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An essay competition might be a good way to get people involved.

There’s a few ways we could do this:

  1. Simply run it internally within the Philosophy Society.
  2. Sponsor a university-wide competition (one of the prizes being free membership to the club, of course).
  3. Align ourselves with a pre-existing, large scale essay competition. I found these so far: the Governor General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition(law and politics focused, open to all undergraduates in Australia, includes a cash prize); the Calibre Prize for an Outstanding Essay (run by the Australian Book Review, looks literature based); and the Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Prize (recently won by University of Newcastle’s Dr Mark Lock; health based). We could find an appropriate one (still looking…) and promote a satellite event of Newcastle uni students and / or club members.

 

My preference is for the second one – a uni wide competition run by the Philosophy Society.

We could form a question each year, possibly coinciding with a theme for the annual paperback collection.

I don’t see anything really popping up from the uni website when I search for what might already be out there. There might currently be a void.

This could potentially take off if we open it to the entire uni and select engaging topics.

We would need to decide on a prize, and any “terms and conditions” of entry.

What do you think?