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Programmes.
We have a range of different programmes tailored to young people at different points in their career, including Sixth Form, university, and early professionals.
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Freedom Week
One-week summer school for university students
Freedom Week is an engaging, one-week summer school tailored for university students and recent graduates who are eager to explore classical liberalism and free-market economics.
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Camp Vinson
Residential programme aimed at university students
The IEA, Vinson Centre, and Institute of International Monetary Research are offering a residential programme targeted at undergraduates with an interest in classical liberalism.
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Beloff Conference
Three-day residential programme
The Beloff Conference is a selective, three-day residential programme that gathers a small group of exceptional, intellectually curious students for intensive study and debate.
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Public Policy Bootcamp
2.5-day programme for early-career professionals
The Public Policy Bootcamp is an annual, 2.5-day residential programme that brings together early-career professionals working in public policy for an intensive, practical deep-dive into contemporary policy challenges.
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Future Thought Leaders' Programme
Undergraduate and Sixth Form programmes
We offer Future Thought Leaders programmes for sixth form students (one week) and undergraduates (two weeks), featuring lectures, debates, career guidance, and hands-on projects.
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Internships.
The IEA offers various internship programmes that we run throughout the year. Whichever programme you participate in, you will become part of the IEA family and be able to take part in alumni activities run by the Institute. Interns also remain a strong part of the IEA network as alumni.
IEA General Internship
3-month programme for gap year students through to Masters' students
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Student Resources.
If you’re looking for someone to speak at your university or society, or you’d like books and magazines to give away at a Freshers’ Fair, we can help.
We regularly send our staff and research fellows to speak at universities, as well as providing students with IEA books, research publications, and our Economic Affairs Journal.
To see a current list of IEA speakers and their topics, please click here.
To find out more, please email education@iea.org.uk
Student Opportunity Fund.
If you need financial support to participate in an internship at the IEA, please click here for more information about our Student Opportunity Fund.
Our Student Opportunity Fund is intended solely for those facing genuine economic hardship. To be eligible for a bursary you or a parent/guardian must meet one of the criteria and provide one piece of evidence to support your application.
If you have any questions regarding the Student Opportunity Fund, please email education@iea.org.uk
IEA Competitions.
The Budget Challenge
Win £1,000 for you and your school!
Your chance to enter a team for a national competition that will help them to learn more about economics, develop their writing, research, and analytical skills, and give them a better understanding of the policy issues and challenges facing national decision makers.
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Monetary Policy Essay Competition
What causes high inflation, and is the Bank of England responsible for the current inflation episode? If so, how would you make it more accountable?
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Essay Competition Results, 2023-4.
Budget Challenge
Winner: Lingfield College [Simreth Dhingra, Lyra Blagden, Zachary Gott].
Runners-up: Reading School [Ranjeev Singh, Achinthya Rajeev, Nathan Wilson, San Celik], RGS Guildford [James Davis, Georgie Paulson, Rhys Gregory], Brighton College [Leo Stuart, Saffron Enticknap, James Atkinson, Kiana Mireskandari].
Monetary Policy Essay Prize (Undergraduate)
Winner: Alberto Ornaghi [London School of Economics and Political Science].
Runners-up: Hubert Kucharski [Leeds University], Christian Bulmer [University of Cambridge].
Monetary Policy Essay Prize (Sixth-Form)
Winner: Niccolo Silvestri [King’s College School Wimbledon].
Runners-up: YaXi Zheng [Caterham School], Tej Venigalla [Manchester Grammar School for Boys].
Dorian Fisher Essay Prize
Winner: Harivansh Balan Nair [Eton College].
Runners-up: Anoushka Patel, Kaizad Kapadia, Vaibhav Kiran Gaddi.
Honourable Mentions: Syed Eesa Sulaiman, Ella Allen, Kyriaki Nikolaou, Havilah Yip, Celine Lee Tse Qi, Shahvez Ali, Amber Mulvihill, Mateo Racho Rodriguez, Savin Dias, Theo Hannay Steele Cunningham.
School with the Most Entries: Rugby College.