We run debating workshops every Tuesday night at 7pm in Michaelmas and Lent term at the Cambridge Union. These are free to Union members and you do not need any previous debating experience to take part. Through taking part in them, you can learn the skills to become a formidable debater and public speaker!
Every workshop has two parts: an interactive seminar on an aspect of debating and a live debate where you can speak or judge to improve your experience. Each workshop is run by a trained Cambridge debater and take roughly two hours. Students who successfully attend the workshop course are also awarded the 'Citi Cambridge Union Diploma in Debating' at the end of the year.
If you have any questions about the debating workshops or about competitive debating, please contact the Debating Officers at dod@cus.org.
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26th Sep Alumni Debate, 'Chamber' 8:00pm - 10:00pm |
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| 5th Oct Jazz and Cocktails Night 8:00pm - 12:00am |
6th Oct Comedy and Acoustic Night 12:00am |
7th Oct Bumper Pub Quiz Night and Karaoke 12:00am |
8th Oct Freshers' Debate , 'Chamber, Dining Room, Bar, Bar Extension' 7:30pm - 11:30pm |
9th Oct Freshers Ball, 'Chamber, Dining Room, Bar, Bar Extension, Blue Room, Mountb 8:00pm - 12:00am |
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11th Oct |
| 12th Oct MBM, 'Chamber' 5:15pm - 6:15pm Imelda Staunton OBE and Jim Carter 7:30pm - 8:30pm Pub Quiz, 'Bar, Bar Extension' 8:00pm |
13th Oct Freshers Introduction to Debating, 'Chamber' 7:00pm Drinks for new Graduates and MBAs 7:30pm |
14th Oct Eoin Colfer 1:00pm Ethan Gutmann - organ harvesting in China, 'Chamber' 6:00pm - 7:00pm Fire training for new stewards, 'Dining Room' 6:00pm - 7:00pm Freshers Introduction to Debating, 'Chamber' 7:00pm |
15th Oct Political Correctness Debate 7:30pm |
16th Oct Terry Eagleton 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
17th Oct Oktoberfest 8:00pm - 12:00am |
18th Oct Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am Miriam Margolyes OBE - 'Old Jew Says She's Sorry' 4:00pm - 5:00pm Prof Anthony Giddens, 'Chamber' 7:30pm |
| 19th Oct Jo Brand 7:30pm Classical Recital 8:00pm |
20th Oct Andrew Rashbass, CEO, The Economist Group. 6:00pm - 7:00pm Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm |
21st Oct Damian Green 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
22nd Oct Evan Davis 6:30pm - 7:30pm Comedy Debate 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
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24th Oct |
25th Oct Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am |
| 26th Oct MBM, 'Chamber' 5:15pm Adam Kay: 'How to be a bogus doctor', 'Chamber' 6:00pm - 7:00pm Dara O'Briain 7:30pm - 8:30pm Pub Quiz 8:00pm |
27th Oct Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm Jon Sopel 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
28th Oct Abdel Bari Atwan: 'The Way Forward for Israel and Palestine: Armed Struggle or... 5:00pm - 6:00pm Journalism During War Forum 7:30pm - 8:30pm Chris Doyle: 'Obama or bust? What future for peace in the Middle East' 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
29th Oct Middle East Debate 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
30th Oct John Howard: 'Leadership in a New Century' 5:00pm Sir David King, Blair's Chief Scientific Advisor; '21st Century Challenges and... 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
31st Oct Halloween Murder Mystery Party 8:00pm |
1st Nov Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am |
| 2nd Nov Andrew Lansley, Shadow Cabinet Minister: 'Health-care reform: How wide is the... 7:00pm - 8:00pm Film Night: Frost / Nixon, 'Blue Room' 9:00pm |
3rd Nov Professor Richard Evans, Regius Professor of Modern History; ' 6:00pm - 7:00pm Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm Sir John Beddington, Chief Scientific Advisor to H.M. Govt. 7:45pm - 8:45pm |
4th Nov The Syrian Ambassador, His Excellency Dr. Sami Khiyami 7:30pm - 8:30pm Simon Wolfson, CEO Next; 'Cutting Public Spending And Getting Out Of This Mess:... 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
5th Nov No Confidence Debate 7:30pm |
6th Nov CAVATINA Chamber Music Concert 7:30pm Exhibit Your Art! Evening Opening, 'Bar, Bar Extension' 8:00pm |
7th Nov Exhibit Your Art! Cambridge Union Student Art Exhibition, 'Bar, Bar Extension' 8:00pm Love Music Hate Racism Concert, 'Dining Room, Bar' 8:00pm |
8th Nov Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am Aubrey Du Gray, 'Chamber' 7:30pm |
| 9th Nov MBM, 'Chamber' 5:15pm - 6:15pm Civil Liberties Forum with Shami Chakrabarti, Brian Paddick et. al, 'Chamber' 7:30pm - 8:30pm Pub Quiz, 'Bar, Bar Extension' 8:00pm |
10th Nov Ray Hill, BNP Mole 6:00pm - 7:00pm Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm Geoffrey Robertson QC; counsel for Salmaan Rushdie among others 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
11th Nov Cheese Tasting 7:00pm |
12th Nov Mike Moore, Former Director-General of WTO & NZ PM 5:00pm - 6:00pm Berlin Wall Debate 7:30pm |
13th Nov Cambridge Union Comedy Club, 'Chamber' 8:00pm - 10:00pm |
14th Nov Mexican Fiesta 8:00pm |
15th Nov Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am |
| 16th Nov MBM, 'Chamber' 5:15pm Quentin Skinner 7:30pm - 8:30pm Film Night: W (dub-ya), 'Blue Room' 9:00pm |
17th Nov Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm Paddy Ashdown 7:30pm - 8:30pm |
18th Nov Faith Debate 8:00pm - 10:00pm |
19th Nov Financial Crisis Debate 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
20th Nov Cambridge IV 2009, 'Chamber, Dining Room, Bar, Bar Extension, Blue Room, Kenned 10:00am - 12:00am |
21st Nov Cambridge IV 2009, 'Chamber, Dining Room, Bar, Bar Extension, Blue Room, Kenned 8:00am - 12:00am |
22nd Nov Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am |
| 23rd Nov Pub Quiz, 'Bar, Bar Extension' 8:00pm Speed Dating 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
24th Nov Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm Cancelled - Howard Jacobson 8:00pm - 9:00pm |
25th Nov Sushi Making Class & Tasting 7:00pm |
26th Nov Varsity Debate 7:30pm - 9:30pm |
27th Nov Ann Summers Party 8:00pm Stop Violence Against Women Night, 'Bar, Bar Extension' 8:00pm - 11:00pm |
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29th Nov Anonymous Poetry Club 11:00am |
| 30th Nov John Bolton: 7:30pm Film Night: Love Actually 9:00pm |
1st Dec Debating Workshops, 'Chamber' 7:00pm |
2nd Dec MBM, 'Chamber' 5:15pm - 6:15pm |
3rd Dec Art Debate 7:30pm |
4th Dec Christmas Beach Party 8:00pm |
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