Round 1Economy and Work
Preliminary rounds
Round 2Education
This house believes that developing nations should pay for the full tuition of female university students.
Round 3Ethics and Philosophy
This house would financially incentivize both inter-faith and inter-ethnic marriages.
Round 4International Relations
This house would prohibit high-ranking members of the Sri Lankan military and the Tamil Tigers from participation in the election.
Round 5Health and Medicine
This house would abolish taxes on alcohol and cigarettes that go beyond normal sales taxes.
Break rounds
OctofinalsEthics and Philosophy
This house believes the West should recognise the Dalai Lama
SemifinalsPolitics and Government
This house believes that the United States government should subsidize Twitter to liberalize oppressed societies
ESL break rounds
For speakers of English as a second language.
ESL FinalSociety and Culture
This house would ban any scheme intended to cure homosexuality
ESL FinalCrime and Justice
This house would allow prisoners to raise their babies behind bars.
ESL FinalCrime and Justice
This house would prohibit expression that portrays convicted war criminals in a positive light.
EFL break rounds
For speakers of English as a foreign language.
EFL FinalPolitics and Government
This house believes that democratic states should own their own broadcasting corporations.
About WUDC
The World Universities Debating Championship, often called Worlds, is the largest debate tournament in the world. Hundreds of university teams debate in British Parliamentary style, with 15 minutes of prep for each motion.
Motions from a community motion archive, credited to the tournament. Prep notes are written by the Debatery Editing Team to help you start thinking; they are not the only way to run either side.