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February 7, 2007
Good news at last
Where publishers, parliament, library professionals and local councils have all failed-- school students have shown the way to us all.
The Regional Finals of the national sixth form debating competition, "Debating Matters" will debate the motion “Books should remain the essence of public libraries” at 5 of the 8 regions that are taking part in this year’s competition.
The Institute of Ideas say that they would be delighted if anyone were able to attend any of the dates below-
Regional Final Dates and Venues
South East Regional Final- 2nd March – Canterbury Christchurch University
Scotland Regional Final- 16th March- Royal Society of Edinburgh
West and South Wales Regional Final- 20th March- University of Bristol
North West Regional Final- 16th April- Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
East Regional Final- 19th April- University of Cambridge
That is good news from a very interesting source..
Posted by Tim Coates at February 7, 2007 1:45 PM
Comments
This is tremendous news, and should get lots of news coverage. Young people debating about BOOKS??
Posted by: Karen Christensen at February 9, 2007 4:06 PM