REGIONAL FINALS
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WINNER: Mossbourne Community Academy
09:30-10:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
10:05-10:15 WELCOME
10:20-11:30 ROUND 1
"Physician assisted suicide should be legalised"
GROUP 1
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Ann Furedi
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Ed Rennie
Blue Labour, strategist and writer
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
GROUP 2
FOR:
St. Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Sabine Beppler-Spahl
Freiblickinstut e.V; Sprachkunst36; spiked
Len Gooblar
AbbVie UK
Tom Ogg
11KBW
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
11:30-11:40 CHANGEOVER
11:40-12:50 ROUND 2
"Artistic expression should never be censored"
GROUP 1
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Sabine Beppler-Spahl
Freiblickinstut e.V; Sprachkunst36; spiked
Tom Hutchinson
Musician, teacher and arts project co-ordinator
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
GROUP 2
FOR:
AGAINST:
St. Martin-in-the-Fields High School for Girls
CHAIR
JUDGES
Len Gooblar
AbbVie UK
Surinder Kooner
Allianz Insurance UK
Tom Ogg
11KBW
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
12:50-13:50 LUNCH
14:00-15:10 ROUND 3
"Voting should be made compulsory in the UK"
GROUP 1
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Amali de Alwis
Code First: Girls
Matt Peacock
Vodafone Group Ltd
Jim Smith
Medical Research Council; National Institute for Medical Research
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
GROUP 2
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Serena Kutchinsky
Prospect Magazine
Christian May
Institute of Directors
Hari Sundaresan
NHS London Procurement Partnership; BT
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
15:10-15:40 TEA & COFFEE
15:40-17:00 FINAL
"The UK should liberalise its drugs policy"
FOR:
WINNER OF GROUP 1
AGAINST:
WINNER OF GROUP 2
CHAIR
JUDGES
Ann Furedi
British Pregnancy Advisory Service
Jim Smith
Medical Research Council; National Institute for Medical Research
Hari Sundaresan
NHS London Procurement Partnership; BT
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
ALL INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
17:00-17:30 PRESENTATIONS & CLOSING COMMENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 27 June:
Oxfordshire Championship at Oxford Union, in partnership with Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of Arts
Friday 5 July:
North East Championship at Durham Sixth Form Centre
CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE
Find a list of all our previous championship events here.
SUPPORT DEBATING MATTERS
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To stage one of our Championships for six to 12 teams costs £6,000. Find out more on Bernie’s
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