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WildeSimon Wilde
Communications Consultant
Genomics England
Simon is an experienced policy and communications professional, having spent nearly 2 decades working for some of the UK’s leading science and health organisations. His experience ranges from developing public exhibitions on DNA at Kew Gardens to briefing MPs on human embryo research. He’s headed the communications team at the Health Research Authority, external communications at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and public affairs at the Medical Research Council (MRC). He was the NHS’s first research communications specialist, at Hammersmith Hospital in west London, after starting his career at the bioscience research council BBSRC. A seasoned Debating Matters judge, Simon spends his spare time buying power tools and shouting at the telly.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Salford 2018
DEBATE: HS2
Championship: Liverpool 2018
DEBATE: Historical monuments
Championship: Liverpool 2018
DEBATE: Vegetarianism
Championship: Liverpool 2018
DEBATE: Prison violence
National FInal: National Final 2016/17
DEBATE: Medical data sharing
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2016/17
DEBATE: Plain packaging
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2016/17
DEBATE: Social egg freezing
IMechE: Future of Engineering: England
DEBATE: Technology and the environment
IMechE: Future of Engineering: England
DEBATE: Future of driving
Qualifying Round: Croydon 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Croydon 2015/16
DEBATE: The BBC
Regional Final: South 2014/15
DEBATE: Assisted Dying
Regional Final: South 2014/15
DEBATE: Art Censorship
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Qualifying Round: Manchester 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: East Yorkshire 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: East Yorkshire 2014/15
DEBATE: Art Censorship
Qualifying Round: Hackney 2014/15
DEBATE: Role models
Qualifying Round: Hackney 2014/15
DEBATE: European Union
Regional Final: London South 2013/14
DEBATE: Coal and Climate Change
Regional Final: London South 2013/14
DEBATE: Animal Experimentation
Qualifying Round: Ealing 2013/14
DEBATE: Smart Drugs
Qualifying Round: Ealing 2013/14
DEBATE: Green Energy
Regional Final: London Inner 2012/13
DEBATE: Environmental Sustainability
Qualifying Round: Ealing 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Ealing 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Regional Final: London & South 2011/12
DEBATE: Organ Donation
Regional Final: London & South 2011/12
DEBATE: London Olympics
Qualifying Round: North London 2011/12
DEBATE: Public Health
Qualifying Round: North London 2011/12
DEBATE: Burqa bans
Regional Final: London & South 2010/11
DEBATE: Wikileaks
Regional Final: London & South 2010/11
DEBATE: Healthy Behaviour
Qualifying Round: North London 2010/11
DEBATE: Monarchy
Qualifying Round: North London 2010/11
DEBATE: Organ and Tissue Donation
National FInal: National Final 2008/09
DEBATE: GM Crops
Qualifying Round: East London 2008/09
DEBATE: Private Lives
Qualifying Round: East London 2008/09
DEBATE: Space Exploration
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.
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