welcome
Welcome to the official website for the European Universities Debating Championships 2009, hosted by Newcastle University in conjunction with Newcastle Students Union.

Here you can find information on the competition, our city, who’s who in the team and all the latest information and news.

If you are interested in sponsoring EUDC ’09 please click on ‘Sponsorship’ above for information.
 
the importance of debate
Ex-debaters have included Prime Ministers, cabinet MPs, business executives and influential members of the media. Examples include Kofi Annan, Ted Turner and Margaret Thatcher to name but a few.

Students who debate are confident and articulate communicators who are motivated by a highly competitive environment. Debating develops skills such as problem solving, logical analysis and the ability to understand and respond to new information and challenges; all essential for success in the modern work place.

Student debaters are informed about, and interested by, the world around them. As a truly international community debaters get the chance to mix with people from across the world and travel to many different countries during their competitive career, experiencing a wide variety of cultures. This makes them broad-minded, tolerant and sensitive to cultural and social differences. Debaters who are not from native-English speaking countries are also multi-lingual as all debates are run in English. For these students debating offers a chance to increase their fluency and compete against native speakers.

Some EUDC competitors come from countries which, until fairly recently, had no form of democracy and in some instances has strong laws curtailing free speech.
 
in brief...
Newcastle Debating

Newcastle is one of England’s “new” debating institutions but our roots stretch back to the late 19th century. The Newcastle Junior Union Society was founded in 1880 where debating was a central part of the activities. Debating formed a central function of the Union, with the Debating Chamber being constructed in 1961. The Union Society as it is now called was founded in its modern form in 1982. Until the early 1990s debating was a part of student life in Newcastle. more...

Sponsorship

Sponsoring EUDC, one of the most prestigious debating competitions, is a unique opportunity to help mould and sharpen the brightest young minds in Europe.  It brings the long term association of academic success with YOUR COMPANY as well as offering a fantastic recruitment opportunity with some of Europe’s most ambitious and able students. more...
 

Latest News
20 June 2008 - Newcastle Win Bid


After a hard year of campaigning across the continent, Newcastle finally presented their bid to host EUDC ‘09 to the European Universities Debating Council at the 2008 championships in Tallinn.

The Council, which is made up of representatives from twenty-five countries and regions, heard short speeches by Oskar and Alex assuring them of their commitment to learn from previous successful competitions to provide an outstanding tournament.

Meanwhile Sam offered his experience as a CA, Convenor and Euros DCA as proof that he would make a fantastic CA for the competition. After a brief question and answer session, the Newcastle team were given the unanimous seal of approval.
9 June 2008 - Newcastle Open


Newcastle is again pleased to announce its International Open to take place on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th June 2008. This is the two days immediately after Durham Open.

Our team cap is set at 60 (no institutional cap), open reg rules (composite and / or masters teams welcome), with a registration fee of £40 per team (may be subject to remission / discount for non-IONA teams and in cases of extreme financial hardship at institutions).

There will be no charge for judges, and like Durham we encourage as many as possible to attend.

We'll be running a 5 round competition, breaking to semis. Closed motions, Euro-prep style, Our judging team will be led by CA Sam Block.

More Information can be found on the face book group here, or on the Newcastle Debating site here.
17 April 2008 - Bob Nimmo Joins the Team


The EUDC Newcastle'09 bid is pleased to announce that Robert Nimmo has agreed to join the team as our tabbing expert. Chief Adjudicator Sam Block has also invited Robert to act in a DCA capacity in light of his skills and the potential large size of a Newcastle Euros (200 teams). Bob said "I hope to bring a new dimension to the NewcastleGateshead bid and I'm very pleased to be working with a team that's passionate about debate."

Co-Convenors Russell Haswell and Oskar Avery have welcomed Robert onto the team. Oskar said "I'm delighted at this news. Euros in the past have had four DCAs, but since Newcastle is proposing to increase the size by almost a quarter, an extra person on the Adjudication team is worthwhile." Russell added "Bob is one of the finest debating minds in the world and the best technical expert we could possibly have for tabbing. I'm very excited to have him onboard."
17 March 2008 - Uve Poom is New DCA


EUDC Newcastle'09 is very pleased to *officially* announce our DCA appointment. Happily, Uve Poom has accepted our offer and is now the newest member of our adjudication team.

EUDC Newcastle'09 is delighted to welcome Uve. We think that he can really bring something special to the bid. EUDC Newcastle'09 has a vision of unity in European debating. Giving parity of esteem to both ESL and IONA is a central theme in our bid. That's why we're going to hold ESL and Main Finals in the same venue. Uve really adds to the depth and breadth of our team - with what we think are some of the best ESL and EFL talent.

We're still looking to add to our Named Judges list. If you think you want to support EUDC Newcastle'09 and be a part of our senior judging team, please do get in touch!

12 March 2008 - Forum and Newsletter


We're very pleased to announce the launch of our new web forum and newsletter. Sign up to the forum. Here you'll be able to discuss European debating and the Newcastle bid. You can also receive the latest news in your inbox by signing up for the Newsletter. Sign up by typing your address in the box on the right hand side.
10 March 2008 - Adjudication Applications


EUDC Newcastle'09 has announced that they have opened applications for the final DCA slot and named senior judges. The bid team is looking for people from all over Europe to bring extra depth and breadth to the bid. Do you have valuable experience or represent a branch of debating that could enhance the bid?

CA, Sam Block, said

"This is a very exciting stage in the bid process where we can really add to what is already a very strong team."

Anyone wishing to apply can get in touch via email at convenor@eudcnewcastle09.com or alternatively use the contact for found here: Contact Form


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