The Great Debate

The Great Debate: How should we best respectfully remember the Holocaust?

  • Monday, February 1, 2010
  • By Greg Brown
The Great Debate: How should we best respectfully remember the Holocaust?

Holocaust Remembrance Day was observed on January 27th. What are the reasons of those who argue we should - and some who argue we shouldn't - maintain the former extermination camps such as Auschwitz-Birkenau? »

The Great Debate: What needs to be achieved at Copenhagen?

  • Monday, November 30, 2009
  • By Greg Brown
The Great Debate: What needs to be achieved at Copenhagen?

Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, his Lib Dem and Conservative counterpart, and Jean Lambert, Green Party MEP for London and UCL academics go head to head in the lead up to the Copenhagen climate change summit... »

The Great Debate: Should the troops be brought home from Afghanistan?

  • Saturday, November 7, 2009
  • By Greg Brown
The Great Debate: Should the troops be brought home from Afghanistan?

Read thee case for and against bringing British troops out of Afghanistan - then cast your vote... »

The Great Debate – Beauty Pageants: Male Domination or Free Choice?

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2009
  • By Holly Thompson
The Great Debate – Beauty Pageants: Male Domination or Free Choice?

With the ‘Miss University of London’ Pageant not too far off and the revival of the Women’s Institute at universities across the country, we asked two women on their views towards beauty pageants and what feminism means to them. Laura King, President of the King’s College London Women’s Insitute – Women should have the... »

The Great Debate – Should the BNP be allowed on Question Time?

  • Monday, October 5, 2009
  • By Greg Brown
The Great Debate – Should the BNP be allowed on Question Time?

The BBC recently announced that it is to invite BNP leader Nick Griffin MEP to join the panel on a forthcoming episode of Question Time, citing the Party’s recent electoral successes as justification. But should we ever tolerate a racist far-right Party on our airwaves? We asked these students for their opinions. »

The Great Debate – How should Higher Education be funded?

  • Monday, September 21, 2009
  • By Greg Brown
The Great Debate – How should Higher Education be funded?

A government review on university funding is due at the end of the year. This week we asked three people on different sides of the debate for their opinions. Here are their responses... »

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