Apply to the Arete Fellowship! (E24)
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Applications now close one day later, at 23:59 BST 17th January (Wednesday of 2nd week).


The Arete Fellowship is a beginner-friendly, 8-week seminar programme aimed to help you think about how you can have a positive impact on the world, starting from the week of the 22nd January. Arete (usually pronounced AIR-uh-TAY) is a Greek word loosely meaning excellence or virtue, or living up to one’s potential. It is frequently associated with effectiveness and achieving results.

More details about the programme are provided below – if you have any questions or if you’re in doubt about whether to apply, e-mail us at: effective.altruism@durham.ac.uk (if you're excited by the readings then please do just apply - we'd love to have you!)

Please do not spend more than 45 minutes of your time filling this in - we are not looking for perfect answers, we are looking for thoughtful people. 


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INFORMATION ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP
The Arete Fellowship is a beginner-friendly, 8-week seminar programme aimed to help you think about how you can have a positive impact on the world, starting from the 22nd January.

Each week, fellows will be given 1.5-2 hours of reading and exercises prior to a 90 min small group discussion. You will be in a regular group with 4-5 other fellows and a facilitator. The Arete Fellowship was started by students at Harvard, with the current content adapted from the programmes at Stanford and Oxford.

We understand that some weeks you may not be able to finish the reading or attend your session. Barring exceptional circumstances, to graduate from the fellowship you should attend at least 6 of the 8 seminars. We offer catch up sessions and the ability to attend another group's seminar if needed.

There will be a kick-off event soon after applications close, socials throughout the fellowship giving you a chance to meet others who also want to improve the world, and an optional 'try veganism' week.
Preview of the fellowship content: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11mNQIjMvkqNz9QWaJrJsI9impH4ZnbXB9Sx6toWQ_WI/edit?usp=sharing 

Before starting this form, please either attend our Intro Talk (Monday 15th January, 7pm, room TLC101) or watch this 12 minute TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyprXhvGVYk&ab_channel=TED 

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What year do you graduate?
What do you hope to get out of this programme? (~3 minutes)
This will help us make the fellowship as useful for you as possible – we're not looking for 'right' answers!
What were the key takeaways from the intro talk you've watched or attended? What implications does the talk have for how we should go about improving the world? (~5 mins)
Base your answers on either our Intro Talk (7pm, Monday 15th January, TLC 101) or this 12 minute TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyprXhvGVYk&ab_channel=TED
Writing Task (10 mins reading, 10 mins writing)
For this short written response, please read this article http://mindingourway.com/on-caring/ and then write up some thoughts you have on it in the box below. We’re expecting you to spend around 10 minutes reading, and then a further 10 minutes writing.
When we ask you to write up your thoughts, please know that there are no right or wrong answers, we’re simply looking to see how you engage with and think critically about new ideas, as this will be an important part of the fellowship.

To help, here are a few prompts you could respond to: (Note: You do not need to respond to all these prompts. We’re keen to read your thoughts, but please don’t spend more than about 10 mins writing. Moreover, we’re not assessing you on presentation or writing style, so feel free to use prose, bullet points, or anything else. You’re also welcome to copy-paste prompts and write your answers underneath.)
  •  What did you find most surprising about the article?
  • What, in your opinion, are the strengths and weaknesses of the article?
  • What is the biggest thing you'll take away from the article?
  • How do you feel about the later point on prioritising our actions based on cost-effectiveness, such that we’ll probably not get round to saving these birds?
  • How do you think we should balance between emotional judgements and making calculations to determine how we can best do good?
  • What do you make of this idea of impartiality (helping people/sentient beings equally regardless of how “connected” or geographically close you are)?
  • Are you surprised by any of your responses to the above? (i.e., do you think you might have answered differently before reading the article?)
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