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YianniChris Yianni
senior lecturer
Manchester Metropolitan University
Originally a builder, Chris entered the social work profession in the late eighties. He worked for the probation service then as an approved social worker in Central Manchester before turning to lecturing on social work programmes in which he heads and delivers modules on addictions. As a keen cyclist and runner Chris’s research interests include the impact of sport on society. When not watching his beloved Manchester City, Chris can be spotted DJing or riding around Manchester on his vintage Lambretta scooter.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Liverpool 2018
DEBATE: Contact sports
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2016/17
DEBATE: Fake News
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2016/17
DEBATE: Water scarcity
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2016/17
DEBATE: Political Parties
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2016/17
DEBATE: Historical monuments
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2016/17
DEBATE: Political Parties
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2016/17
DEBATE: Health monitoring
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2015/16
DEBATE: Sugar
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2015/16
DEBATE: HS2
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2015/16
DEBATE: Religious Freedom
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2015/16
DEBATE: Compulsory Vaccinations
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2014/15
DEBATE: Offence
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2014/15
DEBATE: Three Parent Babies
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2014/15
DEBATE: Art Censorship
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2014/15
DEBATE: Art Censorship
Qualifying Round: Lancashire 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2014/15
DEBATE: Art Censorship
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2013/14
DEBATE: Lads Mags
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2013/14
DEBATE: Megacities
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2013/14
DEBATE: Social media
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2013/14
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2013/14
DEBATE: Hate Speech
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Assisted Dying
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Offensive Language
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2011/12
DEBATE: Burqa bans
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2010/11
DEBATE: Scepticism and Science
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2010/11
DEBATE: Privacy Online
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2009/10
DEBATE: Pop artists
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2009/10
DEBATE: Boxing
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.
