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Debate
and Public Speaking. Make your mark.
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Managing Director - Jessica Harvey-Smith Jessica holds an MA in Philosophy from Edinburgh University and a Diploma in Law from City University, where she won the Criminal Law prize. She taught English for a year in Szechuan, China. Jessica is a former European Debating Championship semi-finalist, winner of World Masters in 2006 and has adjudicated major finals at school and university level across the world. Director of Education and Training - Neill Harvey-Smith Neill is Chair of the World Debating Council, a former World Championship grand finalist, World Masters Champion and winner of the John Smith Memorial Mace in both England & Wales and Scotland. He was Chair of the Grand Final at the 2004 World Debating Championships in Singapore, having previously adjudicated the Grand Finals of Worlds, the European Championships, the International Mace. As a student he won around 25 inter-varsity debating competitions. Neill has gained extensive consultancy and training experience with Cahro, Intowork and Procter & Gamble, where he was a Human Resource Manager. He has written widely on business and politics and ran his own HR consultancy business, HR3. Neill was also a TEFL teacher for 2 years in Poland.
Our Tutors Debate Chamber can call upon a diverse pool of coaches with a world-class pedigree in debating and specialism in their field. In 2007 these have included: Matthew Kirk - Barrister at 2 Paper Buildings Eusebius McKaiser - Philosophy tutor at Oxford University. Jon Simons - Civil Servant at HM Treasury, former Worlds finalist. Eleanor Dempsey - Science teacher, former Scottish Mace finalist. Chris Wearmouth - BBC journalist Sam Block - Winner, English Mace 2006 Nick Devlin - Winner, English Mace 2005 Jane Clegg - English teacher, former Euros semi-finalist William Jones - PPE undergraduate student, best speaker at Euros. Can Okar - Chief Adjudicator, Euros 2007
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