[caption id="attachment_35037" align="alignright" width="400"] Ryan Fisk and Michael Crossely - © University of York Debating Society[/caption] The York IV 2019 was won by the team Breaking On A Points Based System (Michael Crossely, Ryan Fisk) from the University of Hull. They won the final out of Closing Government against the Opening Government He taught me LO, he taught me PM, he taught me Pain, thank u, Fred (Craig McDonald, Georgie Friend; Cardiff/Warwick), the Opening Opposition Rafael Shimabukuro memes for woke male feminist teens (Joshua Varughese, Lucie Slamova; Warwick) and the Closing Opposition Manchester QS (Rae Qiu, Yusuf Steel). The motion read ...

At the confluence of the rivers Foss and Ouse lies Eboracum, or so was York called under the Roman conquerors. On May 7 this year, it will be stage to the York Open. The one-day competition is promised to be “great for Euros prep, or alternatively a good opportunity for those who would like the chance to speak with an old friend, or former speaking partner”, the convenors told Achte Minute. They offer four prelims with a direct break to final – and seven-minute speeches throughout the day. Chief adjudicator of the York Open is Tom Hosking from Oxford and Dearbhail ...

“There's no money in Debateland!“ – pieces of wisdom abound in genuine debateland as they do in our beautiful ZEIT DEBATTEN country. I knew that from the very beginning of my British debating career when I started to attend the Leeds Debatin Union. And of course I appreciate the refreshing pint after a fervid debate. As an Erasmus student at University of Leeds I began exploring the British debating circuit a few weeks ago. Bad news first: There is no OPD (open parliamentary debate, a format developed in Tübingen, Germany) on this island! No kontaktfähigkeit (interpersonal skills), no sprachkraft (expressiveness), ...

Am 15. Mai findet im nordenglischen York das York Open 2010 statt. Geplant sind vier Vorrunden mit fünfminütigen Reden in englischer Sprache im Format BPS und ein direkter Break ins Finale. Informationen und Anmeldung unter debating[at]yusu.org. Am selben Wochenende findet die ZEIT DEBATTE in Tübingen statt.