The Internal Debate League of the Universitat de València has a winning team after 3 days of intense debates
From 28 to 30 November, 19 students from different degrees competed in the Internal Debate League of the UV, arguing for and against a controversial and current topic: “Should we be tolerant with the intolerant?” Team B, led by Guillem Álvarez Torres, won this local phase, while the prize for the best speaker was received by Jordi Ferrer i Pardo, from Team C. The team representing the Universitat de València in the Xarxa Vives Debate League to be held at the Universitat Jaume I in April 2024 will be chosen from among the students participating in this local phase.
1 de december de 2023
After three days of debates, the team formed by OlgaAriasPatrón, JoséVicenteBlascoBlasco and GuillemÁlvarezTorres as the captain has won the Internal Debate League of the Universitat de València. Meanwhile, JordiFerreriPardo won the prize for best speaker, and his team, formed by Sandra Berlanga Tovar and Pau Chaume Escolano, was runner-up.
The four participating teams debated with passion and commitment and demonstrated their communicative, argumentative and public speaking skills on this year’s topic of the XarxaVives Debate League: “Should we be tolerant with the intolerant?” They are students from the faculties of Philology, Translation and Communication; Economics; Medicine and Dentistry; Law; Physiotherapy; and Philosophy and Educational Sciences.
The jury assessing the development of the debates was made up of professors from the Universitat de València: Maria Pérez Viguer Seguí, from the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology; Maria Josep Picó Garcés, from the Department of Language Theory and Communication Sciences; as well as Miquel Nicolás Amorós and Roman Rosselló Ivars, both from the Department of Catalan.
Prior to the Internal Debate League, the students were trained in the course ‘Public speaking: preparatory course for the University Debate League.’ In this training, they worked on public speaking with tactics for preparing oral speeches, losing stage fright, as well as training voice and body. This course was given by GonçalLópez-Pampló, Professor of the Department of Catalan at the Universitat de València; NuriaMartin, theatre director, actress and teacher specialised in acting; and JoseA.GarcíaSáez, Professor in the Department of Political Legal Philosophy of the UV and Secretary of the Human Rights Institute (IUDHUV).
Students who participated in both parts of the UV local phase (the training and the Internal League) are awarded 1.5ECTS. In addition, each member of the winning team of the league and the best speaker receive a prize of €200each.
The XarxaVives University Debate League
From 24 to 26April2024, the XarxaVives Debate League will take place at the Universitat Jaume I in Castelló de la Plana. The members of the team representing the Universitat de València will be selected from among all the students who have participated in the local phase of the University Debate League, which is promoted by the StudentCouncil and organised by the Information and Promotion Service for Students (Sedi)
The XarxaVives University Debate League is a dialectic competition in which different teams of university students debate on a controversial and current topic. The aim of the competition, which has been organised since 2005, is to encourage speech and promote skills such as argumentation, public speaking, information research, collaborative work and staging. It also aims to foster relationships with students from other universities of the XarxaVives d’Universitats.