Debating

Further details about the format of the competition will appear here shortly



Our Chief Adjudicators for 2010 will be Ben Jasper and Shengwu Li, ably assisted by DCA Jo Farmer. We will be using the usual 100 point scale for judging and judging guidelines will be explained on the day. The Oxford IV should, as usual, attract an excellent judging panel, both in terms of Oxford judges and judges from all over the country. We are very grateful to everyone who comes to judge at the tournament, especially to those who have retired from the debating front-line, but still find the time to make the trip to Oxford. 

For institutions who have purchased the IONA package, we will be enforcing the n-1 rule (i.e. if you register n teams you must bring n-1 judges; for example, 3 teams = 2 judges). You may, if you wish, bring more judges than this; however, we will charge a small fee to cover the cost.