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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. Schools are invited to register one or two teams of five students to represent their school at this event. While the students will be dealing with serious and contentious issues they will be learning and having a lot of fun engaging with other young people from around the world.



Dates and locations​

• Victoria – Wednesday 1st May 2024

• ACT – Thursday 2nd May 2024

• N.S.W. 1 – Friday 3rd May 2024

• N.S.W. 2 – Monday 6th May 2024

• Tasmania – Wednesday 8th May 2024

• Western Australia 1 – Friday 10th May 2024

• Singapore – Friday 10th May 2024

• Queensland 1 – Monday 13th May 2024

• South Australia - Tuesday 14th May 2024

• Queensland 2 – Wednesday 15th May 2024

• N.S.W. 2 – Friday 17th May 2024

• North Island 1 -NZ – Monday 20th May 2024

• North Island 2 -NZ – Wed. 22nd May 2024

• South Island NZ – Friday 24th May 2024

• Western Australia 1 – Monday 27th May 2024

• India – Monday 27th May 2024

• Hong Kong – Monday 27th May 2024

• South Australia - Wednesday 29th May 2024

• Northern Territory- Wednesday 29th May 2024

• Victoria 2 – Thursday 30th May 2023

• NSW 5 – Friday 31st May 2024





Program for the Day:

• 9 am - 9.15 am - Preparation

• 9.15-10.30 am - Heat One (Practice Heat)

• 10.30 am -11.45 am - Heat Two

• 11.45 - Morning tea

• 12-1.15 - Heat Three

• 1.15 pm – 1.40 Lunch

• 1.40-3 pm- Heat Four

• 3 pm – Finish


During the day teams will participate online via Zoom 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. Coaches will be notified of the results later and Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be mailed to successful schools on the following day.


"The nature of this event being collaborative yet competitive is wonderful and so needed in our increasingly polarised world with algorithm-driven news feeds, where discourse is lacking. It was wonderful to have the expertise of skilled, highly qualified thinkers as moderators. ....a wonderful event." (Glenda McCarthy, Centralian Senior College - Alice Springs- Northern Territory- Australia)





Eligible Year levels and ages



In Australia we invite teachers of students in Years 10-12 (15-18 year olds) to participate. In NZ we invite teachers of students that are in Years 10-13 (15-18 year olds, in the year of the event. In India, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur & Singapore we invite Senior High School students to participate (15-18 year olds) Please note that schools can change their team members right up to the date of the event.


Registration Fee

Once registered we will send you the cases, training resource kits and an invoice. The registration fee is $46-$58 (AUD) per student ($220-$280 AUD) per team. (Or $148 USD - $155 USD per team) The entrance fee is smaller for member schools and there is a reduced rate for early bird bookings. (Valid up until 22/2/24). Schools can enter one or two teams. Each team consists of up to five students. Please note there are a limited number of teams that can participate in each event.






Format and Awards



There will be a round robin format with different schools participating against each other throughout the day. Cases will be selected from the current 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 region where more than 5 teams are involved. Depending on the size of the Ethics Olympiad a number of medal winning teams will be invited to participate in an International final.


Coaches Training Kit- This kit will be provided to schools once you have registered. Included are the ethical cases, score sheets, criteria, format details and other useful information.


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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