Top students from across the country won the Academy Excellence Awards in 2012. The Awards celebrate the academic achievements of middle school students. This year, there were entries from more than 4,000 students from 300 schools across England in response to questions set by Nottingham academics.The Team Award went to five students from The King Edward VI Camp Hill School in Birmingham. They won a week-long trip to Malaysia. One of the organizers commented: “The winners of the Academy Excellence Awards should be very proud of their achievements. They have shown real talent and passion in their subjects and will no doubt go on to do great things.”Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, said: “Special congratulations go to the winners, whose work has demonstrated not only a high level of academic excellence, but also creativity and original thought...” What does the word “entries” in the second paragraph mean?