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 * What’s on
 * Education
   * What is oracy?
   * Our educational approach
   * Classroom and competition resources
   * Competitions
   * Programmes and workshops
   * CPD
   * Awards
   * Oracy Education Research
   * Debate Tours
 * About the ESU
   * Our mission
   * ESU Members’ hub
   * ESU branches in England and Wales
   * Our international network
   * International Public Speaking Competition
   * Scholarships
   * Speak Out
   * Our history
   * Alumni stories
   * News and views
   * Member & alumni newsletters
   * Who’s Who at the ESU?
   * Educational Partnerships
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One-off or regular donations are vital to our work, helping us ensure that young
people everywhere have the oracy skills they need to thrive

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and run ESU programmes and competitions. Find out how you could help

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shared language and global friendship.


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EDUCATION

We offer rigorous speech and debate programmes, competitions and resources to
boost oracy provision in your school, as well as workshops and scholarships to
aid your professional development.

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MEMBERSHIP

Our members know the power of a shared language in the modern world. Branches
provide local opportunities to socialise and gain new perspectives on the world.
Membership funds our vital education work and many members also fundraise or
volunteer their time.

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INTERNATIONAL

There are over 50 international ESUs around the world from Albania to Yemen. All
work to promote proficiency in spoken English as a means of cultural exchange
and understanding.

Discover our global reach


OUR MACE COMPETITION

The ESU Schools Mace is a prestigious debating competition that brings together
talented students from various schools to engage in rigorous debates on pressing
issues.


LEVEL UP YOUR TEACHING WITH CPD FROM THE ESU

Boost your oracy teaching with expert-led, interactive CPD from the ESU — packed
with tried-and-tested games and strategies you can use in your classroom right
away!

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UPCOMING EVENTS


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THE ESU INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING 2024




THE DIFFERENCE WE’RE MAKING

Changing Lives


AHMAD NAWAZ

I realised that if we all speak out about what we think is wrong in society, we
can change it.

Changing Lives


FATIMA PAMSM-CONTEH

Debate Academy opened my mind to different opinions.

Changing Lives


EDWARD STOURTON AND SIR NICHOLAS MOSTYN

Debating taught us that ‘If you can speak in this country, you can do anything’.

ANAIS OSMËNAJ, ALBANIA IPSC PARTICIPANT, 2023

The best experience I have ever had.

You should really try this experience, because you won’t ever forget it.

I'm so excited to be an ambassador for my country. I want to motivate every
single person to take part in this competition - for the new experience, for the
new people, and for the feedback you get. The judges and the coaches were super
friendly - I had an amazing time.

LOUISE ROBSON, (ENGLISH TEACHER) FROM ST. CATHERINE’S SCHOOL, GUILDFORD, 2023

The ESU's free resources have enabled me to diversify my classroom a little bit.
I often will bring in a debating measure, or public speaking measure, that maybe
I wouldn’t have bothered with if the resources weren’t there, but the children
really, really enjoy it’.

ALEX, YR 13, MAYFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL ,2023

I started debate because I don’t like talking, I'm quite socially anxious,  but
I quickly realised it was something I was actually good at despite that. I’m
quite a rational person, and so much of debating is fact-finding and coming up
with good arguments. I just find it so interesting - you get so much knowledge
about things you’d never think you’d care about, but you do

CATHERINE WEST, LABOUR MP AND SHADOW FOREIGN MINISTER AND ONE OF PANEL OF JUDGES
FOR IPSC 2023

The participants broached some difficult subjects around how freedom of
expression isn't available to all young people. They showed intense sensitivity,
but also, they're smart and I think that combination is very encouraging for the
future.

A big thank you to everyone who’s put the programme together.

BRENDAN BORER, LEADER OF THE DEBATE CLUB AT MAYFIELD GRAMMAR SCHOOL , 2023

Debate is a good way of improving the students’ cultural capital - giving them
the skills they need to go into higher education, building up their confidence,
and helping them to develop arguments, which translates to their written skills.

VIVIENNE SMITH, ORACY LEADER EXPERIENCE OF DELIVERING DYV WORKSHOPS.

I now deliver ESU speaking or debating workshops every month in a satisfyingly
diverse range of schools.

This is all the joy of teaching young people, minus the marking, planning and
petty bureaucracy that most teachers suffer the burden of. I love the challenge
of enthusing a group of (often shy and tongue-tied) teenagers.

By the end, everyone has had a chance to speak. Quiet pupils learn that they
have a lot to offer, whilst confident children learn the value of listening and
respecting other points of view.

ANNABEL THOMAS MACGREGOR, ANNABEL THOMAS MACGREGOR

‘Being able to think on your feet and respond to what other people say, using
evidence and reasoning to back up your arguments – these are life skills that
everybody needs,’

JASON VIT, FROM THE NATIONAL LITERACY TRUST AND GUEST JUDGE,2023

Debating is such a great skill for young people to learn. It teaches you to
think critically, to research and, most importantly, it teaches you not to be
taken in by the easy or the obvious argument. When we’re faced with fake news,
we need citizens of the world who are intelligent, who are critical, who are
questioning the information they are presented with.

HEATHER JAMES, (ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT HEADTEACHER - TEACHING, LEARNING AND PDW),
GREY COURT SCHOOL (RICHMOND, LDN)

The impact of the day extended far beyond the immediate experience, as evidenced
by the numerous emails from parents expressing their delight. Parents reported
that their children returned home enthusiastic and animated about the day's
activities. In the post-COVID era, there has been a heightened emphasis on oracy
and communication in UK schools, making this workshop timely and invaluable for
providing students with the opportunity to shine.

MARYAM PASHA, DIRECTOR OF TEDXLONDON AND ONE OF THE PANEL OF JUDGES FOR IPSC
2023, LONDON

Learning these skills at this age puts you in such a good position for the rest
of your life. To have confidence in how to construct an argument, how to tell
stories, how to interact with an audience, and how to feel grounded in your
delivery, is always going to be an asset going forward.

More than that though, this competition allows participants to realise that
there are people from halfway around the world who they may have more in common
with than someone who’s in the same class as them at home. You start to see all
the richness of difference and diversity, and how valuable that is.






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