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BrianJustine Brian
Director
Civitas Schools
Justine was formerly the director of the Academy of Ideas Debating Matters sixth-form debating competition. She believes in education and grappling with big ideas – and practised what she preaches by completing a degree in Classical Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London, as a mature student. She loves good food and hates food snobbery, and learned to cook at Westminster College. She is an occasional writer on food issues and has produced a number of debates at the Battle of Ideas festival on food-related topics. Her greatest media claim to fame was being on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour on the issue of ‘frugal food’, which made her Mum extremely proud.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
National FInal: National Final 2016/17
DEBATE: Autonomous vehicles
Regional Final: London Inner 2016/17
DEBATE: Plain packaging
Regional Final: London Inner 2016/17
DEBATE: Social egg freezing
Qualifying Round: Glasgow 2012/13
DEBATE: Free speech
Qualifying Round: Leicestershire 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Qualifying Round: Leicestershire 2011/12
DEBATE: Nuclear Power
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.