Political Photo Contest
Friday 12 March: 11:59pm GMT
Images are a powerful language. Take a picture of something around you that captures a key topic that you have addressed in one of your modules so far and enter your submission for the City International Politics best photo competition!
The Department of International Politics at City, University of London is delighted to announce its third round of “Best political photo contest” exclusively dedicated to undergraduate students currently (2020-21) studying for a degree in International Politics, International Political Economy, Politics, International Politics and Sociology, History, or History and Politics at City.
The award consists in a 50GBP Amazon voucher. The winner will be announced before the end of term. The winning picture will feature on our department website, various City social media (e.g.twitter), and also on the City International Politics blog.
How to apply:
1) You must be a City, University of London, student currently enrolled for an Undergraduate degree with the International Politics Department (i.e. BSc in: International Politics, International Political Economy, Politics, International Politics and Sociology, History, or History and Politics).
2) The picture must be your own work and must not be taken from existing websites/social media, etc., fully in compliance with Copyright laws.
3) The photo should relate to one of the topics that you have studied in your modules so far (this year or in previous years) and should therefore be accompanied by 50-100words to explain the significance of the picture and 50-100 words about yourself and what motivated you to take the photo.
4) If the photo entails featuring portraits of people’s faces then you must make sure that those individuals give you their written consent to take the picture and use it for the purpose of this competition which entails making the image public.
5) Take the image as high quality as possible, and send it as a standard format (e.g. JPEG, TIFF, PDF, PNG) from your own official City email to: sara.silvestri@city.ac.uk with the subject line ‘submission for photo competition’ by Friday 12 March 2021 , 11:59 GMT latest.
Images sent from email accounts different from official City student addresses will be discarded.
6) By submitting their photo/picture applicants agree that the image can be used (recognising authorship of course) across City, in City social media, MS Teams pages, module pages, Instagram and Twitter accounts of the Department/ University, etc.