The judges praised Osa Osifo, of Tiffin Girls’ School, Kingston upon Thames, for highlighting the work of Stacey Abrams in her article, ‘Those who toil in the shadows can be successful leaders too’, and Isaac Muirhead, of City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, for his ‘reflective’ piece,
‘True leaders are forged in failure’.
Here are their articles.
WT x FT - Highly commended entries
The judges in the 2021 World Today and the Financial Times student article competition highly commended two of the entries. School students aged 16-18 were invited to send in a short article to answer the question: ‘What makes a good leader?’