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ShottonRichard Shotton
education and cultural sector specialist
Richard has over 25 years experience as a teacher, consultant, trainer, researcher and programme manager, mainly specialising in the fields of education for global citizenship and inter-cultural relations. He has worked for governments, NGOs and the commercial sector in over a dozen countries to support social change and community development, especially across North Africa and the Near East. Closer to home, he has been judging Debating Matters competitions since 2012, and is currently an adviser to Greater Manchester schools for the UK government’s Global Learning Programme.
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DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Salford 2018
DEBATE: Fake News
Championship: Liverpool 2018
DEBATE: Prison violence
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2016/17
DEBATE: Political Parties
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2016/17
DEBATE: Artificial Intelligence
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2016/17
DEBATE: Historical monuments
Qualifying Round: Cheshire 2016/17
DEBATE: Political Parties
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2015/16
DEBATE: Gentrification
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2015/16
DEBATE: Compulsory Vaccinations
Regional Final: North East 2014/15
DEBATE: Assisted Dying
Regional Final: North East 2014/15
DEBATE: Drugs Policy
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2014/15
DEBATE: Humanitarian Intervention
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2014/15
DEBATE: Three Parent Babies
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Blackburn 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Assisted Dying
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Trade not Aid
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2012/13
DEBATE: Copyright and the Arts
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: EU Referendum
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Biofuels
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.