Student Blog Competition: “Can social media help save democracy?”

Students, from across the UK and abroad, are invited to submit a blog in response to 'Can Social Media Help Save Democracy?'  for our annual competition. Run  in partnership with the** Financial Times** who provide free access to FT.com for high/secondary teachers and students anywhere in the world and Shout Out UK, the home of political literacy and youth voice.
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The deadline for submissions is Sunday 25 May

Please email your blog, of between 500-600 words, to: **studentblogs@psa.ac.uk **
The blogs will be judged by a panel of experts from academia and politics, who will look for creative thinking, good arguments, concepts and expression as much as writing skills!  

• The winner and two runners up, if UK based, will be invited by Kirsty Blackman MP,  on behalf of the APPG on Political and Media Literacy and Shout Out UK, to “Have I Got Fake News for You” in the Thames Pavillion, Houses of Parliament on 10 June. This event will feature Cathy Newman, Channel 4 News, Claire Hazelgrove MP, Baroness Carmen Smith and Stephen Bush, columnist and associate editor at the Financial Times. The winning student will be given the opportunity to read out their blog! 
• The winning blog will be published on the PSA and Financial Times Education websites, and will be printed in the PSA’s prestigious magazine Political Insight.