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The Regional Finals have now arrived with the Debating Matters team beginning the season at the Design Museum in London on 4 March. We have a fantastic line-up of judges - in London and all over country - who are gearing up to put students through their paces and challenge them to engage intelligently with ideas. In London, students face questions from George Brock, Saturday editor of The Times, Mark Easton, the BBC’s Home Editor, Dr Eva Hoffman, Royal Society Research Fellow at the MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre and Mark Vernon, philosopher and writer, amongst others.
The Regional Finals look set to be exciting events; both the high standard of debate that is expected and the excellent judging panels make them not-to-be-missed events. Students also stand to win some great prizes. Our Individual prize sponsor, Encyclopaedia Britannica, has provided each member of the winning and runners-up team with a year’s online subscription to Britannica online, Skype have again donated some fantastic prizes for members of the winning team, and the English National Ballet have donated 8 pairs of tickets allowing students to go to any of the shows in the autumn programme. School libraries across the country will again be filling up, as our main prize sponsor, Hodder Education will be awarding each of the winning schools £1000 worth of resource vouchers, and each of the runners-up £500 worth of resource vouchers. Good luck to all the teams taking part!
The dates and venues for each of the Regional Finals are below. Please get in contact with Justine Brian if you are interested in attending. Email justinebrian@instituteofideas.com or telephone 020 7269 9233.
The Northern Ireland showcase events were a huge success and the team were delighted with how well the students, teachers and judges took to the ethos and spirit of the competition. To read a full report of the showcases, visit the dedicated page on the Debating Matters website.
London & South Regional Final - Tuesday 4 March, sponsored and hosted by the Design Museum, London
North West & North Wales Regional Final - Monday 10 March, sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and hosted by the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester
Scotland Regional Final - Friday 14 March, sponsored by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and hosted by the Glasgow Science Centre
East Regional Final - Wednesday 9 April, sponsored by the MRC and hosted by Magdalene College, University of Cambridge
Central Regional Final - Thursday 17 April, sponsored by the ESRC and hosted by the University of Birmingham
South East Regional Final - Monday 21 April, sponsored and hosted by Canterbury Christ Church University
West & South Wales Regional Final - Wednesday 23 April, sponsored by the Natural Environment Research Council and hosted by the University of Bristol
North East Regional Final - Monday 28 April, sponsored and hosted by Newcastle University
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