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FairningtonCraig Fairnington
Associate Fellow
Academy of Ideas
Craig worked for the Academy of Ideas from 2010-2015, where he produced and chaired sessions at the Battle of Ideas on a range of issues, including the “gay gene”, cultural appropriation, space exploration, and the future of the nation state.
For Debating Matters, he has written topic guides on a similarly wide range of issues, and helped lead the STV/Debating Matters Referendum Schools Debate which saw schools across Scotland debating issues around independence in the run-up to the referendum.
He studied Physics at the University of St Andrews, and currently works as a powerline surveyor.
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DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Scotland 2018
DEBATE: Universal Basic Income
Championship: Scotland 2018
DEBATE: Historical monuments
Qualifying Round: Bromley 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Bromley 2015/16
DEBATE: Sex Selective Abortion
Qualifying Round: Greenwich 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Greenwich 2015/16
DEBATE: Sex Selective Abortion
Qualifying Round: Dorset & Somerset 2014/15
DEBATE: Security Vs Privacy
Qualifying Round: Dorset & Somerset 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Qualifying Round: Dorset & Somerset 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Hounslow 2014/15
DEBATE: European Union
Qualifying Round: Hounslow 2014/15
DEBATE: Role models
Regional Final: South East 2013/14
DEBATE: Coal and Climate Change
Regional Final: South East 2013/14
DEBATE: Lads Mags
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2013/14
DEBATE: Fertility Tourism
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2013/14
DEBATE: Smacking
Qualifying Round: Wiltshire 2013/14
DEBATE: Smart Drugs
Qualifying Round: Wiltshire 2013/14
DEBATE: Hate Speech
Qualifying Round: Cornwall 2013/14
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Cornwall 2013/14
DEBATE: Hate Speech
Regional Final: Scotland & Northern Ireland 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: South 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: Central 2012/13
DEBATE: European Union
Regional Final: Central 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Clinical Trials
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Trade not Aid
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Green Belt
Regional Final: North East 2012/13
DEBATE: European Union
Regional Final: Yorkshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Regional Final: London North 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Regional Final: London North 2012/13
DEBATE: Trade not Aid
Regional Final: North East 2012/13
DEBATE: Green Belt
Qualifying Round: Hampshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Hampshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Buckinghamshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Buckinghamshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Buckinghamshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Embryo Screening
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2012/13
DEBATE: Free speech
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Devon & Cornwall 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Devon & Cornwall 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Northumberland 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Middlesbrough 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Northumberland 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Middlesbrough 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Biofuels
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Offensive Language
Qualifying Round: Derry 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Qualifying Round: Belfast 2011/12
DEBATE: Supermarkets
Qualifying Round: Derry 2011/12
DEBATE: Public Health
Qualifying Round: Derry 2011/12
DEBATE: Nuclear Power
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2011/12
DEBATE: Scottish Independence
Qualifying Round: North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Burqa bans
Qualifying Round: North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Supermarkets
Qualifying Round: North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: GM Food
Qualifying Round: Nottingham & Derby 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Qualifying Round: Nottingham & Derby 2011/12
DEBATE: Scottish Independence
Qualifying Round: Bristol 2010/11
DEBATE: Sportspeople as Role Models
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.
