Centre for Continuing Education

Competitions

We run competitions throughout the year. Find our open competitions and winners of past competitions below.

Win a $300 course voucher

Sydney Writers' Festival Competition

Win a $300 course voucher at CCE

We want to know what you think of courses and we want to know more about you.

In the CCE building, there are survey computers located in our foyer and in the lunch areas on level two and three. Complete a survey on one of these computers and you will go into the draw for that month to win a $300 course voucher to be used toward any course at CCE.

How to enter: Complete a survey on the survey computers on-site at CCE. At the end of the survey you will be asked: Tell us in 25 words or less why lifelong learning is important to you. This is a game of skill and the winner is chosen according to the creativity and thought put into the answer.

End date: This is a rolling competition, running from month-to-month. Each entry will go into the draw for that month. All entries are drawn on the first of the month and all winners will be notified within five days of the draw.

Past winners:
March 2019: Adelaide Bracey
April 2019: Columbine Mulcahy
May 2019: Sumathy Thayalan
June 2019: Joel Badwin
July 2019: Mark Cook

All competition winners' names are published on our website and will remain there for at least three months.

Terms and conditions

  1. Information on how to enter forms part of these terms of entry. Entry into the Promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
  2. The Promoter is the Centre for Continuing Education.

How to enter

  1. Employees of the Promoter or any related body corporate and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.
  2. Entrants under the age of 16 years must have parental/guardian approval to enter. The parent/guardian agrees to the terms and conditions of the Promotion.
  3. The courses offered by the Promoter are designed for adults over the age of 18. The only exceptions to this are the courses found in the ‘HSC preparation’ section of our website.
  4. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, an “eligible entrant” is a person who has complied with these terms and conditions.
  5. To enter, eligible entrants must enter the Promotion by answering all questions within a survey and including the final question within the survey.
  6. The survey is located on computers within the Promoter’s building at the address 160 Missenden Road Newtown, Sydney, NSW. The computers are area accessible to the public in the building foyer and the lunch rooms on levels two and three. All entrants must physically attend this location and complete the survey on one of these computers.
  7. The question to be answered is 'Tell us in 25 words or less why lifelong learning is important to you.'
  8. This is a game of skill.

Prizes and judging

  1. There is a monthly prize of $300 to go to one eligible entrant each month.
  2. The competition period runs from the first day to the last day of the calendar month inclusive.
  3. Each eligible entry is only eligible to be awarded a voucher for the month of the competition period they have entered.
  4. The competition for each month will be drawn on the first day of the following month at 11am. In the event that this date falls on the weekend, the winner will be drawn on the following business day.
  5. The winner will be decided by two employees of the Promoter in consultation with one another.
  6. The winner will be judged on the creativity and thought put into their answer, as decided by the Promoters staff nominated to judge the competition.
  7. All winners will be notified by email within five business days of the competition being judged.
  8. The winners' names will be published on the Promoters website and will remain there for a minimum period of at least three months.
  9. The Promoter’s decision is final and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the promotion result or enforcement and interpretation of these terms and conditions.

Privacy

  1. The Promoter collects the entrant’s personal information for the purpose of conducting and promoting this promotion (including but not limited to determining and notifying the winner). If the entrant is not willing for this to occur the entrant cannot participate in the Promotion.

Sydney Writer’s Festival Competition

In celebration of the Sydney Writers' Festival, the Centre for Continuing Education is giving away three, $500 course vouchers to spend on a creative writing course of your choice. All creative writing courses appear in the creative writing section of the website.

How to enter: To win, enter your details, and in 25 words or less, tell us why lifelong learning is important to your continued writing practice?

Terms and conditions

  1. Information on how to enter forms part of these terms of entry. Entry into the Promotion is deemed acceptance of these terms and conditions.
  2. The Promoter is the Centre for Continuing Education

How to enter

  1. Employees of the Promoter or any related body corporate and their immediate families are not eligible to enter.
  2. Entrants under the age of 16 years must have parental/guardian approval to enter. The parent/guardian agrees to the terms and conditions of the Promotion.
  3. The courses offered by the Promoter are designed for adults over the age of 18. The only exceptions to this are the courses found in the ‘HSC preparation’ section of our website.
  4. For the purposes of these terms and conditions, an “eligible entrant” is a person who has complied with these terms and conditions.
  5. To enter, eligible entrants must enter the Promotion by answering the question on the competition webpage during the competition period.
  6. The question to be answered is 'Tell us in 25 words or less why lifelong learning is important to your continued writing practice.'
  7. This is a game of skill.

Prizes and judging

  1. There will are three prizes.
  2. Total prize pool is valued at $1500
  3. The Promoter will award the following prizes:
    a. Three, $500 course vouchers that can be redeemed on a creative writing course.
  4. The competition will be drawn on 9 August at 11am.
  5. The winner will be decided by two employees of the Promoter in consultation with one another.
  6. The winner will be judged on the creativity and thought put into their answer, as decided by the Promoters' staff nominated to judge the competition.
  7. All winners will be notified by email with five business days of judging.
  8. The winners' names will be published on the Promoters website and will remain there for a minimum period of at least three months.
  9. The Promoter’s decision is final and the Promoter will not enter into correspondence regarding the promotion result or enforcement and interpretation of these terms and conditions.

Privacy

  1. The Promoter collects the entrant’s personal information for the purpose of conducting and promoting this promotion (including but not limited to determining and notifying the winner). If the entrant is not willing for this to occur the entrant cannot participate in the Promotion.

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