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Oxford IV 2026
121 days away · In Person, Oxford · BP
Motions from this series
Oxford IV 2024 (2024)10 motions
- Round 1This House, as a Heterosexual Woman in a Western Liberal Democracy, Would choose not to have children
- Round 2This House Believes that the new BJP led coalition government is in the interests of India
- Round 3This House Believes That developed countries should adopt a generalist education system rather than a specialist education system
- Round 4This House Supports the introduction of the constitutional review assembly in the USA
- Round 5This House Believes that developing countries should prioritise service led economic growth over manufacturing led economic growth
- QuarterfinalsThis House Opposes the increased presence of victimhood culture
- SemifinalsThis House Believes That it is in the interests of the EU to abandon the aim of 'Ever Closer Union'
- Novice FinalsThis House Prefers the Nightwatchman state* to a semi-autocratic state which provides basic public services *a state that only provides military, police and courts and does not interfere in any other way
- ESL FinalsThis House Opposes the end of the Golden Age of Globalisation* *the period of significantly increased interconnectedness among countries through free trade, FDI and increased migration of people and goods. "
- Grand FinalThis House Believes that the majority of Western citizens will not get into secular heaven
Oxford IV 2023 (2023)11 motions
- Round 1THS Ukraine's assassination program
- Round 2THR the Left's tactic of strong anti-police rhetoric
- Round 3THO the Purdue Pharma settlement agreement
- Round 4THR the norm of association between sex and romantic love
- Round 5THBT Israel should allow members of the Jewish diaspora to vote in elections.
- Novice Grand FinalTHO the narrative that human progress is inevitable
- ESL SemifinalsTHW ban cryptocurrency
- QuarterfinalsTHO the use of Pink Glasses technology
- ESL Grand FinalsTHO libertarianism
- SemifinalsTHBT China should pursue aggressive economic stimulus policies (e.g. injecting central bank funds directly into the economy at large scale, providing stimulus checks to ordinary citizens and businesses, buying housing to push up prices, etc.)
- Grand FinalTHBT a second Donald Trump presidency is in the interests of the people of the United States of America
Oxford IV 2022 (2022)10 motionsCA: 🇺🇸 Aditya D., 🇺🇸 Sam H., 🇮🇱 Hadar G., 🇬🇧 Andrew C., 🇺🇸 Xiao-ke L.
- Round 1THW require all public primary and secondary schools to have significant quotas for all major ethnicites in their region
- Round 2THS states pursuing the goal of energy self sufficiency
- Round 3THP a world where the dominant norm is one where it is acceptable to talk about sex, sexual interests and advances with adults in all contexts (e.g. strangers, friends, work etc)
- Round 4THS mission command models in militaries
- Round 5THP sectoral bargaining to enterprise bargaining
- QuarterfinalsTHBT the US Federal Reserve should not continue to increase interest rates
- Novice FinalTHBT childhood years are the best years of life
- SemifinalsIn federations, THBT laws regarding individual rights should be regulated exclusively by the federal government
- ESL FinalTHBT Gantz should enter a coalition with Netanyahu conditional that The Religious Zionist party is kept out of it
- Grand FinalTHBT it is in the interest of the Indian people for India to align with the West
Oxford IV 2021 (2021)11 motions
- Round 1THBT states should discourage the concentration of their country's economic and political power within a single city
- Round 2THW allow parents to give the Politeness Pill to their children under the age of 18, regardless of the children's consent
- Round 3THBT Western liberal democracies should finance the creation and operation of “Recovery from Religion” organisations
- Round 4THS the current rise in energy prices
- Round 5THBT no-platforming movements* in universities have done more harm than good *No-platforming movements aim to deny certain individuals the opportunity to express their views publicly
- Open Partial OctofinalsTHS all professional football* clubs requiring majority fan ownership *For this purpose of this debate (as it is in the real world) football refers to soccer not your other subpar handball games.
- Open QuarterfinalsTHBT NATO should significantly expedite the approval of Ukraine's NATO membership
- Open SemifinalsTHBT proliferation of the Metaverse will bring more harm than good
- Open Grand FinalTHO the dominant influence of popular culture on what constitutes good sex
- ESL Grand FinalsTHO the increasing prevalance of nihilism among young people
- Novice Grand FinalsTHS the implemention of the 'Teacher Draft' program
Oxford IV 2020 (2020)13 motions
- Round 1THBT contemporary social movements should focus on class differences rather than on identity-based differences (gender, race, religion etc.)
- Round 2THP lockdown policy decisions in federal governments to be made regionally (e.g. by states, provinces) rather than by the centralized government
- Round 3THP activist messaging to focus on how things could be (a positive vision for the future) rather than on how things are (how bad things are currently)
- Round 4THW allow victims of violent crimes to veto the prosecution of their offender
- Round 5THBT governments in the developing world should limit migration to megacities
- OctofinalsTHR the increasing emphasis upon publicity and performative expressivism in social movements.
- SemifinalsTHW prefer to be born with HSAM
- Grand FinalTHR the narrative that there exists no objective truth
- ESL Pre-SemifinalsTHP to live in a world where most individuals lead polyamorous relationships, as opposed to single-partner relationships.
- ESL SemifinalsTHW leave Dharma
- ESL FinalsTHR the Americanization of social justice debates, e.g. focus on police brutality as a result of BLM, use of english terms by social movements rather than words in local languages and the focus on American icons such as MLK or RBG
- Novice SemifinalsTHW hold social media platforms liable for illegal content that is posted (fake news, defamation, etc.)
- Novice FinalsTH opposes the glorification of career achievements as a basis of self-worth.
What gets set here
Social & Identity27%
Politics22%
Economics15%
Education7%
International Relations7%
Technology5%
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15% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 11 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 79.8.
Last edition: 17 of 115 teams broke.
- 202012 pts · 79.1 speaks32/194
- 202111 pts · 79.6 speaks24/157
- 202211 pts · 80.5 speaks16/117
- 202311 pts16/128
- 202411 pts · 80.1 speaks17/115
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Open break17 teams
- ESL break6 teams
- Novice break5 teams
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