Heriot-Watt University Programming Challenge 2010!

Competition Rules

1. The competition is open to students studying for Higher or Advanced Higher in Computing in Scottish schools and colleges.
2. Entry is free.
3. Entry is school/college based. Entries must be made by a teacher or lecturer from the school or college.
4. Each school/college may enter one single student and one group submission where a group is not larger than four students.
5. An individual entrant may not also enter as a member of a group.
6. Registration will be made on-line but must be verified independently by a postal letter on headed note paper bearing an institutional stamp and counter signed by a Head Teacher or person of equivalent authority.
7. Entries will consist of a computer program in any language, with test input and output, meeting the competition specification, and a report describing how the program works, and how to install, configure and use it.
8. Entries will be made on-line but must be verified independently by a postal letter on headed note paper bearing an institutional stamp and counter signed by a Head Teacher or person of equivalent authority.
9. Entries which do not meet the submission requirements may be disqualified without appeal.
10. An entry will be deemed to grant Heriot-Watt University permission to mention the school's participation in further publicity about the competition.
11. Entries will be judged by staff in Computer Science in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University. Their decisions are final and are not open to appeal.
12. Entries will not be disclosed to anyone outside the staff in Computer Science, and will be deleted from the University's computers within three months of announcement of the completion results.
13. There will be one prize for the student with the best single submission and an individual prize for each student member of the best group submission.
14. Once the competition results are announced, schools submitting winning entries may use their achievements for publicity purposes.
15. A school accepting a prize will be deemed to grant Heriot-Watt University permission to mention their entry for publicity purposes.
16. If prizes are donated by third parties, then school acceptance of a prize will be deemed to give that third party permission to mention their entry for publicity purposes.
17. Heriot-Watt University will seek parental permission via schools before identifying any pupils in publicity.