40th World Universities Debating Championship

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) aboutThe World Universities Debating Championship 2020Q: What is the World Universities Debating Championship?A: The World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) is the world's largest debating tournament, and one of the largest annual international student events in the world. To be specific, it is a parliamentary debating event, held using a variant of the British Parliamentary Debate format. The first World Universities Debating Championship was held in Glasgow, Scotland in 1981 and the best speaker was Andrew Taylor, Hart House. Each year, the event is hosted by a university selected by the World Universities Debating Council. The tournament, which is colloquially referred to as "Worlds", has started for 35 years and has grown both in terms of diversity and in magnitude.This History of the World Universities Debating Championships comes in three parts. From 1976 to 1990, it is taken almost word for word (with the exception of a section on the 197...