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FREE BATTLE OF IDEAS 2015 TICKETS FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS!!

Together with the Hargrave Foundation, we are delighted to offer a limited number of free day-tickets for school pupils to attend the Battle of Ideas festival, taking place on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 October. As well as this, any students that wish to attend on Saturday and Sunday, will pay just £10 for the other day!

The event will be held at the Barbican in London, one of the world’s leading arts and culture centres. So if you are inquisitive, intellectually curious, and interested about the world around you, then join us for a free day of high-level, thought-provoking, public debate at the Battle of Ideas Festival, organised by the Institute of Ideas!

Over 3,000 delegates will attend more than 100 sessions during the weekend. And hundreds of insightful speakers from across the globe, representing a wide range of disciplines and viewpoints, will tackle some of the most pressing issues of our time.

Your free day ticket will give you access to any of the debates that you wish, and there are over 100 sessions over the course of the weekend, ranging from; Generation Wars: is it time to stop the ‘Boomer Blaming?’ ∙ From blockbusters to selfie sticks: are crowds ruining culture? ∙ Why does Shakespeare matter? ∙ Is gaming corrupting youth? ∙ Man vs Machine: who controls the robots? ∙ Artistic expression: where should we draw the line? ∙ What is the point of the BBC in an era of Netflix and Amazon Prime? ∙ Is there a future for Liberalism? ∙ Do anti-bullying policies build character? ∙ After Ferguson: policing and race in America ∙ Young Arab Voices: resisting radicalisation ∙ The battle over ‘geek culture’ and Should schools teach ‘British Values’?

As well this, there will be debates throughout the weekend ranging from: Religious tolerance: can we keep the faith? and Generation Y and politics today To; We the people, you the mob?

Themed strands of discussion, include: The New Industrial Revolution? · The Battle over Life and Death · Everyday Liberties · War and Peace · Feminism and its discontents · The Battle for the Classroom · Academy in One Day and more.

FULL PROGRAMME DETAILS: HERE

SPEAKERS THIS YEAR INCLUDE:
Christina Hoff Sommers; Saimo Chanal QC; Lord Andrew Adonis; David Aaronovitch; Nick Ross; Angie Hobbs; Frank Furedi; Vicky Pryce; Philippe Legrain; Tom Chatfield; Jeanne-Marie Gescher; Patrik Schumacher; Julie Bindel; Sam Leith; Linda Blum; Christopher Coker; Kishwer Falkner; Ivan Hewett; Lenore Skenazy; Milo Yiannopoulos; Clare Gerada; Mike Wright; Tiffany Jenkins; Daniel Moylan; Cathy Young; Shiraz Maher; Rupa Huq MP; Jeremy Myerson; Jeannette Pols; John Gapper; Timandra Harkness; Georgios Varouxakis; George Ferguson; Mick Hume; Abdul Rehman-Malik and many more.

Just email schoolschampion@instituteofideas.com stating which day you would like to attend for free, the name of your school, and postal address to send the tickets to.

BUY TICKETS HERE

 

Best Wishes,
Claire Fox
Director
Institute of Ideas
Signet House
49-51 Farringdon Road
London EC1M 3JP
020 7269 9223

 

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