until School entries close for the Science Challenge 2012

Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
27%	23%	29%	21%

Percentage make-up of essays submitted

Welcome to The Science Challenge 2012!

• Check out pictures and listen to the lectures from our launch event
• Read up on this year's Questions
• Find out more information on our prizes and Final in the House of Lords
• Submit your entry!

What is The Science Challenge?

The RCSU Science Challenge is an annual competition run by the Royal College of Science Faculty Union, and generously sponsored by Accenture Management Consultants & the Faculty of Natural Sciences here at Imperial College London. The challenge is an essay competition that aims to encourage scientific debate, reasoning and the communication of science in a public-friendly context.

Entries in this two-category competition are open to all students of Imperial College (not Faculty specific) and (in a separately judged category) students at secondary-school or colleges in the United Kingdom.

I want to get involved!

Firstly, please read all the information available on this website.

The Launch event was held in the Sir Alexander Fleming Building at Imperial College London's South Kensington Campus on Tuesday 17th January 2012. At this event we revealed the Questions, the Prizes and more information about the venue for this year's exclusive Final: The House of Lords.

At this time, we invite all schools and colleges who have not been automatically registered to do so. School and College students will then be able to participate (for free) now the competition has been launched.

Good luck!

Paul Beaumont
Science Challenge Chair
science.challenge@imperial.ac.uk