Headingley Festival of Ideas Years 10&11 Debating Competition 2019 Final
Wednesday 20th March – Leeds Salon hosts the final of the annual Headingley Festival of Ideas debating competition for years 10&11 between the north Leeds qualifying round winners – Allerton High School and Carr Manor Community School – and the winners of the Tetley 2019 competition for south and central Leeds schools – Woodkirk Academy.
Event Sponsors: leading Yorkshire law firm, Switalskis Solicitors.
Prize Sponsors: Thackray Medical Museum and The University of Law
15:45 – DEBATE 1 – “Western Museums Should Agree to Repatriate Cultural Artefacts”
FOR: Allerton High School
AGAINST: Woodkirk Academy
JUDGES
Nat Edwards, Thackray Medical Museum
Teresa Aksamit-Hollingworth University of Law
Nikos Sotirakopoulos, York St John
16:55 – DEBATE 2 – “Tourism Benefits the World”
FOR: Carr Manor Community School
AGAINST: Allerton High School
JUDGES
Lindsey Rhodes, Switalskis Solicitors
Nikos Sotirakopoulos, York St John
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon
18:05 – Break
18:15 – DEBATE 3 – “Populism is a Threat to Democracy”
FOR: Woodkirk Academy
AGAINST: Carr Manor Community School
JUDGES
Nat Edwards, Thackray Medical Museum
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon
Paul Butterworth, NHS Digital
19:25-19:45 – Judge’s Deliberations & Results
HFoI 2019 CHAMPIONS: Allerton High School: Hannah Proffett, Lizzie Snow, Miriam Warm, and Eleanor Gray all received family tickets to Thackray Medical Museum, and copies of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to Democracy and Vue Cinema vouchers from the University of Law.
BEST INDIVIDUAL PRIZE: Lizzie Snow, Allerton High received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to Politics and a Vue Cinema voucher and a Debating Matters mug.
HIGHLY COMMENDED PRIZE: Anandita Ghosh, Woodkirk Academ received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to Politics and a Vue cinema voucher.
COMMENDED INDIVIDUAL PRIZE: Amtul Azeem, Carr Manor received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to Politics and a Vue cinema voucher.