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Entries must be in English, and submitted using the form above.
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Employees and immediate family members of employees of The Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA) or the FT, employees of FT’s associated companies, professional advisers, advertising and promotional agencies or anyone else professionally associated with this competition are not eligible to enter.
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Entrants warrant that their entries are not offensive, defamatory or otherwise unlawful, and are unique, have not been plagiarised and do not infringe the intellectual property rights or any other rights of a third party.
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By submitting an entry, entrants grant to FT and The World Today magazine, a publication of the RIIA, a worldwide, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to publish their text and use the entry, in whole or in part, in any way they see fit, including, but not limited to, for publishing on The World Today in print and online and on ft.com, without compensation to the entrant. Rights to edit copy where the publishers deem necessary is reserved although entrants will be fully credited. Publication on ft.com is at the sole discretion of the FT.
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The judging panel’s decisions are final, and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
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There is no fee to enter the competition.
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No responsibility for late, incomplete, corrupt or lost entries will be accepted.
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The RIIA may, at its absolute discretion, cancel, suspend, or vary the competition.
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Exclusion of liability: FT and the RIIA are not responsible for (i) any incorrect or inaccurate information used in connection with the competition; or (ii) failures or errors which may occur in the administration of the competition. To the fullest extent permitted by law, FT and the RIIA exclude liability and entrants agree to release and hold harmless the RIIA and FT for any damage, loss, liability or injury to person or property or for any claim arising as a result of your entry into the competition.
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These terms and conditions and the competition will be governed by English law and any disputes arising shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.
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By entering the competition, entrants agree to these terms and conditions. Failure to comply with these terms and conditions may result in disqualification.
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The promoter is the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, 10 St James’s Square, London SW1Y 4LE.
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Who we are
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When you enter this competition, we collect your personal details. These details include your name, age, school email address, school and the name and email address of your teacher.
Why we need your personal data
We collect this personal data to assess your eligibility for the competition, to otherwise administer the competition and to publicise winning entries. Entries which do not provide this information cannot be accepted.
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