Abi Wins Arts and Humanities Prize at Aristotelian Award Essay Competition

A passion for research led Third Year Abi G to enter this year’s Aristotelian Award Essay Competition run by The Perse School, Cambridge. Over 130 Year 9 pupils from across the UK entered the competition that aims to inspire pupils to develop their independent research skills and features two prizes – Arts & Humanities and Science. Abi’s essay The Art of Rhetoric was in response to the question, ‘Select a cultural advance from the ancient world and discuss why it is still relevant today’. You can read her winning entry here.

Abi said “As soon as I saw this competition, I knew I wanted to enter. I really enjoy researching interesting topics and finding out new things, and I’m fascinated by the Greco-Roman myths and ways of life, so I found it fun to explore an aspect that I’d never learnt about before.

“I was absolutely amazed when I found out I won. I’d never imagined that my essay would be chosen out of so many other brilliant entries and I’m honoured that it was.”

You can read more about the competition and this year’s winners here