Cobbled together Financial Markets Paper 3 Investigation Practice (AQA)
This has more extracts in it than a normal paper 3 and two of each type of question, so it's less suitable for strict time practise but better for general technique practise. The combination of: no choice in the AQA paper 3 (after students are typically used to hedging their revision based on the notion they do get a choice in P1 and P2 a topic that typically students under revise a topic which has pretty good synoptic links all means I always want to make sure students have
LSESU Economics Society Essay Competition 2026
Run by the LSE Students' Union Economics Society in partnership with Aseeder Education, this is a free, global competition for students who have just finished their penultimate or final year of secondary school, plus those entering university in 2026/27 (gap year and post-military entrants included). Entrants pick one of five prompts set by LSE economics professors and write up to 1,500 words, with a deadline of 1 September 2026 and results in November. A good one to set for
FDCO Next Generation Competition 2026
Run jointly by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Hub for Equal Representation at LSE, this is one of the more accessible essay competitions for 14 to 18 year olds: students write a 1,000 word letter to Professor Dennis Novy responding to one of four set questions, and no prior study of economics is required. The 2026 deadline is 11:59pm on 28 June, entries are split into Under 16 and Under 18 categories, and prizes run from £100 for shortlisted entrants