For educational purposes, listen to some of the best debates in the World Schools style, World Individual Debate & Public Speaking Championship, Parliamentary Debate and the British Parliamentary format.
World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) Open Final: THB that the world's poor would be justified in pursuing complete Marxist revolution.
Teams: Harvard, Hart House, Sydney & PEP
9 Apr 2026
Debate Grand Finals - AIDPSC 2026
The grand finals of parliamentary debate of the 2026 African Individual Debate & Public Speaking Championship (AIDPSC).
Topic: This House believes that foreign aid does more harm than good to African development.
Proposition Side: Jorja Hoppé (South Africa) & Daniel Bursey (South Africa)
Opposition Side: Samuel Clarke (South Africa) & Mohammed Mujahid Hansa (South Africa)
Results:
Champion: Mohammed Mujahid Hansa (South Africa) - Clifton College, Durban
1st Runner-Up: Samuel Clarke (South Africa) - Bishops Diocesan College
2nd Runner-Up: Jorja Hoppé (South Africa) - Parklands College, Cape Town
3rd Runner-UP: Daniel Bursey (South Africa) - Bishops Diocesan College
30 Dec 2023
WSDC 2018 Finals: India vs China
Title: WSDC 2018 Grand Final: India VS China
30 Dec 2023
WSDC 2023: Zimbabwe vs Czech Republic
World Schools Debating Championship in Vietnam 2023 - Zimbabwe vs. Czech Republic - Round 6
4 Sept 2023
WSDC 2023 Finals: USA vs Canada
This House Prefers a world ruled by a benevolent AI programmed to maximize utility by calculating the actions most guaranteed to reduce the greatest global suffering.
Proposition: USA
Opposition: Canada
Prop won
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2022 (SF): Hong Kong vs Singapore
The topics is: This house prefers parenting models that adultify teenagers (i.e. giving them more responsibilities and autonomy, assuming higher capacity for independence) to those which emphasize their status and treatment as teenagers (i.e. refraining from giving them adult responsibilities, emphasizing they are legal minors).
Hong Kong (proposition) v Singapore (opposition)
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2022 (SF): China vs Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is arguing in favour, China is arguing against.
The topic is: This House opposes academic activism
The info slide is: "Academic activism" refers to a phenomenon where academics take an explicitly political standpoint in their work and outside it with the aim of bringing about social change. Activist academics openly associate with different social and political groups or movements. The scope of academic activism entails being involved in policy debates, advising politicians, writing opinion pieces, etc. It also entails activism taking place within academic work, i.e. when performing research or teaching at the university.
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2018 (SF): China vs England
Semi-finals (impromptu): This House believes that rehabilitation should be the only consideration in criminal sentencing.
China won against England unanimously (7:0).
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2022: Morocco vs Greece
WSDC 2022: Morocco vs. Greece (Round 7)
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2021 (SF): Singapore vs Canada
Motion: This House would nationalize* the research, development, and distribution of pharmaceuticals.*To nationalize means to transfer from private or regional ownership and control to state/government ownership and control. Proposition: Canada, Opposition: Singapore
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2011 (QF): England vs Scotland
Quarter final debate of the 2011 World Schools Debating Championships, held in Dundee, Scotland.
Topic: This House Supports Free Immigration
England is proposition and Scotland is opposition. Scotland won.
21 Aug 2022
WUDC 2021 Finals
[Korea WUDC 2021 Final] Topic is: This House supports the creation of an international court with a mandate to prosecute leaders for health crimes.
Info Slide: For the purposes of this debate 'health crimes' are massive violations of the international health codes. For example, the unwillingness to comply with the WHO's regulations on dealing with pandemics, a significant violation of norms on the prescription of antibiotics, breaching the experimentation codes of ethics.
Teams: Opening Government ATENEO 2, Opening Opposition ZAGREB, Closing Government LSE, Closing Opposition, ATENEO 1.
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2017 Finals: England vs Singapore
World Schools Debating Championship 2017 Finals: England vs Singapore: Topic: This House supports restrictions on free speech to combat the rise of right-wing populism. English was side proposition and Singapore was side opposition
21 Aug 2022
WSDC 2015 (QF): South Africa vs Singapore
2015 World School Debating Championship - Quarter Finals: South Africa vs. Singapore. Topic was, This House Believes That affirmative action policies are counterproductive in reducing inequalities. South Africa was side proposition and Singapore was side opposition. Singapore won.
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