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The Leeds Salon is a public discussion forum founded in February 2009. The Salon organises discussions around political, cultural and scientific issues, with the aim of challenging any orthodoxies along the way, defending and developing the legacy of the Enlightenment and, above all, providing a space where free speech can take place. Find out more.

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The next salon will be in spring 2025

RA Sixth Form Debate 2024 Winners Grammar School at Leeds

Sixth Form Debating Competition 2024

Wednesday 27th November the Royal Armouries Museum (Leeds) will host its second annual sixth form debating competition in partnership with The Leeds Salon, and sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson (Leeds).

The competition will involve 6 schools competing to be crowned 2024 champions. There will also be individual prizes to be won by any sixth form student, whether for being a good panellist and/or for asking good questions from the floor.

The competition uses the format and topic guides of Debating Matters. And the Interdisciplinary Ethics Applied (IDEA) Centre of the University of Leeds is a Prize Sponsor.

Details can be seen here.

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