sixth-form debating competition
Sixth-form students from 12 schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Berlin Champions 2025 at a day of debate hosted at the University of Europe for Applied Science, Berlin on Thursday 19 June.
Prisoners from HMP Five Wells will take part in a series of DM training workshops and then compete in a tournament to decide who will become Debating Matters Beyond Bars Champions 2025! The competition will take place over two days and feature a specially convened Question Time event with high-profile figures being grilled by prisoners!
Friday 16 May: Beyond Bars Group Stage
Continue reading “Debating Matters Beyond Bars 2025”Sixth-form students from six North West schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters North West Champions 2025 in a day of debate hosted in partnership with the Belonging Forum and Blackburn College on Wednesday 2 April.
Continue reading “Debating Matters North West Championship 2025”Students from the UK and the US battle it out to become champions of the first ever Debating Matters Transatlantic competition. The event takes part online on Saturday 1 March 2025. This programme is supported by the Rising Tide Foundation and is a partnership project between Ideas Matter and Bill of Rights Institute.
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Sixth-form students from four schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters House of Lords Champions 2025 at a flagship day of debate hosted at the House of Lords on Friday 21 March.
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In association with the Academy of Ideas, Debating Matters will be hosting a showcase debate at the Battle of Ideas festival this year on Saturday 19 October. We are delighted to be part of a programme of over 100 diverse debates to an audience of 4000 people over the course of the weekend.
Continue reading “Debating Matters at the Battle of Ideas festival”Sixth-form students from four schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters House of Lords Champions 2024 at a flagship day of debate hosted at the House of Lords on Friday 15 March.
Continue reading “Debating Matters at the House of Lords 2024”US Qualifier 2024
Students from the US take part in a qualifier competition on Saturday 2 November 2024. The top three winning teams will go through to the final of Debating Matters Transatlantic in 2025 where they will take on three schools from the UK.
Continue reading “Debating Matters Transatlantic”Sixth-form students from twelve schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Berlin Champions 2024 at a day of debate hosted at the University of Europe for Applied Science, Berlin on Friday 28 June.
Sixth-form students from six North East schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Durham Champions 2024 at a day of debate hosted in partnership with the Durham Union Society on Thursday 13 June.