Sir Chips Keswick, Old Rhodian and Director of Investec UK, funds an annual prize to encourage the use of jargon-free prose in writing on technical/scientific subjects.
THE VALUE OF THE PRIZE IS R3 000
Undergraduate and Honours students are invited to submit what they consider to be their most lucid essay on a technical/scientific subject, written between June 2008 and the end of September 2009.
Deadline for submissions: 16h00, Friday 16 October 2009 - No late entries will be accepted
REQUIREMENTS:
- Only one essay may be submitted per candidate
- The essay must be typed, and must not exceed 2 500 words in length (excluding references)
- A list of references must accompany the essay
- The style and level of presentation should be appropriate to adult, well-educated but non-specialist readers
- The essay must not be submitted under your own name: use a nom-de-plume
- A separate covering sheet must accompany the essay and must carry your name, student number, nom-de-plume,title of the essay, its length, and a signed declaration that the essay is your own unaided work
Please note that failure to comply in full with these requirements may result in your essay being rejected.
The winner will be announced during November. The adjudicator reserves the right to make no award if none of the entries are considered to be of a high enough standard.
Completed essays must be submitted to the Communications and Development Division.
Covering sheet to accompany essays may be obtained from Marie McGregor, of the Communications and Development Division, Alumni House.
Marie McGregor
PA to the Director
Communications and Development
Rhodes University
Grahamstown
Tel: 046 603 8570
Fax: 046 603 8744