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BATTLE OF IDEAS 2006
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DEBATING MATTERS NATIONAL FINAL
IoI FORUMS
MEDIA
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
OTHER EVENTS
BATTLE OF IDEAS 28th-29th OCTOBER 2006
Top speakers line-up for 2006
The list of speakers for the Battle of Ideas 2006 is growing daily.
Confirmed speakers for the 2006 festival include David Aaronovitch, Carol Adams, Myles Allen, Marcel Berlins, George Brock, Sir Bernard Crick, Mark Easton, Claire Fox, Sir Christopher Frayling, Professor Frank Furedi, Michael Gove MP, Steve Hewlett, Professor Philip K Howard, Professor Wendy Kaminer, Kenan Malik, Chris Meade, Geoff Mulgan, Professor Avner Offer,
Sarah Parkin, Dr Raj Persaud, Sir Kieran Prendergast, Richard Rees, Philippe Sands QC, Professor Raymond Tallis, Peter Tatchell, Colin Tweedy, Zoe Williams and Professor John Zarnecki.
The list of speakers is updated daily on the festival website.
As well as the space age exhibition, including the Faulkes telescope courtesy of PPARC, and the festival party at the Royal College of Music, we
are delighted to announce that BT will be providing an OpenZone wifi space
at the festival. Watch out for more details and the announcement of ticket
sales and prices on the website.
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DEBATING MATTERS NATIONAL FINAL
Congratulations to Queens' School from Bushey who, after a weekend of tough
talking, have won the Debating Matters Competition 2005/06. Out of the 115
schools that took part in this year's competition, only eight made it to the
final at Goodenough College in London. Well done to all the students who
took part.
A big thanks also to all the judges and speakers who inspired and
challenged the students throughout the weekend.
The winning students took
home some great prizes, including £7000 worth of books from Hodder Murray
for their schools, Inter-Rail passes from STA Travel and phones from Skype.
Thank you to all our other sponsors (The Wellcome Trust, Pfizer, Hodder
Murray, Castle Cement, Research Councils UK, Canterbury Christ Church
University, University of Hertfordshire, University of Newcastle and
Syngenta) for all their support this year.
Winner: Queens' School, Bushey
Runner-up: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Faversham
Best Individual: Craig Fairnington, the Harris Academy, Dundee
Highly Commended: Paul Burkitt-Gray, Thomas Tallis School, London
Commended: Natasha Partos, the Chase High School, Malvern
The students and teachers were excited about the final and in good spirits
throughout. As debater Craig Fairnington from the Harris Academy said: 'I
like the atmosphere of the weekend. The arguments continue when the debates
are over.' His teacher, Ian Dick, agreed: 'I like that my students are able
to meet other students. The Debating Matters format appeals to me - it
encourages them to think.'
DEBATING MATTERS 2006/07
If you are interested in participating in Debating Matters next year, we would love to hear from you! Students and teachers please contact Justine Brian on 020 7831 1274 or at justinebrian@instituteofideas.com
If you would like to be a Debating Matters judge, contact Judges Co-ordinator Nathalie
Rothschild on 020 7831 1273 or at nathalierothschild@instituteofideas.com
If you are in your gap year or at university and would like an internship with
Debating Matters, please contact Justine Brian at justinebrian@instituteofideas.com
IoI FORUMS
All forums meet in London. There are limited places and attendance is by invitation only. If you have an interest in the field and would like to take part, please email the contact given.
SCIENCE AND HEALTH FORUM
Wednesday 5 July
The final in this series of Science and Health Forum meetings will discuss the Department of Health's White Paper 'Our Health, Our Care, Our Say',
which focuses on integrated services provided in the community and 'places
greater choices and control in the hands of the people who use the
services'. Dr Liz Frayn will introduce the discussion.
Contact Brid Hehir at health@instituteofideas.com
CULTURE WARS FORUM
Tuesday 18 July
July's forum will look at the new rehang at Tate Modern in London, and the role of the curator more generally in presenting art and art history. Michael Savage will introduce. See his review on Culture Wars here.
Contact Patrick Hayes at patrick.hayes@tsleducation.com
IoI BOOK CLUB
Tuesday 25 July
Josie Appleton will be introducing 'The Sea' by
John Banville, the winner of
2005 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The IoI BookClub is open to IoI associates.
Contact Geoff Kidder at geoffkidder@instituteofideas.com
MEDIA
Claire Fox will be a panellist on BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze on 5, 19 and 26 July
Shirley Dent had an article about religion on television on spiked, 29 June.
Tiffany Jenkins had an an article on our attitudes towards the body in the current issue of Tank Magazine.
Tiffany Jenkins had an article about satire in the Scotsman, 12 June.
Tiffany Jenkins had an article about political reparations on spiked, 7 June.
Tony Gilland appeared on the Jeremy Vine show on BBC Radio 2 on 19 June, to discuss exciting scientific developments in screening embryos for serious genetic diseases.
Current reviews on Culture Wars include Battle of Ideas speakers Daniel Ben-Ami on Avner Offer's 'The Challenge of Affluence', and David Clements on Ken Loach's 'The Wind that Shakes the Barley'.
PUBLIC APPEARANCES
Claire Fox will give the keynote speech at 'Showcomotion', the children's media conference in Sheffield on Friday 7 July.
Claire Fox will give a talk to the MA in Science Education course at the Institute of Education, University of London on Thursday 13 July. For more information contact Ralph Levinson on +44 (0)207 612 6778.
Claire Fox will be speaking at 'The Lottery Debate' alongside journalist
Rosie Boycott and Dianne Thompson, Chief Executive of Camelot Group plc,
chaired by journalist Ray Snoddy, at Tate Britain on Tuesday 18 July.
For
more information, please contact Vanessa Hales at vanessa.hales@camelotgroup.co.uk
Dolan Cummings will chair a discussion on 'Real tragedies eclipse the dramas that follow' after a performance of the play Late Fragment, about a survivor of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center, at Tristan Bates Theatre, London, on Thursday 6 July.
Frank Furedi will give the Cheltenham Music Festival's keynote speech on Cultural Politics and the Future of Grown-up Music, 6pm, Wednesday 12 July