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FairningtonCraig Fairnington
Associate Fellow
Academy of Ideas
Craig worked for the Academy of Ideas from 2010-2015, where he produced and chaired sessions at the Battle of Ideas on a range of issues, including the “gay gene”, cultural appropriation, space exploration, and the future of the nation state.
For Debating Matters, he has written topic guides on a similarly wide range of issues, and helped lead the STV/Debating Matters Referendum Schools Debate which saw schools across Scotland debating issues around independence in the run-up to the referendum.
He studied Physics at the University of St Andrews, and currently works as a powerline surveyor.
PEOPLE
DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Championship: Scotland 2018
DEBATE: Universal Basic Income
Championship: Scotland 2018
DEBATE: Historical monuments
Qualifying Round: Bromley 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Bromley 2015/16
DEBATE: Sex Selective Abortion
Qualifying Round: Greenwich 2015/16
DEBATE: Doping in Sport
Qualifying Round: Greenwich 2015/16
DEBATE: Sex Selective Abortion
Qualifying Round: Dorset & Somerset 2014/15
DEBATE: Security Vs Privacy
Qualifying Round: Dorset & Somerset 2014/15
DEBATE: Fracking
Qualifying Round: Dorset & Somerset 2014/15
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Hounslow 2014/15
DEBATE: European Union
Qualifying Round: Hounslow 2014/15
DEBATE: Role models
Regional Final: South East 2013/14
DEBATE: Coal and Climate Change
Regional Final: South East 2013/14
DEBATE: Lads Mags
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2013/14
DEBATE: Fertility Tourism
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2013/14
DEBATE: Smacking
Qualifying Round: Wiltshire 2013/14
DEBATE: Smart Drugs
Qualifying Round: Wiltshire 2013/14
DEBATE: Hate Speech
Qualifying Round: Cornwall 2013/14
DEBATE: Unhealthy Lifestyles
Qualifying Round: Cornwall 2013/14
DEBATE: Hate Speech
Regional Final: Scotland & Northern Ireland 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: South 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: Central 2012/13
DEBATE: European Union
Regional Final: Central 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Clinical Trials
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Neuroscience and the law
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Trade not Aid
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2012/13
DEBATE: Green Belt
Regional Final: North East 2012/13
DEBATE: European Union
Regional Final: Yorkshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Regional Final: London North 2012/13
DEBATE: Regulation of the Media
Regional Final: London North 2012/13
DEBATE: Trade not Aid
Regional Final: North East 2012/13
DEBATE: Green Belt
Qualifying Round: Hampshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Hampshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Buckinghamshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Buckinghamshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Buckinghamshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Embryo Screening
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2012/13
DEBATE: Free speech
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Devon & Cornwall 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Devon & Cornwall 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Northumberland 2012/13
DEBATE: Energy Futures
Qualifying Round: Middlesbrough 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Qualifying Round: Northumberland 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Middlesbrough 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Boozy Britain
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Factory Farming
Qualifying Round: Northamptonshire 2012/13
DEBATE: Tax Avoidance
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Biofuels
Regional Final: West & South Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Offensive Language
Qualifying Round: Derry 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Qualifying Round: Belfast 2011/12
DEBATE: Supermarkets
Qualifying Round: Derry 2011/12
DEBATE: Public Health
Qualifying Round: Derry 2011/12
DEBATE: Nuclear Power
Qualifying Round: Somerset 2011/12
DEBATE: Scottish Independence
Qualifying Round: North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Burqa bans
Qualifying Round: North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: Supermarkets
Qualifying Round: North Wales 2011/12
DEBATE: GM Food
Qualifying Round: Nottingham & Derby 2011/12
DEBATE: Media Regulation
Qualifying Round: Nottingham & Derby 2011/12
DEBATE: Scottish Independence
Qualifying Round: Bristol 2010/11
DEBATE: Sportspeople as Role Models
UPCOMING EVENTS
Thursday 28 February:
Berlin Championship at University of Applied Sciences Europe
CHAMPIONSHIP ARCHIVE
Find a list of all our previous championship events here.
