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UCL President's Cup 2024
2024-10-05 · England, In person · BP
Motions from this series
UCL President's Cup 2024 (2024)7 motions
- Round 1THP a social norm of directness (being explicit and upfront about disagreements, not hiding own opinions) over a social norm of indirectness (being implicit about disagreements, hiding own opinions to be polite).
- Round 2In regions where the native language is in severe decline (e.g. Basque region, Brittany) THBT schools should heavily prioritise teaching the local language over global languages
- Round 3TH, as the US, W pursue greater economic cooperation with China
- Round 4THBT progressive social movements (e.g. LGBT+ movement, feminist movement, etc) should utiliise religious texts and messaging in their advocacy
- Grand FinalTH, as Jesus, W pursue God's mission.
- Silver FinalsTHP benevolent dictatorships to democracies
- Non-Schools FinalsTHO the prevalence of filial piety in East Asian societies
UCL President's Cup 2021 (2021)8 motions
- Round 1THP leaderless social movements
- Round 2This house would allow political strikes
- Round 3This house would significantly prioritise suspended sentences over immediate sentences for non-violent offences
- Round 4This house believes that the gig economy does more harm than good
- Gold FinalsThis house prefers a world where individuals establish personal relationships with religion, rather than seeking divine connection through religious institutions.
- Silver FinalsThis house prefers a world where individuals establish personal relationships with religion, rather than seeking divine connection through religious institutions.
- Bronze FinalsThis house prefers a world where individuals establish personal relationships with religion, rather than seeking divine connection through religious institutions.
- Non-Schools FinalsThis house prefers a world in which children are raised communally.
What gets set here
Social & Identity33%
Religion20%
Politics13%
Education7%
International Relations7%
Pop Culture7%
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29% of teams break
Teams usually guarantee their break on 9 points.
Break on speaks? Average at least 74.3.
Last edition: 10 of 32 teams broke.
- 202110 pts · 73.3 speaks16/59
- 20248 pts · 75.4 speaks10/32
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Break categories
This tournament runs a separate break for each category. From the most recent edition:
- Gold break4 teams
- Non-Schools break4 teams
- Silver break10 teams
Top speeches
The highest individual speaker scores recorded at this tournament.
| Debater | Speech | Motion | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇬🇧 Rayaan K. | MO | THBT progressive social movements (e.g. LGBT+ movement, feminist movement, etc) should utiliise religious texts and messaging in their advocacy | 80 |
| 🇬🇧 Rayaan K. | LO | TH, as the US, W pursue greater economic cooperation with China | 79 |
| Iris L. | OW | In regions where the native language is in severe decline (e.g. Basque region, Brittany) THBT schools should heavily prioritise teaching the local language over global languages | 79 |
| Shayan M. | DLO | TH, as the US, W pursue greater economic cooperation with China | 79 |
| 🇬🇧 Jess W. | GW | THP a social norm of directness (being explicit and upfront about disagreements, not hiding own opinions) over a social norm of indirectness (being implicit about disagreements, hiding own opinions to be polite). | 79 |
| 🇬🇧 Rayaan K. | MO | THP a social norm of directness (being explicit and upfront about disagreements, not hiding own opinions) over a social norm of indirectness (being implicit about disagreements, hiding own opinions to be polite). | 79 |
| 🇬🇧 Jess W. | DPM | THBT progressive social movements (e.g. LGBT+ movement, feminist movement, etc) should utiliise religious texts and messaging in their advocacy | 79 |
| Shayan M. | OW | THBT progressive social movements (e.g. LGBT+ movement, feminist movement, etc) should utiliise religious texts and messaging in their advocacy | 78 |
| Audric T. | GW | THP a social norm of directness (being explicit and upfront about disagreements, not hiding own opinions) over a social norm of indirectness (being implicit about disagreements, hiding own opinions to be polite). | 78 |
| Maya K. | LO | In regions where the native language is in severe decline (e.g. Basque region, Brittany) THBT schools should heavily prioritise teaching the local language over global languages | 78 |
| Shayan M. | OW | THP a social norm of directness (being explicit and upfront about disagreements, not hiding own opinions) over a social norm of indirectness (being implicit about disagreements, hiding own opinions to be polite). | 78 |
| Maya K. | MO | TH, as the US, W pursue greater economic cooperation with China | 78 |
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