Beiträge zum Stichwort ‘ van Koppenhagen ’

WUDC 2015: And the winners are…

WUDC 2015: And the winners are...The World Universities Debating Championship 2015 in Malaysia has its champions:And the winners are...The Open CategorySydney A (Edward Miller, Nick Chung) won the final in the Open Category. They debated the motion "This House believes that humanitarian organisations should, and should be allowed to, give funding, resources or services to illegal armed groups when this is made a condition for access to vulnerable civilians." and won against Oxford A (Patrick Bateman, Natasha Rachman) in Opening Government, BPP A  (Steven Rajavinothan, Michael O'Dwyer) in Opening Opposition and Harvard A (Bo Seo, Fanelesibonge Mashwama) in Closing Opposition. The final was adjudicated by Shafiq Bazari (chair), Dominic ...
5. Januar 2015 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Turniere | Mit einem Kommentar

World Open Debating Championships in Las Vegas

World Open Debating Championships in Las VegasUpdate: As not enough teams have registered, the Open Worlds have been canceled.In the summer of 2015, Las Vegas will be the glamourous site for the Open Worlds. This is a new, week-long tournament meant to complement the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC). Just as at WUDC, the Open Worlds uses British Parliamentary Style. The main difference however is that as an open tournament, there is no restriction to university institutions.Teams may register independently or represent universities or even employers. “Too often debating is restricted to university students when experience tells us that communication skills, and the ability to develop ...
28. November 2014 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Neues aus den Clubs, Turniere | Kommentare deaktiviert für World Open Debating Championships in Las Vegas

Malaysia World Universities Debating Championship 2015

Malaysia World Universities Debating Championship 2015The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the largest international debating tournament. The first WUDC took place in Glasgow in 1981. Back then, 43 teams from seven nations participated. This year, more than 400 teams from all continents compete for the title of World Debating Champion. The WUDC 2015 will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is hosted by The Debate Society of the Universiti Technologiki Mara, one of the largest universities in Malaysia. The tournament starts on December 26th and lasts until January 3rd. The organisers published the following video:   Adjudication Team Chief Adjudicators (CAs) of the Malaysia Worlds will be ...
27. August 2014 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Neues aus den Clubs, Termine, Turniere | Kommentare deaktiviert für Malaysia World Universities Debating Championship 2015

Independent Adjudicator Application for WUDC 2015 is open

Independent Adjudicator Application for WUDC 2015 is openThe organisers of the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC), taking place in Kuala Lumpur from 27 December to 4 January, have opened the first application round for Independent Adjudicators. According to the hosts, there will be two application rounds, the first until late June and the second in September, in order to allocate fundings and judging spots as effectively as possible. On the 12th of May, the organisers published general information on the independent adjudicator application process on facebook. On the 24th, they posted another message including the application link and more detailled information about the first phase. Below, the two ...
27. Mai 2014 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Jurieren, Neues aus den Clubs | Kommentare deaktiviert für Independent Adjudicator Application for WUDC 2015 is open

Call for Feedback on DCA Applicants for Malaysia Worlds 2015

Call for Feedback on DCA Applicants for Malaysia Worlds 2015Shafiq Bazari and Jonathan Leader Maynard (Chief Adjudicators, Malaysia Worlds 2015) are pleased to announce that fourteen people have applied to be considered for the position of Deputy Chief Adjudicator at Malaysia Worlds 2015. Among the candidates is our very own Dessislava Kirova from Berlin (ESL-Finalist at Manila Worlds, DCA at Manchester Euros and senior member of the OrgComm of Berlin Worlds). The Americas: Sarah Balakrishnan, Brett Frazer, Paul Gross, Buzz Klinger, Romeo Maione, Arlán A. Narváez-Vaz R. Middle East/Africa: Engin Arikan, Ngcwele Khumalo , Paidamwoyo Mangondo Australasis: Paul Karp, Madeline Jennifer Schultz, Sebastian Templeton Continental Europe: Dessislava Kirova, Danique van Koppenhagen The Chief Adjudicators are now asking the world debating community to submit feedback, regarding the suitability ...
5. November 2013 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Jurieren | Kommentare deaktiviert für Call for Feedback on DCA Applicants for Malaysia Worlds 2015

Proposals for a fairly, better bidding process

Proposals for a fairly, better bidding processOn August 23 EUDC Council assembled in Manchester. Amongst other things the decisions on who will host Euros in 2014 and 2015 were made, with bids by Durham and Zagreb for EUDC 2014 and a bid by Vienna for EUDC 2015. Zagreb took the win over Durham and will host Euros next year.  Vienna’s bid was confirmed, which makes them the hosts for Euros the year after next. Teresa Widlok  was present in Council in her capacity as International Officer of the Association of German Speaking University Debating Societies and German delegate to Council. The following article describes her impressions ...
9. September 2013 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Turniere | mit 5 Kommentaren

Reform des Bewerbungsprozesses für stellvertretende Chefjuroren

Reform des Bewerbungsprozesses für stellvertretende ChefjurorenIn the past the Deputy Chief Adjudicators of the European Universities Debating Championships (EUDC) were choosen in advance. Danique van Koppenhagen one of the Chief Adjudicators of the Durham EUDC bid shares her and Fred Crowell ideas about a reform. Comment and discuss away!  At EUDC council in Belgrade, a decision was made to no longer allow bids for EUDC to announce more than two members of their prospective CA team. The Durham EUDC bid for 2014 has taken this to heart, and announced only Fred Cowell and myself as co-CA’s. DCA’s will be announced after the bid has been awarded. The change ...
10. April 2013 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International, Mittwochs-Feature | Mit einem Kommentar

Im Rückblick findet dieses Haus das Vienna IV immer noch großartig

Im Rückblick findet dieses Haus das Vienna IV immer noch großartigAuf dem Vienna IV wurden in diesem Jahr mit unterschiedlichen Arten von Motions gespielt. Die Achte Minute war dabei und berichtet über die Motions, die Atmosphäre und die Gewinner des Turniers. „Als wir Chefjuroren über mögliche Themen für das Turnier geredet haben, haben wir festgestellt, dass einige spannende Debatten nicht zugänglich sind für die Debattierwelt“, berichtet Danique van Koppenhagen: „Wenn man beispielsweise darüber debattiert, ob der Irak Krieg gerechtfertigt war, kommt ziemlich schnell das Argument, dass keine Massenvernichtungswaffen gefunden wurden und deshalb der Krieg nicht gerechtfertigt gewesen ist. Wir dachten es wäre spannend nun einmal zu debattieren warum ein Krieg damals ...
14. März 2013 | Redakteur: | Kategorie: International | Mit einem Kommentar

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