Headingley Festival of Ideas Years 10&11 Debating Competition 2017 Final

Wednesday 22 March 2017Leeds Salon hosts the fourth Headingley Festival of Ideas schools debating competition for years 10 & 11.

The finalists are made up of the three north Leeds qualifying round winners, and the winners of the Tetley 2017 competition for south and central Leeds schools.

Event Sponsors: Switalskis Solicitors.
Prize Sponsors: Human Factor and Safety Group at the Institute for Transport Studies (University of Leeds) and the EU Horizon 2020 project EMPOWERHyde Park Picture House; and Thackray Medical Museum.


15:40 – DEBATE 1“Technological progress will not solve society’s environmental issues”

FOR: Abbey Grange Academy
AGAINST: Allerton High School

JUDGES
Susan Grant-Muller, University of Leeds
Sarah Derbyshire-Thomas, Leeds Beckett
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon


16:45 – DEBATE 2“Britain should pay reparations for its role in the slave trade”

FOR: Mount St Mary’s Catholic High
AGAINST: Cardinal Heenan Catholic High

JUDGES
Lindsey Rhodes, Switalskis Solicitors
Peg Alexander, Made in Leeds TV
Michele Ledda, University of Westminster


17:45 – Break


18:00 – FINAL“Autonomous vehicles will make driving safer”

FOR: Abbey Grange Academy
AGAINST: Cardinal Heenan Catholic High

JUDGES
Susan Grant-Muller, University of Leeds
Michael Meadowcroft, Former Leeds West MP
Dan Clayton, The Leeds Salon


19:15-19:30 – Judge’s Deliberations & Results


WINNING SCHOOL: Abbey Grange Academy – Dan Green, Rebecca Monk, Felmy Ajayi & Megan McNutt all received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to the Enlightenment and a £10 Vue cinema voucher.

RUNNERS-UP: Cardinal Heenan Catholic High – Alex Cserna, Sean Carey, Madeline Rose & Scarlet Rowe all received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to the Enlightenment.

BEST INDIVIDUAL PRIZE: Scarlet Rowe, Cardinal Heenan – who received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to the Scientific Revolution, a Thackray Meducal Museum Family Ticket, and two tickets to the Hyde Park Picture House.

HIGHLY COMMENDED PRIZE: Manraj Sond, Allerton High – who received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to the Scientific Revoltution and two tickets to the Hyde Park Picture House.

COMMENDED INDIVIDUAL PRIZE: Dan Green, Abbey Grange – who received a copy of the Oxford Very Short Introduction to the Scientific Revolution.