Caitlín Comins
“Debating Matters has provided me with the confidence to express my ideas and views within any context and feel that what I have to say is valued. Read more.”
John D'Silva
“Debating Matters allows you to continue engaging with new ideas even after you have left the competition and take on board different points of view that may be out of your ‘comfort zone’. Read more.”
Rose Davis
“Debating Matters has broadened my thinking, developed the notion that nothing is infallible and made me question everything. Read more.”
Patrice Ellis
“I was able to look back and reflect that I now felt confident in intellectual and social situations with not only peers but also superiors. Read more.”
Craig Fairnington
“It was through DM that I realised that debate, argument and discussion...are truly essential ways to shape our own thoughts and views, and to shape the world around us. Read more.”
James King
“I’ve personally found that the skills of research, analysis, and nuanced argument helped me no end in my interviews at university – in particular, an interview with a notoriously combative tutor became a lot less nerve-wracking once I realised it was essentially a debate, and about a motion I’d already covered in Debating Matters! Read more.”
Miriam Malek
“Debating Matters has encouraged me to question the way I think, not only in intellectual environments, but in everyday life. Read more.”
Ashley Mallett
“The competition means so much to me and it gives me pride to see it expand and go from strength to strength, knowing that I have contributed to part of its success. Read more.”
John Milnes-Smith
“Alumni watch on as slightly awkward and halting debates in the classroom transform into some of the most impressive and heated intellectual discussions. Read more.”
Ed Noel
“Taking part in the competition has given me a number of invaluable experiences, good friends and a stock of skills which have stood me in good stead ever since. Read more.”
Lissy Verrall
“Debating Matters is so important to me because it was the first time I had to justify beliefs to people that wanted to listen and engage in an intellectual discussion. Read more.”
Andrew Wheelhouse
“Debating Matters serves as my mental whetstone today as surely as when I sat quaking before my first qualifying round debate 6 years ago. Read more.”