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GuldbergDr Helene Guldberg
Associate Lecturer; Director
Open University; spiked
Helene is co-founder and director of spiked, the first custom-built online current affairs publication in the UK. After working as a primary school teacher, she obtained a PhD in developmental psychology from the university of Manchester. She was co-publisher of LM magazine from its launch in 1997 to its closure in 2000. She currently teaches undergraduate and post-graduate courses in developmental psychology with the Open University and the US study abroad centre, CAPA. Helene is author of Reclaiming Childhood: Freedom and Play in an Age of Fear (2009) and Just Another Ape? (2010).
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DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Birmingham 2018
Championship: Birmingham 2018
DEBATE: Historical monuments
Championship: Birmingham 2018
DEBATE: Contact sports
DEBATE: G4S: Doping in sport
Qualifying Round: Birmingham 2015/16
DEBATE: Compulsory Vaccinations
Qualifying Round: Birmingham 2015/16
DEBATE: Religious Freedom
Qualifying Round: Birmingham 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Qualifying Round: Birmingham 2014/15
DEBATE: Art Censorship
Regional Final: Central 2013/14
DEBATE: Animal Experimentation
Regional Final: Central 2013/14
DEBATE: Lads Mags
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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