Sixth-form students from eight schools will battle it out for the title of Debating Matters Oxfordshire Champions 2019 at a flagship day of debate on Thursday 27 June. We are delighted to have Magdalen College School and Oxford Festival of the Arts as partners for the event, which will be held at the Oxford Union. The day concludes with a special public debate. See below for details and buy tickets here.
10:30
REGISTRATION
11:00
WELCOME
11:20-12:30
DEBATE 1: “Western museums should repatriate cultural artefacts”
Group 1 Room A
AGAINST
Leighton Park School
JUDGES
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Group 2 Room C
FOR
Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke
AGAINST
Magdalen College School
JUDGES
Maya Thomas
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Group 1 Room B
AGAINST
John Hampden Grammar School
JUDGES
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Group 2 Room D
FOR
Waddesdon CofE School
AGAINST
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
JUDGES
Fiona Lethbridge
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
12:40-13:50
DEBATE 2: “Tourism benefits the world”
Group 2 Room C
Group 2 Room D
FOR
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
AGAINST
Magdalen College School
JUDGES
Fiona Lethbridge
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
13:50-14:50
LUNCH
14:50-16:00
DEBATE 3: “Childhood vaccinations should be compulsory”
Group 1 Room A
FOR
John Hampden Grammar School
AGAINST
Cirencester College
JUDGES
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Group 2 Room C
FOR
Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School
AGAINST
Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke
JUDGES
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Group 1 Room B
AGAINST
St Edward’s School, Oxford
JUDGES
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
Group 2 Room D
AGAINST
Waddesdon CofE School
JUDGES
INDIVIDUAL JUDGES
16:00-16:20
BREAK
16:20-18:15
RESULTS AND FINAL DEBATE: “Populism is a threat to democracy”
AGAINST
Winners Group 2
18:15-18:45
PRESENTATIONS
19:00-20:30
PUBLIC PANEL DEBATE
From sexting to screen-addicts: should we be afraid of online harms?
Tickets are available for this event, part of Oxford Festival of the Arts, here.
Guest speakers
Jess Butcher MBE
technology entrepreneur, co-founder of Tick and Blippar; three times TedX speaker.
Alex Krasodomski-Jones
director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos
Dr Victoria Nash
Deputy Director, Oxford Internet Institute
Martyn Perks
digital business consultant and writer
Chair
Claire Fox
director, Academy of Ideas