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Scotland win 2012 World Schools Debate

2012-01-26T14:25:00.003Z

Scotland (Alfie Hinchliffe, Charlie Thomas, Ruth Cameron) have won the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships defeating Wales (Amy Jones, David Wigley, Piers Digby) 8-1 in the final in Capetown.

The final motion was "This House regrets South Africa's decision to use the Truth and Reconciliation Commission rather the prosecuting the perpetrators of crimes committed under Apartheid

Live webcasting of the North American Debating Championships

2012-01-26T06:58:00.002Z

The CUSID-APDA North American Championships is coming up this weekend, January 27 – 29, 2012. We will be live streaming the final round of the tournament on Sunday, January 29th starting at 2:30pm. The link and information are below.

The URL for the webcast is:
http://mediacast.ic.utoronto.ca/20120129-HHDC/index.htm

BASIC VIEWING INSTRUCTIONS
For Widows Vista and XP users
-Windows Media Player must be installed.
-Internet Explorer is the preferred browser to access the URL. Other browsers may have problems.
-It may help to pre-install Silverlight software from Microsoft to access the Windows Media stream. (http://www.microsft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx
-Windows 7 has not been tested as yet.

Mac OS X users
-Use Safari as the browser to access the URL.
-Select the Real Media link on the browser interface. Mac users should install Real Player from http://www.real.com.
-Microsoft does not directly support Windows Media in OS X. Do not use the Windows Media link unless you have installed the software called Flip4Mac which may work but we cannot guarantee success with it.
-You can also pre-install the Mac OS X Silverlight software from Microsoft to access the Windows Media stream. (http://www.microsft.com/getsilverlight/Get-Started/Install/Default.aspx)

Wales and Scotland contest 2012 WSDC final

2012-01-26T06:52:00.001Z

Wales and Scotland will contest the final of the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships in Cape Town.

In the semi finals Scotland defeated Philippines 6-1 while Wales defeated England also by 6-1.

World Schools Debating Championships Qtr Final Results

2012-01-25T14:03:00.002Z

Philippines defeats Singapore (5-0)

England defeats New Zealand (3-2)

Scotland defeats Australia (5-0)

Wales defeats Ireland (3-2)

The Draw for the Semi Finals is

England vs. Wales

Judges: Seham Areff (Chair), Chris Bishop, Taimur Bandey, Tracey Lee, Chris Hibbard, Iqbal Hafiedz, Eirianna Kouri

Philippines vs. Singapore

Judges: Steph Dick (Chair), Kristen Price, Josh Park, Chris Sanchez, Mehvesh Ahmed, Rocio Abril, Dan de Kadt!

Motion for the Semis THS a 100% tax on inherited wealth

World Schools Octo-Final Results

2012-01-25T06:51:00.002Z

OF1: Singapore (1) vs. South Korea (16) 2-1 Singapore
OF2: Philippines (8) vs. Canada (9) 2-1 Philippines
OF3: Australia (4) vs. Malaysia (13) 3-0 Australia
OF4: Scotland (5) vs. Greece (12) 3-0 Scotland
OF5: Lithuania (11) vs. England (6) 3-0 England
OF6: Hong Kong (14) vs. New Zealand (3) 2-1 New Zealand
OF7: India (10) vs. Wales (7) 3-0 Wales
OF8: Ireland (15) vs. South Africa (2) 2-1 Ireland

Quarterfinal Match-up
QF1: Singapore (1) vs. Philippines (8) (Judges:Christopher Bishop (chair), Taiumur Bandey, Seham Areff, Iqbal Gafiedz, Eirianna Kouri)

QF2: Australia (4) vs. Scotland (5) (Judges: Tracey Lee (Chair), Beth James, TJ Senamngern, Desley Horton, Tom McLennan)
QF3: England (6) vs. New Zealand (3) (Judges: Daniel de Kadt (Chair), Stephanie Dick, Chris Sanchez, Chris Hibbard, Mehvesh Mumtaz Ahmed)

QF4: Wales (7) vs. Ireland (15) (Judges: Joshua Park (Chair), Kip Oebanda, Irene McGrath, Thng Yi Ren, Kristen Price)

World Schools 2012 Final Tab

2012-01-24T06:48:00.001Z

The draw for the Knock outs of the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships is

1 Singapore vs 16. Korea
8 Philippines vs 9 Canada

4 Australia vs 13 Malaysia
5 Scotland vs 12 Greece

6 England vs 11 Lithuania
3 New Zealand vs 14 Hong Kong

7 Wales vs 10 India
2 South Africa vs 15 Ireland.
You can find this in a neater graphical view showing the path to the final on http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/Knockout.pdf
Also the overall final team tab is

TEAM TAB AFTER EIGHT ROUNDS
Position Team Debates Wins Adjudicators Total points
1 SINGAPORE 8 8 23 6233.5
2 SOUTH AFRICA 8 8 21 6179.5
3 NEW ZEALAND 8 8 21 6112.5
4 AUSTRALIA 8 7 20 6151.0
5 SCOTLAND 8 7 19 6122.5
6 ENGLAND 8 6 20 6241.0
7 WALES 8 6 18 6088.5
8 PHILIPPINES 8 6 18 6005.5
9 CANADA 8 6 17 6087.5
10 INDIA 8 6 17 6029.0
11 LITHUANIA 8 6 17 5953.5
12 GREECE 8 6 16 6066.0
13 MALAYSIA 8 6 15 5991.5
14 HONG KONG 8 5 16 6127.0
15 IRELAND 8 5 16 6033.5
16 KOREA 8 5 15 6104.5
17 PAKISTAN 8 5 15 6082.0
18 ISRAEL 8 5 15 5942.0
19 SRI LANKA 8 5 14 6015.0
20 THAILAND 8 5 14 5930.0
21 ESTONIA 8 5 14 5915.5
22 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 8 5 12 5962.5
23 SLOVENIA 8 4 14 5979.0
24 NETHERLANDS 8 4 13 5983.0
25 INDONESIA 8 4 13 5923.5
26 SLOVAKIA 8 4 13 5919.5
27 MEXICO 8 4 12 6008.0
28 SWAZILAND 8 4 12 5910.5
29 ARGENTINA 8 4 12 5860.5
30 TURKEY 8 4 11 5897.0
31 CZECH REPUBLIC 8 3 10 5898.5
32 CHINA 8 3 10 5849.5
33 ROMANIA 8 3 10 5841.0
34 ZIMBABWE 8 3 10 5783.0
35 PERU 8 3 8 5847.5
36 GERMANY 8 3 7 5870.0
37 BANGLADESH 8 2 12 5932.0
38 UNITED STATES 8 2 8 5831.5
39 BOTSWANA 8 2 6 5623.5
40 QATAR 8 2 4 5640.0
41 DENMARK 8 1 5 5768.0
42 SWEDEN 8 1 5 5756.0
43 BERMUDA 8 1 3 5637.0
44 KUWAIT 8 0 2 5763.0
45 MOLDOVA 8 0 2 5640.5
46 JAPAN 8 0 1 5606.5
47 NIGERIA 8 0 0 5647.5
48 MONGOLIA 8 0 0 5436.0

World Schools Results after Round 6 #WSDC

2012-01-23T08:22:00.004Z

From http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/

TEAM WINS JUDGES
Argentina 3 10
Australia 5 15
Bangladesh 2 10
Bermuda 0 1
Botswana 2 6
Canada 5 14
China 1 5
Czech Republic 3 8
Denmark 0 3
England 5 16
Estonia 3 9
Germany 1 3
Greece 5 13
Hong Kong 4 12
India 4 11
Indonesia 3 10
Ireland 3 9
Israel 3 10
Japan 0 1
Korea 5 15
Kuwait 0 2
Lithuania 4 11
Malaysia 4 10
Mexico 2 6
Moldova 0 1
Mongolia 0 0
Netherlands 3 9
New Zealand 6 16
Nigeria 0 0
Pakistan 3 10
Peru 3 7
Philippines 4 13
Qatar 2 4
Romania 3 9
Scotland 5 14
Singapore 6 17
Slovakia 3 10
Slovenia 4 12
South Africa 6 16
Sri Lanka 4 10
Swaziland 3 8
Sweden 1 4
Thailand 4 11
Turkey 3 8
UAE 4 10
USA 2 7
Wales 5 15
Zimbabwe 2 7

Note: The Chief Adjudicators do not yet guarantee the accuracy of these results.

Note that one judge retired through illness during Round 4, but the debate was allowed to continue.
This result is still to be confirmed in due course.
Note that the India v. Mexico debate for Round 5 has been postponed until this evening.

GUU Parliamentary Invite‏

2012-01-21T06:45:00.000Z

As I'm sure many of you know, IVs are but a mere hobby for debaters of the Grand Old Union. GUU debating is really all about Parliamentaries. And, as we spend so much of our time explaining to you what they are, and how much fun they are, we stopped for a minute and realised we are being selfish. You should all get to join in the fun... but just for one night.

We invite you to enter a strange new world where the only Economist we care about is Mr Callum MacMaster, where facts are mainly ignored, and where marks for style include how well you can iron a shirt.

On Friday 16th March, we are holding the final Parliamentary of the 2011-12 season, where the Whig Club shall be in government, lead by the Hon. Property Ladder, known to many of you as Mr John McKee.

There are five clubs in the Chamber - and each has one space for a guest to speak in a round during the Evening Session. Beyond that, every Club is opening membership to any guest who wishes to join for the day to sit on the benches and ask POIs to the other Clubs. If you would like to speak, selection will be made by the leader of each Club. Get in touch if you wish to speak and I shall pass on details. There will also be a small prize for the best guest speaker.

The Parliamentary starts at 3pm and the Afternoon Session ends around 7pm, at which point we have dinner. If you wish to join us for dinner (to which you are most welcome) the cost is £10 BUT we need numbers by Tuesday 13 March. The Evening Session will commence around 8.30pm, and finish (roughly) 1am. As it is the last Parliamentary, the Clerks then retire to work out who has won, while everyone else consumes a large volume of complimentary alcohol. Hopefully, the results shall be available within a few hours, and will then be announced by candlelight in the Debates Chamber in the wee small hours.

We guarantee a fantastic night of true GUU hospitality, and we'd love you to take your chance to join in.

There is no charge, other than for dinner if you wish to attend. You will receive lots of free alcohol in the Evening Session, and we can offer crash if required. Please let us know if you're coming in advance to have an estimate of numbers. Dress code for the Evening Session is officially black tie, though a suit shall suffice. Please note that to sit in the Chamber, the dress code is a minimum of shirt and trousers (female equivalent: office wear) and there is a strict no denim and no trainers policy. To speak, you must be wearing a tie and ideally a jacket.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with myself at kirstykakanskas[at]gmail[dot]com, or the Debates Convener at debates[at]guu[dot]co[dot]uk.

The guide to Parliamentary debating can be found at the following link -
http://www.gudialectic.co.uk/archives.html - and contains more information.

Hoping to see you there, as well as at Ancients on 2nd/3rd March (details of which can be found at http://glasgowancients2012.wordpress.com).

Kirsty Kakanskas
Head Clerk

Glasgow University Union

DLSU Worlds Evaluation

2012-01-20T06:35:00.004Z

Good day!

Again, we would like to thank you for allowing us to take you to Manila. It has been our pleasure to host you last December 27, 2011 - January 4, 2012. We would appreciate your help by completing this short evaluation form so that we can further improve on our hosting and provide constructive feedback to all parties involved in the preparations.

Please visit www.dlsuworlds.com or directly to this link to be able to answer our online evaluation form. For those who cannot access google docs, please send us your feedback by sending us an email to info@dlsuworlds.com.

Thank you very much!

Missing you guys dearly, ;)

Gabriel Romeo Ferriols Pavico
Project Coordinator
De La Salle Worlds 2012

World Schools Round 1 & 2 Results & Ranking

2012-01-20T06:33:00.002Z

See http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/ for more info

Ranking
TEAM WINS JUDGES
Argentina 1 3
Australia 1 3
Bangladesh 0 2
Bermuda 0 0
Botswana 1 3
Canada 2 5
China 1 3
Czech Republic 1 3
Denmark 0 1
England 2 6
Estonia 1 3
Germany 0 0
Greece 2 5
Hong Kong 1 4
India 1 2
Indonesia 1 3
Ireland 1 3
Israel 1 4
Japan 0 1
Korea 2 6
Kuwait 0 0
Lithuania 1 4
Malaysia 2 4
Mexico 1 4
Moldova 0 0
Mongolia 0 0
Netherlands 2 4
New Zealand 2 5
Nigeria 0 0
Pakistan 1 3
Peru 1 2
Philippines 1 4
Qatar 1 2
Romania 1 4
Scotland 1 3
Singapore 2 6
Slovakia 1 4
Slovenia 1 4
South Africa 2 5
Sri Lanka 1 2
Swaziland 1 3
Sweden 0 0
Thailand 1 3
Turkey 1 3
UAE 2 5
USA 1 4
Wales 2 5
Zimbabwe 0 1

Round 2
Motion: This House believes that newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to participate in elections

Argentina Opp (3) defeated Mongolia Prop (0)
Australia Opp (2) defeated Mexico Prop (1)
Botswana Opp (3) defeated Nigeria Prop (0)
Canada Opp (3) defeated Peru Prop (0)
China Prop (3) defeated Moldova Opp (0)
England Opp (3) defeated Estonia Prop (0)
Greece Prop (2) defeated Bangladesh Opp (1)
Indonesia Opp (3) defeated Zimbabwe Prop (0)
Korea Prop (3) defeated Scotland Opp (0)
Lithuania Prop (3) defeated Germany Opp (0)
Malaysia Prop (2) defeated Denmark Opp (1)
Netherlands Opp (2) defeated Philippines Prop (1)
New Zealand Prop (2) defeated Israel Opp (1)
Pakistan Opp (3) defeated India Prop (0)
Qatar Opp (2) defeated Swaziland Prop (1)
Romania Prop (3) defeated Kuwait Opp (0)
Singapore Prop (3) defeated Sri Lanka Opp (0)
Slovakia Opp (3) defeated Czech Republic Prop (0)
South Africa Opp (2) defeated Hong Kong Prop (1)
Thailand Opp (3) defeated Sweden Prop (0)
Turkey Opp (3) defeated Bermuda Prop (0)
UAE Opp (3) defeated Ireland Prop (0)
USA Prop (3) defeated Japan Opp (0)
Wales Prop (2) defeated Slovenia Opp (1)

Round 1
Motion: This House would ban alcohol

Canada Prop (2) defeated USA Opp (1)
Czech Republic Opp (3) defeated Pakistan Prop (0)
England Prop (3) defeated China Opp (0)
Estonia Opp (3) defeated Moldova Prop (0)
Greece Opp (3) defeated Qatar Prop (0)
Hong Kong Opp (3) defeated Turkey Prop (0)
India Opp (2) defeated Slovakia Prop (1)
Ireland Opp (3) defeated Germany Prop (0)
Israel Prop (3) defeated Nigeria Opp (0)
Korea Opp (3) defeated Argentina Prop (0)
Malaysia Opp (2) defeated Australia Prop (1)
Mexico Opp (3) defeated Denmark Prop (0)
Netherlands Prop (2) defeated Romania Opp (1)
New Zealand Opp (3) defeated Botswana Prop (0)
Peru Opp (2) defeated Japan Prop (1)
Philippines Opp (3) defeated Kuwait Prop (0)
Scotland Prop (3) defeated Mongolia Opp (0)
Singapore Opp (3) defeated Indonesia Prop (0)
Slovenia Prop (3) defeated Sweden Opp (0)
South Africa Prop (3) defeated Bermuda Opp (0)
Sri Lanka Prop (2) defeated Zimbabwe Opp (1)
Swaziland Opp (2) defeated Bangladesh Prop (1)
UAE Prop (2) defeated Lithuania Opp (1)
Wales Opp (3) defeated Thailand Prop (0)

Belgrade International Model United Nations BIMUN 2012‏

2012-01-20T06:22:00.000Z

The United Nations Association of Serbia is organizing for the ninth time in a row the „BELGRADE INTERNATIONAL MODEL UNITED NATIONS - BIMUN“ from 15 to 18 March 2012.
Participants at the BIMUN are social science students from all over the world.
„Belgrade International Model UN – BIMUN 2012“ will feature comprehensive simulations of the following UN bodies, with focus on real-life agenda items:
• THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL: „The situation in Libya“
• THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL Crisis Committee: „The situation in the Middle East: Israeli-Palestinian conflict“ • GENERAL ASSEMBLY – II Committee: „Sustainable Development – The Transition to a Green Economy“
• HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: „Human rights and corruption in Southeast Europe“
• UNESCO World Heritage Committee: „World Heritage and identity of cultures“
• BIMUN Junior / High School Committee: „Terrorism and International Security: The Situation in Afghanistan“.

BIMUN gives students a possibility to learn more about current international issues and ways to resolve them within the UN system, to apply basic diplomatic courtesy and also contributes to development of their personal skills (public speaking, negotiations, debating and compromise). „BIMUN 2012“ will be an opportunity for new experiences, diplomatic debates and young leaders networking. The working language will be English.

Eligible to take part in this event are social science students and postgraduates up to 29 years of age, fluent in English. Also, a filled-in application form and a motivation letter have to be sent.

Best participants will get a financial award and a chance to participate in „BIMUN Plus“ Project.

For further information about the conference itself and the application procedure:

Belgrade International Model United Nations - BIMUN

22, Makedonska | Belgrade 11000 | Republic of Serbia

Website: www.bimun-unaserbia.org | E-mail: bimun.unaserbia@gmail.com ,

Visit us at: Facebook | YouTube | Twitter

Thank you very much for your support.

Sincerely yours,

Vanja Popovic, BIMUN Team Coordinator

Biljana Vukosavljevic, President of the BIMUN Organizing Committee

United Nations Association of Serbia

Updates from World Schools Debating Championships 2012 #WSDC

2012-01-19T12:01:00.000Z

Hello all – good luck to the competitors in WSDC 2012 which is now underway. Just a reminder you can follow the results of the debates in a number of places, including:

· Official WSDC Twitter feed: http://www.twitter.com/SchoolsDebate

· WSDC 2012 feed: https://twitter.com/#!/WSDC2012

· WSDC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/World-Schools-Debating-Championships/340591412990

· WSDC website: http://www.schoolsdebate.com/years/2012/

· WSDC 2012 website: http://www.sa-debating.co.za/wsdc/

· And the WSDC blog: http://blog.schoolsdebate.com/

Overwhelmed by choice? Follow @SchoolsDebate and @WSDC2012 on Twitter, or keep visiting the WSDC blog. We’ll post the results as soon as the adjudication team are done with them.

All the best

Trevor

(WSDC Development Committee)

Dutch Open 2012

2012-01-17T04:00:00.000Z

On the 30th and 31st of March the Erasmus Debating Society and the Leiden Debating Union will bring you the very first Dutch Open!

Registration:
Teams: € 50-
Judges: Free
Team cap is 52 teams
N-1 will apply for domestic institutions. There is no judging rule for non-domestic institutions, but we welcome and encourage them to send judges.
An institutional cap of 3 will apply to Dutch institutions

At this moment crash is only guaranteed for non-domestic institutions and those having to travel far (e.g. Groningen/Middelburg)

Reg is open now!https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpnUzYwM0NtNjg5dFBJNlZhOVhwSkE6MQ
Registration will be open till the 1st of March, more information concerning payment will be sent after registration.

The IV:
5 preliminary rounds
7 min speeches
Break to semi’s
Novice final!
All meals provided on Friday and Saturday
Two Socials!

CA-Team:
Will soon be announced!

Location:
The Dutch Open takes place at the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw in Leiden

Leiden is only a 20 min train ride away from Schiphol Airport(Amsterdam). But has good public transport connections to Rotterdam and Eindhoven Airport as well. If you are traveling from Germany or France the train would also be a good option to consider.

From Leiden central station it is only a short walk to the university

address:
Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw (KOG)
Steenschuur 25
2311 ES Leiden

Time Table:
Friday
14.00 reg
15.30 Welcome and announcements
16.30 Dinner
18.30 round 1
20.30 Round 2
22.00 Social

Saturday:
10.00 reg
11.15 round 3
13.00 lunch
13.45 round 4
15.30 round 5
17.30 semi finals
19.30 dinner
21.30 finals
23.30 Social + results

More info:dutchdebatingopen@gmail.com

Invitation to Inner Temple IV‏

2012-01-16T11:46:00.003Z

Greetings debaters!

The Inner Temple IV, 'probably' the best dressed IV on the circuit, will be held on Friday 3rd and Saturday 4th February 2012.

The competition is being made possible this year by the generous sponsorship of Blackstone Chambers. Our CA this year will be Alex Deane – former world champion.

We will be running five rounds of 5 minute speeches before breaking to semi-finals, resulting in a public final. All break rounds will consist of 7 minute speeches.

We’ll also be offering a candlelit, sit down dinner before the final (romantic?), and an uber central London social afterwards.

Registration is now open and all this is available for £65. To register please contact the Convenor: Peter Elms at inner2007@hotmail.co.uk or via our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Inner-Temple-IV-2012/351248574889169

Payment can be made before, or on the day - details to follow upon reg.

We are also 'debating' whether to break all teams on 10 points...WUDC style...

Hopefully see you there.

Peter

Convener

@InnerTDebating

Inner Temple Debating Society

UL Open 2012

2012-01-16T07:24:00.003Z

Hey one and all,

The UL Open 2012 will be taking place on the 9th and 10th of March this year and promises to be the best one yet!

The team cap is provisionally set at 32 teams.

We have a wonderful and very enthuastic CA team this year including:
-UCD's finest Christine Simpson (WUDC semi-finalist!,EUDC quarter Finalist 2011,Cambridge 2011 quarter Finalist,Oxford quarter Finalist 2011, Edinburgh Open 2011 Winner,most importantly UL Open 2011 Finalist and too many other breaks too mention)
-UL's (whatevs NUIG) own Maurice Cotter (UL Open 2011 Finalist,UCD Earlsfort Open Finalist 2011,Cork IV 2010 Semi-Finalist,Cork Open 2011 Finalist and various other accomplishments such as best speaker wins etc.)

Our Tabmaster is Harry McEvansoneya (UL Open Finalist), who has run tabs at EUDC(!!!),SOAS, UCD, Maynooth and Trinity as well as being an excellent tabmaster at last year's IV. He has confirmed he will be mostly sober so huzzah!

As always UL never fails to feed its guests and there will be food and drink in abundance including baked goods on arrival (provided ye arrive on time)!

Reg will open on January 30th 2012.
Payment in advance of the IV is 60euro.
Payment on the day is 70euro.
There will be a reduced reg fee for UK teams (30 euro) and non-IONA teams (FREE).

We have a limited amount of crash, with the first priority being making sure any judges that travel are comfortable and any non-Irish teams are also a priority so if you could book accommodation for the weekend where possible it would be great. If you need crash, don't be afraid to contact me and I'll endeavor to help.

There is a certain amount of money set aside for funding judges to come down to Limerick, if you're interested in coming drop me an email or a phone call (ulopen2012@gmail.com and 0870569164 respectively) and I'll do my best to accommodate you. There will be much free drink and appreciation.

Any questions, feel free to contact me at ulopen2012@gmail.com.

Best wishes,
Michelle Coyle
IV Convenor

China Open 2012‏

2012-01-16T07:21:00.004Z

Willamette University, the International Debate Education Association, and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics proudly announce the Third Annual China Open to be held on May 25 - 27, 2011.

The tournament will feature competition in three divisions: English and Mandarin divisions of British Parliamentary debate and an English division of Moot Court.

Invitation

Schedule

Registration Information

Singapore Debate Open Results

2012-01-13T07:08:00.002Z

Hi everyone!

NUS would like to congratulate the winners of the Singapore Debate Open 2011, NUS 1, represented by Robin Teo and Imran Rahim, for yet another exciting performance along side Hello Kitty, represented by Sharmila and Tate; The Drowned Men, represented by Adrian Rabe and Sir Martin; and lastly, one and a half men, represented by Lee Jia Wei and Ashish Kumar.

Here are the team rankings and speaker rankings. We hope to see you once again at Singapore Debate Open 2012!

Cheers,

Danielle, Leejing and Ashok

Co-Convenors

National University of Singapore

America's Cup just before USU‏

2012-01-12T07:12:00.000Z

Participate in the Race for the Cup!

http://debate.uvm.edu/debateblog/americascup/

Teams composed of any two individuals from any nation may apply for a
space in the America’s Cup Debates, to be held 12 April 2012 on the
campus of Willamette University in Oregon, the day before the US
Universities Debating Championship. Sixteen teams will be chosen for the
contest, a seeding round, a quarterfinal, semifinal and then a final
round to occur in the evening as a major public debate. The format is WUDC.

Interested parties should offer their brief debating particulars to the
Convener, Alfred Snider of the University of Vermont.

The first wave of slots will be announced in the middle of January of 2012.

alfred.snider@uvm.edu

MAD Mini 2012

2012-01-11T11:07:00.001Z

Hello everyone!
As many of you will have heard, MAD Mini is an upcoming tournament hosted at Monash Caulfield between the 10th and the 12th of February, aimed at easing new and old debaters back into the swing of things before University rears its ugly head. As many of you pay not know, however, registration for MAD Mini is now open! You can register at our website (http://www.madmini.me), and we advise you to as soon as possible to give us the best idea of numbers for all that food and alcohol you'll be consuming over the weekend. Registration is $50 for debaters and $30 for adjudicators, and we'll send through payment information as soon as you register.

If you scroll through the Facebook event description or look at the website, you'll also see a number of updates, including a new schedule, and information about our awesome social functions. There's also the option to purchase food for dinner on Sunday night after the Grand Final, and we hope you'll all join us for some excellent (and affordable) pub food at the Racecourse Hotel to celebrate the (undoubtedly excellent) debate.

If you are travelling from interstate (or even just very far away in Melbourne), then are offering a free billeting service for your needs. Just let us know on the registration form if you'll be requiring a bed, and our volunteers will happily put you up for no charge. You should also let us know if you need a lift from the airport, so that you aren't stranded out at Tullamarine. Equally, if you're willing to put people up for the weekend, don't hesitate to volunteer!

As always, if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us at enquiries@madmini.me. You can also follow us on Twitter and RSVP to the Facebook Event.

Look forward to seeing you all at MAD Mini 2012!

-- Stephen Moore

WUDC 2012 Official Tab released

2012-01-10T10:41:00.000Z

World Universities Debating Championships 2012 Official Tab
WUDC Team Tab
WUDC Speaker Tab

ESL Competition Team Tab
ESL Competition Speaker Tab

EFL Competition Team Tab
EFL Competition Speaker Tab

Position   Uni   Team   Total   Spks
1   OXFORD   A   23   1508
2   OXFORD   B   23   1484
3   MONASH   C   22   1475
4   TCD Hist   B   22   1475
5   SYDNEY   A   21   1495
6   YALE   B   21   1452
7   VICTORIA WELLINGTON   A   20   1494
8   STANFORD   A   20   1483
9   VICTORIA WELLINGTON   B   20   1468
10   DURHAM   A   20   1466
11   UCD L&H   A   20   1457
12   AUCKLAND   A   20   1443
13   NOTTINGHAM   A   20   1438
14   MONASH   A   20   1435
15   SYDNEY   C   20   1430
16   BPP   A   19   1469
17   CAMBRIDGE   A   19   1462
18   SYDNEY   B   19   1459
19   HARVARD   A   19   1439
20   MELBOURNE   B   19   1439
21   H &W Smith   A   19   1431
22   OXFORD   D   19   1431
23   ALASKA   A   19   1423
24   BIRMINGHAM   A   19   1415
25   TCD Phil   A   19   1408
26   DURHAM   B   19   1402
27   AUCKLAND   B   19   1400
28   MONASH   B   18   1468
29   OXFORD   C   18   1458
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Launching Debating Mate Worldwide‏

2012-01-10T08:23:00.000Z

Debate Mate, a charity that works in the poorest parts of the UK teaching debating and this year we're all set to take this to the world. We send top university debaters into schools around the world to teach debating. Check out the promo video for more information:

We have secured funding for a number of places globally and want to continue to branch out the new places in Africa, America, The Middle East, and Asia and we therefore really need the support of the debating community to act as mentors around the world. We were recently in Israel and Palestine and we were overwhelmed with how supportive the Debaters of Israel were!

Debate Mate empowers young people and creates the leaders of tomorrow. We send top university debaters into areas of high child-poverty, to run after-school debating clubs, through which children improve their verbal intelligence and higher-order thinking skills.

Our core programme has been running in the UK for four years and reaches over 2,000 young people a week across four cities. Farther afield, we have successfully taught our programme to disadvantaged schoolchildren in Nepal, Palestine/Israel, and Boston.

This year we are expanding our international work in a big way, with a concerted launch of Debate Mate Worldwide. In addition to those countries already mentioned, we expect to be running summer schemes in India, the UAE, Kenya, Uganda, Jamaica, South Africa and Rwanda. We are looking for motivated 'world-changers' to help us reach even more young people and change even more lives. This is open to ALL debaters Worldwide.

Sign up at debatemate.com/worldwide. This is open to ALL debaters world wide. If you have any questions don't hesitate to contact seun@debatemate.com

Moving to the new idebate.org among other things

2012-01-06T11:25:00.000Z

Preview of New iDebate.org Website from Alfred Snider on Vimeo.

Invitation to the LSE Open 2012

2012-01-06T09:59:00.001Z

The LSE Open is the largest and most prestigious open debate tournament in the UK. Registration is now open, so be sure to register early to guarantee yourself a spot before we fill our team cap!

This year, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch LSE Open will be taking place on the 18th and 19th of February 2012.

Registration Details:

Please register on our website starting January 1st 2012. Click here to register.

The registration fee will be £50 for IONA teams, and £40 for international teams.

The team cap is set at 100 (there will be no institutional cap). The N-1 judges rule applies.

This year, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch LSE Open will be bigger and better than ever:

5 Preliminary Rounds of Closed Motions, 7 minute speeches. Open break to Quarter-Finals, ESL break to Semi-Finals.

Our distinguished CA team will include:

Chief Adjudicator Shengwu Li (WUDC Finalist, EUDC & Cambridge IV Winner)

Chief Adjudicator Ruth Faller (EUDC Semi-Finalist, EUDC CA 2011, Durham IV & Galway IV Winner)

Deputy Chief Adjudicator Koen van Schie (Oxford IV ESL Winner, EUDC ESL Semifinalist & Cambridge IV ESL Finalist)

We will be having amazing socials on Friday (for early arrivals), Saturday and Sunday nights!

For more information, please contact our Organising Committee at lsedebate@gmail.com
We look forward to seeing you come February!

Best wishes,
John Lee

Convenor | Bank of America Merrill Lynch LSE Open 2012
LSE SU Debate Society | London School of Economics & Political Science

De La Salle Worlds - Championship Dinner Video

2012-01-04T19:02:00.001Z

HWS / IDEA Round Robin

2012-01-04T00:11:00.003Z

2012 HWS / IDEA Round Robin

Watch the promo video shown at DLSU Worlds

Contact barnes@hws.edu for more details.