Sixth Form Debating Competition 2023
in Partnership with The Leeds Salon
Thursday 16th November 2023
The competition uses the format and topic guides of the Academy of Ideas’ Debating Matters competition and is also included as a DM20for20 event, one of 20 events to mark Debating Matters’ 20th anniversary.
15:30 – Debate 1 – “Corporate sponsorship is good for the arts”
FOR: Abbey Grange CofE Academy
AGAINST: Notre Dame Catholic Sixth-Form College
Judges:
Annabel Carington, Carington Creative
Florence Symington, Royal Armouries Museum
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon
16:40 – Debate 2 – “Skills gap: To many people are going to university”
FOR: Grammar School at Leeds
AGAINST: Abbey Grange CofE Academy
Judges:
Simon Kay OBE, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Geoff Kidder, Debating Matters
Rebecca Lowe, Royal Armouries Museum
17:45 – Break
18:00 – Debate 3 – “Western museums should repatriate culture artefacts”
FOR: Notre Dame Catholic Sixth-Form College
AGAINST: Grammar School at Leeds
Judges:
Annabel Carington, Carington Creative
Nat Edwards, Royal Armouries Museum
Geoff Kidders, Debating Matters
19:10-19:30 – Judge’s Deliberations & Results
WINNING SCHOOL: Grammar School at Leeds
BEST INDIVIDUAL PRIZE: Hannah de Dombal, Grammar School at Leeds
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