LSE x KCL Novices

Name: LSE x KCL Novices
Start: 2025-10-26T08:00:00+00:00
Location: London School Of Economics (LSE)

Schedule

Sun, 26 Oct, 2025 at 08:00 am

UTC+00:00

Location

London School Of Economics (LSE) | London, EN

Welcome to the first-ever edition of LSE x KCL Novices! This collaborative competitions between the LSESU Debate Society and the KCL Debate Society promises to be world-class novice competition held in-person at the LSE's Central London campus. Mark this weekend on your calendars and stay tuned for more details, including registration and IA forms, to be announced soon.
Registration fee: £40/team
Institutional judge policy: N-1
Missing institutional judge fee: £20/judge
Convenors: Dominic Camino, Michele Liu, Tousif Alam
CAP: TBA
Equity: TBA
Tab: TBA
Team Reg: https://forms.gle/zrik9G5ZofGxnZyP9
IA Reg: https://forms.gle/fKzg6vjEKFAwsVRW7
Deadline to fill reg forms: October 8th
Novice Status: Speakers qualify for novice status if it has been less than 1 year since their first university competition, and they have no more than 2 open breaks within that year.
Speeches will be 5 minutes at this competition.
Provisional Schedule:
08:00 – 08.30 - Registration
08:30 - 09:00 - Announcements
09:00 - 11:00 - Round 1
11:00 - 13:00 – Round 2
13:00 - 13:45 – Lunch (Provided)
13:45 - 15:45 - Round 3
15:45 - 17:30 – Round 4 (Closed)
17:30 -18:00 - Break announcements
18:00 -19:30 - Finals
19:30 onwards - Awards
Social following the awards ceremony