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The success of the Debating Matters Competition in enlivening debate about key contemporary issues amongst school students is being expanded by the launch of our ‘Global Uncertainties Schools Network’. Through an initial series of six one-day events, the network will facilitate discussion and debate around some of the core research areas of the programme. How should society respond to extremist ideas and beliefs? Is there a balance to be struck between freedom and security, both on and off-line? Is the world more insecure and unstable that it has been in the past?
Organised in partnership with Debating Matters, the formats for the day of debates, as well as the level of input from host schools in shaping them, will vary from region to region, but each event will engage with the creativity of teachers and students in putting together a thought-provoking and challenging programme of discussion. Visit the Events section from mid-February to see what’s taking place.
Debating Matters’ emphasis on the substance and content of arguments, and our belief that ideas and intellectual rigour matter, will be a cornerstone of the Global Uncertainties Schools Network. To help students get to grips with some of the ideas, political and social trends, and events that inform and shape these debates, Debating Matters has produced a collection of resources that participants will be using in the run up to their event. Visit each theme to start exploring the resources.
Beyond the six regional events, student participants will be encouraged to continue the debates by developing a range of resources relating to the Global Uncertainties themes they research and discuss. The development of additional resources following the events will be encouraged amongst students, who in some cases will film the events, and in others will write up their conclusions and engage in a head to head exchange of their own.
Beyond the six regional events, student participants will be encouraged to continue the debates by developing a range of resources relating to the Global Uncertainties themes. In some cases this might involve filming the events, and in others writing up their conclusions and engaging in a head-to-head exchange of their own.
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