ACTF trustees announce the winners of their new logo and TikTok video competitions

Logo competition

After the cancellation of the Schools’ Analyst Competition events in March 2020, trustees of the Analytical Chemistry Trust Fund (ACTF) launched a competition for students to design a new logo for the trust fund.

The trustees reviewed 30 entries and were very impressed with the range of logos submitted and the quality of the designs. Finally, they selected two winners who will both receive a prize of £300. It is hoped that these designs can be used as inspiration for a new logo that will be completed by a professional designer.

The winners were:

Katie Hartwright of Comberton Sixth Form in East Anglia

An image of the new ACTF logo designed by Katie Hartwright

Source: Katie Hartwright

Sandali Narasinghe of Hymers College in the North East Region

An image of Sandali Narasinghe's ACTF logo

Source: Sandali Narasinghe

Video competition

Trustees also invited students to submit TikTok videos under the hashtag #SchoolsAnalyst2020 that show them doing analytical or measurement science at home. The three winners of this competition were:

@ktyson2: Experiment to determine the refractive effect that concentrations of nail varnish has on water 

@ktyson2

Experiment to determine the refractive effect that concentrations of nail varnish have in water. ##schoolsanalyst2020

♬ original sound - ktyson2

@im_d.prest: Can I disprove phlogiston in my garage? Of course!

@im_d.prest

Can I disprove Phlogiston in my garage? Of course! ##schoolsanalyst2020##chemistry##mass##fyp

♬ Moonlight Sonata: Adagio Sostenuto - Beethoven

@gjrocks17: Just some fun with some classics – combustion of cereals to get kJ energy

@gjrocks17

##schoolsanalyst2020 just some fun with some classics

♬ Disco Inferno - The Trammps

The winners of the video competition should contact the ACTF Administrator at ruth@rhearn.net to claim their £100 prize.

Many congratulations to all of the prize winners!