2010 Programme: Festival weekend overview

The Festival weekend includes more than 70 debates which are listed below ordered by time slot and room. To see Saturday or Sunday sessions only, select the day you want from the menu on the left or select sessions by Theme.

Saturday 30 October: 3.30pm-5.00pm
Provocation Zone Student Union
What are universities for?
Sunday 31 October: 9.45am-10.30am
Breakfast Banter Café
Can you parlez-vous? Why learning languages matters
Sunday 31 October: 10.45am-12.15pm
Café Controversies Café
What makes a good teacher?
Sunday 31 October: 1.45pm-3.15pm
Café Controversies Café
Teachers and parents - enemies or allies?
Sunday 31 October: 3.45pm-5.15pm
Battle for the Past Seminar Space
Memorialising the holocaust: the challenge of history?
Café Controversies Café
Faith Schools: inspiration or indoctrination?

Festival Buzz

Learning Jargonese - Steven Poole - 'Intelligent Design' is dishonest jargon

"In an ever shrinking middle ground, the Battle of Ideas is more important than ever, if we're to reinvigorate politics and challenge the status quo."
Graham Smith, campaign manager, Republic