DM Durham Championship 2023

Sixth-form students from six schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Durham Champions 2023 at a day of debate hosted at the Durham Union Society on Thursday 8 June.

The competition is part of 20 for 20 – the 20th Anniversary programme of the competition – which will see 20 exciting events taking place across the year.

09:45
WELCOME
The Debating Chamber

10:00-11.10 | DEBATE 1:
Billionaires owning media companies is bad for democracy

11:25-12:35 | DEBATE 2:
Healthcare workers should not be allowed to strike

12:35-13:20 LUNCH

13:30-14:40 | DEBATE 3:
The UK Government should legalise commercial surrogacy

14:40-15:00 REFRESHMENTS
AND RESULTS FROM THE GROUP STAGE DEBATES

15:00-16:30 | FINAL DEBATE: Cancel Culture is a threat to freedom of speech

Debating Chamber

FOR
Winner of Group 1

AGAINST
Winner of Group 2

CHAIR
Dr Mo Lovatt

JUDGES
Prof Tim Luckhurst
Rebecca Wilkie
Prof Kevin Yuill


INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
All individual judges
Geoff Kidder

WINNER:

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