Round 1Society and Culture
Preliminary rounds
Round 2Politics and Government
This house would prevent politicians from making fact claims that, while not technically lies, are substantially misleading to voters.
Round 3Economy and Work
This house would force large companies who leave an area to pay the costs of any resulting structural unemployment.
Round 4Economy and Work
This house would require individuals to use all their wealth beyond USD 5 million for philanthropic projects.
Round 5Education
This house would require deaf parents to send their children (whether deaf or hearing) to mainstream schools for their primary and secondary education.
Round 6Politics and Government
This house supports politicians who pass progressive legislation, even where this is contrary to the wishes of the democratic electorate.
Round 7Society and Culture
This house supports the free movement of labour worldwide.
Round 9Health and Medicine
This house would ban all private healthcare in favour of a comprehensive public healthcare system.
Break rounds
QuarterfinalsEthics and Philosophy
This house believes that “Western” consultants advising dictatorships have a moral duty to sabotage them.
SemifinalsEthics and Philosophy
This house believes that images designed to even slightly sexually attract/aroused viewer should be restricted to specialist adult shot/xxx domain.
ESL break rounds
For speakers of English as a second language.
ESL FinalPolitics and Government
In countries with few female politicians, this house believes it is good to have a politically active ‘first lady’.
ESL FinalEnvironment and Animals
This house supports scientists who fabricate evidence exaggerating the certainty of man-made climate change, where there is a low likelihood to be caught.
EFL break rounds
For speakers of English as a foreign language.
EFL SemifinalsHealth and Medicine
This house believes that when doctors discover a patient has STDs, they should reveal that info to the patient’s partner.
EFL FinalEducation
This house believes that public education systems should raise the aspirations of children from disadvantaged backgrounds beyond that which is realistic to expect them to achieve.
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.