Warwick Camps for 2022

This year, unlike previous years, we are providing a residential camp in April for the top dozen performers in Round 2. This will provide the basis for selecting the final UK squad and for further training for International Linguistics Olympiad. The University of Warwick have kindly agreed to host the UK teams for the competition. Your camp will be located in their Radcliffe Conference Centre.  Your room is designed for two people, but you will be the only occupant. This event, like the rest of UKLO’s offerings, is entirely free to both the participants and their schools. This is possible because of generous financial support from our sponsoring organisations. Wifi will be available.

Full Itinerary: For the full itinerary, from the evening of Thursday 28 April to the afternoon of Sunday 1 May. click here

Travel

Please aim to arrive between 4.30 and 6 pm on Thursday. If you’re coming by train, alight at Coventry (NOT Warwick), and look for the reception committee. (We’ll provide more information later.)

Covid precautions

Please take a lateral-flow test before you come. If you are positive, please stay away, but let us know as soon as possible. We’ll try to arrange for you to participate remotely.

Please bring a mask to wear when circulating in public places in the conference centre.

Who’s Competing?

The camp will consist of 13 competitors and three resident tutors (listed below). The competitors will be selected on the basis of their performance in Round 2.  The camp will help in the selection of the eight members of the UK squad for the International Linguistics Olympiad. 

The following have been invited to attend the camp; those with * before their name cannot come:

• *Albert Kwok (Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School)
• Alex Cheesewright (Chelmsford County High School for Girls)
• Alexander Thompson (Dr Challoner’s Grammar School)
• Alison Craig-Greene (King Edward VI Grammar School, Essex)
• Brendan Bethlehem (Westminster School)
• *Daniel Morgan (Hampton School)
• George Zhou (Westminster School)
• Harry Scott-Burt (Uppingham School)
• Max Fisher-Ayres (Alleyn’s School)
• Raka Chattopadhyay (The Queen’s School)
• Sarp Eren Hangisi (King’s College London Mathematics School)
• Stratos Voudouris (Reading School)
• Toby Collins (The Perse School, Cambridge)
• *Toby Weston (King’s College School, Wimbledon)
• William Thomson (Winchester College)
• Yipeng Xu (City of London School

The tutors will be:

• Neil Sheldon
• Graeme Trousdale
• Simi (Simeon) Hellsten

Both Neil and Graeme have served as UKLO tutors and team leaders many times before, while Simi brought home Gold or Silver medals from the IOL in 2017, 2018 and 2019. All three have full clearance for working with young people.

Isle of Man 2022 (IOL)

The International Linguistics Olympiad is hosted this year in the Isle of Man (inbetween Northern Ireland and England). The IOL consists of two competitions: the individual competition (lasting six hours) and the team competition (lasting ‘just’ three hours). There is a programme of social events to fill the rest of the five days. This event, like the rest of UKLO’s offerings, is entirely free to both the participants and their schools. This is possible because of generous financial support from our sponsoring organisations.

The UK squad will consist of the following two teams of competitors:

Competitor Name	Team	School
Alex Thompson	K	Dr Challoner’s Grammar School
Stratos Voudouris	K	Reading School
Toby Collins	K	The Perse School, Cambridge
William Thomson	K	Winchester College
Alison Craig-Greene	U	King Edward VI Grammar School, Essex
Brendan Bethlehem	U	Westminster School
George Zhou	U	Westminster School
Raka Chattopadhyay	U	The Queen’s School, Chester

The meeting lasts from Monday 25th July to Friday 29th, but we expect to travel out on the Sunday and back on the following Saturday.

IOL Results 2022

Photos
Report
Results

UKLO 2022 IOL (Isle of Man) Photos

IOL Report

2022 – Isle of Man 25/07/2022 – 29/07/2022

This was an electrifying atmosphere of fun and serious competition for our teams. They have pushed the bar further and have made a considerable leap forward since the pandemic recovery, placing the UK back on track as a formidable team. It is a moment of joy and celebration for everyone at UKLO, as well as for our competitors and coaching teams who have worked tirelessly for this result. The report below details the day-to-day summaries of the UKLO team in a snapshot with photo illustrations above.

Main competitions were held at King William’s College, Castletown competing with 34 other countries from around Europe, Asia, the Middle East and The Americas. Group photos were organised for all teams on the morning of Monday (25^th) gathered around old cobblestone buildings, with a friendly gesture from the Japanese Team wearing bright blue (JoL) to take group photos with the UK team. “They wanted to have their photo taken with UKLO – an early moment of bonding at IOL” commented Graeme, one of the team leaders.

Events organised by the local IOL committees at Isle of Man local IOL committee of the Isle of Man ensured that teams were busy with local cultural activities and adventure around the island. UKLO visited the beachfront at Douglas on Monday afternoon with a very positive team spirit and thankfully dry and sunny weather, “This friendly inter-squad interaction is exactly something we missed last year – so glad to see it coming back at last.” commented Kazune, marking and coaching coordinator who was there with them.

Wednesday the 27^th was an outing for ice-cream at Port Erin. Graeme explained that “the ice-cream is just a ‘UKLO at IOL’ tradition – at every IOL we buy the squad an ice-cream”; so iconic to be described as ritualistically ‘famous’.

Thursday the 28^th was a day of Cèilidh which is a traditional social gathering involving folk music and dancing. Photos were also taken of students sitting on a ledge outside Castle Rushen.

Friday the 29th was an awards ceremony where the UK won 1 gold, 4 silver, 1 team bronze, 1 best solution and 1 honorable mention, making it one of our best years yet.

IOL Results

Awards	Name	School	Team
GOLD	Alison Craig-Greene	King Edward VI Grammar School	UK U
SILVER	George Zhou	Westminster School	UK U
SILVER	Stratos Voudouris	Reading School	UK K
SILVER	Toby Collins	The Perse School	UK K
SILVER	William Thompson	Winchester College	UK K
BRONZE TEAM TROPHY	Alex Thompson, Stratos Voudouris, Toby Collins, William Thompson	Dr Challoner’s Grammar School, Reading School, The Perse School, Winchester College	UK K
HONORABLE MENTION	Brendan Bethlehem	Westminster School	UK U
BEST PROB 3	William Thompson	Winchester College	UK K

2022 Arrangements

Round 1 2022

Please check for updates every other day!

Important Noticeboard

Round 2 2022

Noticeboard

• Tues 15th: Eva has distributed the test material by email to all of you. However, it is possible that her message has been blocked by your email system. If you have not received the material, please contact her immediately.

For comments and corrections arising during the test day. If you have an issue that isn’t yet mentioned on this noticeboard, please email Dick on Weds before 1.00 pm or Eva (who’s in the USA) after 1.00 pm.

Who?

This year, as last year, Round 2 will be held in schools, with the usual invigilation by a teacher, and it will be open to anyone who wins a Gold certificate in the Advanced competition at Round 1.

When?

• Wednesday March 16.
• The competition lasts for three and a half hours, so it needs an uninterrupted period of 210 minutes. To ensure security, we have designated 2.00 pm as the anchor time. Ideally, the competition time should include the anchor time, but if this is not possible, competitors should be supervised between the competition time and the anchor time.

Why?

As in previous years, the Round 2 competition will select the UK squad for the International Linguistics Olympiad. However, this year it will in fact select the best 12 competitors, of whom eight will be in the squad.

How?

• The test is an invigilated individual test like the Round 1 Advanced competition.
• It will consist of five problems in PDF format which can be printed out, scanned and returned to the teacher, who will then pass it on to UKLO for marking.