Case Writing Competition 2024/25

CSU case competition

The LKYSPP CASE WRITING COMPETITION aims to provide students with the opportunity to showcase their ability to apply public policy knowledge through the writing of public policy case study concerning contemporary issues in Asia. The Case Writing Competition (“Competition”) is organised by the LKYSPP Case Insights Unit (“Organiser”).

Prizes

Each winning entry will receive a cash prize of $4,000 for Distinguished winners, $2,000 for Merit winners and prize certificate from the LKYSPP.

Competition Timeline

StageTimeline

Launch of 2024/25 LKYSPP Case Writing Competition

1st August 2024

Deadline for competition registration

30th August 2024

Deadline for submission of Case Study

10th January 2025

Announcement of Winning Entries

3rd March 2025

An award ceremony will usually be arranged following the announcement of the winning entries. The date and arrangements for the award ceremony will be at the sole discretion of the Organiser.


Eligibility

  • The competition is open to all students from Singapore Public Universities in all degree-awarding programmes, including Bachelors, Masters and PhD programmes.
  • Eligible students can participate individually or as a team of up to 3 members.
  • Each team may consist of members from any discipline or programme, but they must be all from the same institution.
  • Participants may choose to complete their entries under the supervision of a faculty member (Faculty Advisor) at their university. Participants are responsible for identifying and securing the agreement of their Faculty Advisor.


Competition Registration

Interested participants must register here. Registration is open from 1st August 2024 until 30th August 2024. The Registration Form includes a Case Brief that should contain the following information:

  • Details of Participants (name, email address and programme enrolled in)
  • Name of Faculty Advisor (must be a faculty member or research staff at the individual’s/team’s institution)
  • Working title of Case Study (may be subsequently amended in the case study entry)
  • Synopsis of Case Study (not more than 150 words)
  • Potential teaching points of the Case Study


Submission Requirements

  • The case study entry may be on any topic in any country in Asia. The case should be related to public policy based on a real-life situation.
  • Interested participants must first register for the Competition and submit a Case Brief for the proposed case study by the stipulated deadline. Please refer to the Competition Timeline below.
  • The case study entry must be in English and be an original work that has not been submitted elsewhere.
  • The case study entry must abide by the NUS Code of Conduct.
  • The case study should not exceed 5,000 words (in A4 pages, single-spaced, excluding Exhibits/Annexes). It should be submitted in the Case Study Format, and comply with the LKYSPP Case Writing Technical Guidelines. The case study should also be accompanied by a short Abstract (200 words Max) and a Teaching Notes. The Teaching Note should be submitted in the Teaching Note Format.  
  • All sources used in the case study should be appropriately cited using the Chicago Manual of Style.
  • All case study entries must be submitted here by the stipulated deadline.


Judging Criteria

The judging panel will consist of faculty members from LKYSPP. The competition judges will evaluate the case study entries based on the following criteria. The decision of the judges shall be final.

Criteria Considerations

Justification and contextualisation

- Explains the problem and why it is important to understand

-Specifies the objective and scope of the case study

- Presents the background and context of the issue

Analysis

- Informative, provides sufficient and accurate details for readers to understand the issue objectively

- Examines multiple dimensions of the problem

- Makes persuasive arguments, selects and interprets relevant evidence

- Accounts for different perspectives, interests and stakeholders

- Considers a range of policy options, possible consequences, strengths and weaknesses

Writing

- Logically organised, appropriate headings

- Clear, articulate expression

- Accurate language, eg grammar, spelling, punctuation

- Avoids jargon, explains technical concepts and terminology

- Professional tone, eg third person, neutral, direct, concise

- Clear well-paced narrative, engages the reader

- Follows technical guidelines, eg citation, formatting, word count

- Appropriate use of visual aids and appendices, where relevant

Usefulness for teaching

- Leaves room for readers to analyse and draw conclusions

- Provides scope to discuss public policy concepts, policymaking processes

- Versatile, lends itself to variety of topics and courses

- Discussion questions aim at different levels of learning (Bloom's)

- Coherent teaching note with learning objectives and methods for use aligned with discussion questions and case content

Intellectual Property

  • The Participant/s retain/s full copyright of the case study entered for the Competition.
  • The Organiser reserves the right to use, reproduce, publish, print, edit and distribute any case study submitted for the Competition without obtaining further prior permission and payment of any fees or royalty to the Participant/s.
  • Where any case study of a Participant/s is published by the Organiser, the Participant/s will be credited.
  • The Organiser reserves the right to use, reproduce, publish, print, edit and distribute the names of the winning participants and photographs of any event associated with the Competition.

Case Preparation and Resources

For any enquiries, please email the Organiser (decb64_bGt5c3BwY2FzZUBudXMuZWR1LnNn_decb64).

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