REGIONAL FINALS
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WINNER: Kingsdale Foundation School
09:30-10:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
10:05-10:15 WELCOME
10:20-11:30 ROUND 1
"Gentrification is good for neighbourhoods"
GROUP 1
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Dana Denis-Smith
Obelisk Support
Pamela Dow
Catch 22
Chris Fox
GKN plc
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
GROUP 2
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Timandra Harkness
Writer, comedian & broadcaster
Julia Branna Perlman
Art Historian
Simon Thompson
CIPR
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
11:30-11:40 CHANGEOVER
11:40-12:50 ROUND 2
"Childhood vaccinations should be compulsory"
GROUP 1
FOR:
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Pamela Dow
Catch 22
Chris Fox
GKN plc
Louise Wren
Wellcome Trust
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
GROUP 2
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Eliot Forster
MedCity
Deborah Thomas
Deloitte LLP
Andreas Yiannaros
University of Bedfordshire
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
12:50-13:50 LUNCH
14:00-15:10 ROUND 3
"Gender quotas in the workplace are good for equality"
GROUP 1
FOR:
AGAINST:
Tunbridge Wells Girls’ Grammar School
CHAIR
JUDGES
James Drury
Londonist
Lucie Holloway
London Stock Exchange Group
Annabel Mullin
UCL; Liberal Democrats
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
GROUP 2
FOR:
AGAINST:
CHAIR
JUDGES
Julia Branna Perlman
Art Historian
Deborah Thomas
Deloitte LLP
Simon Thompson
CIPR
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
15:10-15:40 TEA & COFFEE
15:40-17:00 FINAL
"We should welcome the advent of human genome editing"
FOR:
WINNER OF GROUP 1
AGAINST:
WINNER OF GROUP 2
CHAIR
JUDGES
Timandra Harkness
Writer, comedian & broadcaster
Lucie Holloway
London Stock Exchange Group
Sir Simon Wessely
King's College London
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
Bernie Whelan, our DM coordinator, is raising money for Debating Matters.
To stage one of our Championships for six to 12 teams costs £6,000. Find out more on Bernie’s
Wonderful fundraising page.