Now Debating

Links to current debates…

• Social media – A power for good?

• Has Comprehensive School Education Failed?
  • Is Britain’s pre-university education provision serving our children well? by Professor Paul Cooper
  • Comprehensive Schools are fundamental to an integrated civil society by Dr Philip Cook
  • There’s no such thing as a soft A-level argues Richard Taylor
  • Reflections on an exciting and enlightening event post-debate thoughts from Dr Philip Cook
• Reflections on the tenth anniversary of September 11
  • The 9/11 tenth anniversary: a story in fragments by Professor Martin Halliwell
  • Reflections on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 by Emeritus Professor Richard Bonney
  • 9/11 and literature: why do we look to writers for answers and explanations by Dr Catherine Morley
• Arts funding cuts – right or wrong?
  • Demonstrating the Social Value of Museums presented by Dr Janet Marstine
  • Cultural vandalism? The abolishment of the UK Film Council and its impact on the British film industry explored by Professor James Chapman
  • ‘Losers and winners’: A reflection on the merits of arts funding ‘cuts’ considered by Emeritus Professor Richard Foulkes
• Can the Euro survive the financial crisis
  • Greece’s last card. Professor Panicos Demetriades considers the argument for Greece to exit the eurozone
  • Conservative or Retrograde? The ‘New’ Euroscepticism considers Dr Oliver Daddow
  • The eurozone should better have a Plan C (The Deutsch Mark) argues Professor Panicos Demetriades
  • Can the Euro survive the sovereign debt crisis by Dr Adam Cygan

Archived Debates

• Should we punish or reform offenders?
• Happy nation – should we measure national well-being?
• Is Britain Broken?
• Should Man go to Mars?
• Climate Change – deny, prevent or prepare?