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Middle School
Ethics Olympiad



The importance of developing an ethical understanding remains high on the agenda of educators. The Ethics Olympiad has a proven track record of providing teachers and students with a creative vehicle for developing skills in communication, critical thinking and respectful discourse while dealing with interesting and contentious ethical issues. This event involves students in Years 7-9 (11-14 year olds). Of course the main reason for participating is to promote and advance ethics education in schools but there are many other benefits such as promoting teamwork in the school as well as cross sector, cross cultural and international dialogue.
Schools are invited to register one or two teams of five students to participate in the event. See the list of schools that are currently registered at the bottom of this page. You can register a team now by selecting one of the following dates and clicking on the link below. Please choose the region where your school is located. We offer multiple events in some regions in order to keep the number of participants at each event manageable.




Dates: November 2024


New South Wales 1 - Fri 1st November

South Australia 1- Tuesday 5th November

Victoria 1 Thursday 7th Nov November

ACT - Wednesday Friday 8th November

New Zealand North Island - Monday 11th November


New South Wales 2 - Tuesday 12th November


Tasmania - Thursday 14th November

Western Australia - Friday 15th November

Singapore - Friday 15th November

​India - Friday 15th November

Queensland 1 - Tuesday 19th November

South Australia - Wednesday 20th November

New Zealand North Island - Thursday 21st November


New Zealand South Island - Friday 22nd November


Western Australia - Monday 25th November


Hong Kong - Monday 25th November


Queensland 2 - Tuesday 26th November


Victoria 2 - Thursday 28th November​


NSW 4 - Friday 29th November

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During the day teams will participate online in a series of four Ethics Olympiad heats where they will be scored according to set criteria which rewards, clear, concise, respectful discourse around interesting ethical cases. The first heat is a practice round which allows everyone to become comfortable with the format. We run each heat and coaches are free to observe the teams while university based academics/ethicists run each heat. Coaches will be notified of the results later and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be mailed to successful schools on the following day.





Eligible Year levels and ages



In Australia we invite teachers of students in Years 7-9 (12-15 year olds) to participate. In NZ we invite teachers of students that are 12-15 years old, in the year of the event. In India, Hong Kong & Singapore we invite Secondary School students to participate (12-15 year olds) Please note that schools can change their team members right up to the date of the event.


Registration

Once registered we will send you the cases, training resource kits and an invoice. Please note we are happy to send these cases to you on request. The registration fee is $45-$55 (AUD) per student ($225-$275 AUD) per team. The entrance fee is smaller for member schools and there is a reduced rate for early bird bookings. (Valid up until 29/7/24). Schools can enter one or two teams. Please note there are a limited number of teams that can participate.








Format and Awards



The heats use the same format as the Ethics Bowls in the US. The main difference is that all groups will be running simultaneously in breakout rooms in Zoom. There will be a round robin format with different schools participating against each other. Cases will be selected from the case set provided and questions announced on the day. The first round is not scored, a practice round. Scores will be private on the day, but we will email the final results to each participating school after the event.


Medalists will be announced on the following day and certificates will be provided for all participants. Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be sent to the three top schools in each location. Depending on the size of the Ethics Olympiad a number of teams will be invited to participate in an International Final. Click here for more information about the 2023 International Final. (23/2/2025)



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""Many of our students have said this is the most meaningful extracurricular learning experience they have had. It was incredible to watch the students develop their ethical understanding and critical thinking skills - the cases and questions were all fantastic. I cannot recommend the Olympiad enough!!"



ALIESHA SIMMONS SELWYN SCHOOL NZ