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Regional Student Competition 2024/2025 finalists' announcement

The Falklands Regional Student Competition offers a one-week trip for students in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay to visit the Falkland Islands.

Regional Student Competition 2024/2025 finalists.

The British Embassy in Argentina announces the 10 finalists from Argentina to the Regional Student Competition 2024/2025. The applicants answered the question 鈥淲hy would I like to meet my neighbours in the Falkland Islands?鈥� in a video.

The best 10 videos can be watched here:

The winners of the competition will be announced shortly.

This regional competition, organised by the Falkland Islands Government and the British Embassies in Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay, offers winners (one from each country) the chance to visit the Falklands for a week with all the costs covered.

The contest is meant to promote the cultural exchange between the Falklands and the region, and to spread knowledge about the Falkland Islands and its people. This is the fifth time that this competition has been held in Argentina.

List of 10 finalists:

  • Leonel Bracamonte
  • M谩ximo Carpio聽
  • Tom谩s Estanislao Dardanelli
  • Lara Di Camillo
  • Celeste Giardinelli
  • Candela Ib谩帽ez
  • Maria Jose Salvatierra Galvan
  • Am茅lie Schapira
  • Bianca Stoppani Genero
  • Catalina V谩zquez

In order to enter the competition, these participants presented student certificates issued by the following universities: Universidad Cat贸lica de C贸rdoba (C贸rdoba), Universidad Abierta Interamericana (Rosario), Universidad del Aconcagua (Mendoza), Instituto Superior de Formaci贸n Docente N掳21 Dr. Ricardo Rojas (Buenos Aires province), Pontificia Universidad Cat贸lica Argentina (Buenos Aires city), Universidad Cat贸lica de Salta (Salta), Universidad Nacional de Salta (Salta), Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (Buenos Aires city) and Universidad de Belgrano (Buenos Aires city).

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Published 12 September 2024