Global Security Challenge 2017
Global Security 2017
Student Outputs
These are the outputs that students on the 2017 Challenge produced.
The Future of Nuclear Weapons
Students in this group discussed the future of nuclear weapons, and particularly whether the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons system should be renewed. Students wrote a piece of applied writing, putting forward a case for the renewal, reduction or disarmament of trident. This took the form of a ministerial submission – the type of writing that many officials undertake across UK government to succinctly brief a Minister. This is an example student submission on the topic.
Britain's Role in the World
Students in this group discussed what Britain’s role in the world in 2050 would look like, and each student wrote a piece of applied writing in the form of a ministerial submission – the type of writing that many officials undertake across UK government to succinctly brief a Minister. Students wrote about topics including the UK defence role in South-East Asia, future trade options for Britain post Brexit, options for increasing awareness of water-use efficiency in Pakistan, keeping Britain in the Erasmus scheme after Brexit, regulations on missile trading with Saudi Arabia, and intelligence sharing with the USA.
Causes of War
Students in this group discussed the causes of war, and specifically looked into how Russia and NATO can ensure that a major war does not erupt in Europe. They each wrote a piece of applied writing on this topic in the form of a ministerial submission – the type of writing that many officials undertake across UK government to succinctly brief a Minister. Their ministerial submissions considered different approaches that could be undertaken to avoid war. This is an example student submission on the topic.
Citizen and the State
Students in this group discussed governmental security and surveillance, and each student wrote a piece of applied writing in a form of a ministerial submission – the type of writing that many officials undertake across UK government to succinctly brief a Minister. Students wrote about topics including policy change for the prevention of document leaks, the release of ministerial diaries into the public domain, whether current levels of surveillance are suitable to ensure national security, end to end encryption and combatting the rise of fake news and clickbait on social media.
Terror
Students in this group wrote a piece of applied writing on the theme of terrorism. This took the form of a ministerial submission – the type of writing that many officials undertake across UK government to succinctly brief a Minister. Students wrote on a variety of topics including counter-terrorism architecture, the allocation of resources to counter Jihadi Ideology in schools, governmental communications around terrorism, improving the effectiveness and accessibility of anti-terrorist hotlines, the treatment and integration of war refugees, and social media responses to terrorism.
