[caption id="attachment_35646" align="alignright" width="400"] Die Sieger: Samuel Scheuer and Marius Hobbhahn - © Tilbury House[/caption] Im Grand Final des Tilbury House Cologne Open 2019 konnten sich Marius Hobbhahn und Samuel Scheuer als Team Colognialism - Appropriating your points in der Eröffnenden Opposition zum Thema “THO artwork that humanizes pro-regime germans during the Second World War" gegen die Eröffnende Regierung Be my Whip (Lisa Knodt, Lion Seiffert), die Schließende Regierung The DDG was wrong (Luise Häder, Anton Leicht) und die Schließende Opposition BDU Breaking Down (Lena Kolle, Elena Müller) durchsetzen. Juriert wurde das Finale von Helena Hecke (c), Samantha Pashollari, Ruben Dillmann und den Chefjurierenden Aishling Kinsella und Abigail Leblanc. Ebenfalls Teil der ...

Von Freitag, dem 25. November, bis Sonntag, dem 27. November, findet in Köln das Tilbury House IV 2016 statt. Da es sich um ein internationales Turnier handelt, werden die Debatten im British Parliament Style und auf Englisch gehalten. Mixed-Teams sind zugelassen. Nach fünf Vorrunden folgen Halbfinals und Finale. Die Chefjury besteht aus Johan Båge, Duncan Crowe und Melda Eren. Fragen können an Agnes Ineza, erreichbar via agnes.ineza@gmail.com, gerichtet werden. Die bisher bekannten Informationen im Überblick: Datum: 25. bis 27. November, 2016 Ausrichter: Tilbury House Unterbringung: Hostel Anmeldung: Onlineformular Anmeldegebühr: Redner 55€, Juroren 50€ Jurorenregel: n-1 Format: BPS Runden: 5 Vorrunden, Halbfinals und Finale Chefjuroren: Johan ...

As a prominent part of the thematic focus on Europe, the VDCH – Association of German Speaking University Debating Societies – and two member clubs organized two “European Debates Conferences”. They aim to bring the participants of the other projects and many other debating societies together to jointly debate about controversial political, economic and societal issues. The participants are not only improving their knowledge about Europe and their rhetorical and argumentative skills. They also get to know students from up to 11 other countries and learn about the differences and similarities in their points of view on common challenges. [caption id="attachment_25351" ...

In the year of the European Elections, the Association of German Speaking University Debating Societies (VDCH) chose to make Europe the main focus of its work. For that purpose, it participates in conducting 22 public “European Debates” in 7 countries, to invite students and the broad public to actively take part in debates concerning the most important subjects of European policy. Also, this years’ German-Speaking University Debating Championship was held under the motto “Speaking German – Thinking European” and hosted participants from many other European countries. As a prominent part of the thematic focus on Europe, the VDCH and two member ...

From the 7th to the 9th November, the annual Tilbury House IV will take place in Cologne, Germany. The event will combine the debate tournament with the 2nd European Debates Conference. There will therefore be a public debate with politicians on an European issue. The tournament features five preliminary rounds with seven minute speeches and a break to the semi-finals. Chief Adjudicators (CAs) of the tournament will be Yael Bezalel, former finalist of the European Universities Debating Championship (EUDC) in the category English as a Second Language (ESL) and judge of the EUDC ESL final 2014; and Pete Doughton, octo-final ...