The Committee

Hello and welcome to the University of Nottingham Debating Union website.

The Union is committed to raising the profile and standard of debating within Nottingham University and throughout the East Midlands. We currently rank 4th in the European Debating Rankings, behind Oxford, Cambridge and LSE.

During undergraduate term-time we host weekly public debates, open to all, on Monday evening from 7:30-9:00pm in C11 of the Portland Building. For details of upcoming debates please take a look at the events calendar.

If you have a motion you would like to see debated, or are keen to be a speaker at any of our debates please contact Jess Cooke, our chairperson.

We offer free debate training for all our members. Catering for all abilities, our two weekly training sessions will develop and improve debating skills that will give you the edge in job interviews, dissertations and presentations.

The Union subsidises members to travel to competitions hosted by universities throughout the UK. The chance to meet engaging and interesting people across the country and enjoy the socials held after competitions is one you really shouldn’t miss!

For more information on training please contact James Torrance, our Training Co-ordinator.

We have just reached the end of the most successful committee’s the Union has ever known – take a look at the debates and competitions page for more details – and are currently in the process of updating the website to reflect the change in personel since the AGM. Please bear with us!

Should you have any questions please contact our newly elected President, Tom Jackson.

The 2009-2010 Committee

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President: Tom Jackson

Vice- President: Emma Jones

Treasurer: Hannah Jones

General Secretary: David Horsman

Chairperson: Jessica Cooke

Competitions and Training Co-ordinator: James Torrance

Schools Co- ordinator: Seun Iyaniwura

Publicity Officer: Vikki Tragheim

If you have any questions feel free to contact any member of the debating society directly or through our email address nottingham[dot]debate[@]gmail[dot]com