IEMA: Student Essay Awards 2009

How would you like the chance to win £800 from the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment for one of your essays?

How would you like to win up to £800 cash for writing an essay? Can you write an article that is both original, captivating and topical?

If so, you may be interested in entering the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment's (IEMA) Student Essay Award which is now open.

This year there are two categories - Postgraduate and Undergraduate with one winner in each category.

If you're on a Masters degree or higher you are eligible to enter the postgraduate category where one winner will receive an £800 cash prize, free attendance at the IEMA Conference (one of the leading environmental conferences), the publishing of your essay in 'the environmentalist' (one of the highest regarded environmental magazines in the UK) and free attendance on an Associate certificate course which awards Associate membership of the IEMA, courtesy of the University of Bath!

Bachelors students and below take part in the undergraduate category where one winner will receive exactly the same rewards as above, with a cash prize of £600.

Your essay must be based on the environment, environmental issues and/or sustainable development and must be an original piece of work that has not already been published. The competition is open to all full and part-time students. You do not have to be on an environmental course to enter the competition - last year's postgraduate winner was a Pharmacology student and the undergraduate from International Management, both essays can be found at www.iema.net/studentessayaward.

For more details of the award please visit www.iema.net/studentessayaward.

The IEMA is the leading professional body for everyone involved in the environment, and when you start looking for jobs this will become invaluable to your professional and career development. To join the IEMA for only £20 visit www.iema.net/membership/individual/student and add professional body membership to your CV today and access a whole range of benefits designed to give you the biggest head-start to working in the environment! If you join and add SEA09 to your application we’ll forward on a free copy of our esteemed ‘Practitioner’ publications.

Deadline: 19th June 2009.

Good luck!

MS