Am Samstag, dem 19. November, findet in Maastricht erstmalig das Maastricht Novice 2016 statt. Hierbei handelt es sich um ein englischsprachiges Einsteigerturnier (Redezeit 5 Minuten) im British Parliament Style, das aus vier Vorrunden und einem Finale besteht. Die Chefjuroren sind Srdjan Miletic, Jelte Schievels und Lucy Lester. Fragen können an rhetoricadebating@gmail.com gerichtet werden. Die bisher bekannten Informationen im Überblick: Datum: 19. November, 2016 Unterbringung: Nicht vorgesehen (eintägige Turnier), für weiter entfernte Clubs kann nach Bedarf eine Crashmöglichkeit organisiert werden (Kontakt via obige E-Mail) Anmeldung: Onlineformular Anmeldegebühr: Redner 10€, Juroren 5€ Jurorenregel: tba Format: BPS Runden: 4 Vorrunden, Finale Chefjuroren: Srdjan ...

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" ...

Dan Lahav (Tel Aviv) and Yair Har-Oz (Haifa) won the Tilbury House IV - the 2nd European Debates Conference. They beat Osnabrück A (Stefan Torges, Jan Dirk Capelle), Maastricht Guess The Novice (Srdjan Miletic, Evelyn Svingen) and BDU Die schweigenden Lämmer (Rebecca Irvine, Philippe Holzhey) in the final, debating the motion "This House would ban anti EU parties from participating in the EU elections."  The final was jugded by Senna Maatoug (Chair), Itay Ben Yair, John Harper, Leo Münstermann and Emma Hartholt. [caption id="attachment_25062" align="alignright" width="320"] The final of the Tilbury House IV 2014. © Achte Minute[/caption] The following teams broke to ...