 file
- It should be a video of no more than 3 minutes recorded on any device such as phones, ipads, video cameras…etc.
- Schools to upload the videos on Vimeo
- Production quality is not included in our judging criteria
- Criteria of selection will be based on:
- Content
- Structure
- Visual design
- Overall experience
Participation
Thousands of students from 11 countries are participating in the competition:
|
Countries |
Schools participating |
|
Kuwait |
9 |
|
Bangladesh |
11 |
|
Qatar |
1 |
|
Egypt |
14 |
|
Jordon |
9 |
|
Pakistan |
95 |
|
Srilanka |
8 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
25 |
|
UAE |
9 |
|
Nigeria |
11 |
|
Sudan |
1 |
Timeline
|
Date |
Action |
|
19 November |
Launch date to School |
|
15 December |
Schools to submit registration details |
|
31 December |
British Council to review all received registration and finalize participations |
|
26 February |
Deadline for video submission |
|
15 March |
British Council to announce local / country level winner |
|
29 March |
British Council to announce Global winner |
|
26 April |
British Council to co-ordinate prize delivery |
Prizes
There will be a certificate ceremony for all students who enter. The winner at country level will then go to the regional finals to decide global winner. The global winner will be invited to attend a summer school in the UK at a British Council accredited school
See below for Terms and Conditions.
