Academy of Ideas

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe TAKING THE RAP: HIP HOP, R&B AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/7859 Hip hop and R&B have been embraced by mainstream society in recent years, yet the culture and its leading exponents still find themselves com...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe WHOSE STREETS: THE LIMITS TO PROTEST? http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/8029 From the rise of police kettling tactics to the notorious restrictions placed on Westminster Square, recent years have seen a much documented clamp-down on th...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe HOT OFF THE PRESS - FROM 9/11 TO NAIROBI: UNDERSTANDING TODAY'S TERRORISM http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/8727 On 21 September this year, 15 heavily armed members of the Al Shabab terror group took over Westgate Shopping Centre in ce...

Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe IS PUBLC ART AN INSULT TO THE PUBLIC? From the Fourth Plinth’s ‘blue cock’ to Mark Wallinger’s ‘White Horse at Ebbsfleet’ and Art Everywhere’s plan to turn the UK’s public spaces into ‘the world’s largest art gallery’ there is no shortage of ambitious publi...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe LOBBYING: A DIRTY BUSINESS? http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/7896 The role in the political process played by lobbyists is under more scrutiny than ever. In everything from energy policy and banking reform to NHS privatisation and pub...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe HONEY, DID WE BANKRUPT THE KIDS? http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/7873 Children born today – anywhere in the world, whether Europe, the BRICS or even Africa - can expect to live longer, healthier and smarter lives than those born a hu...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe DEBATING MATTERS COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL FINAL 2013 The Battle of Ideas will host the fifth UK versus India Debating Matters International Final, a showdown between the winners of Debating Matters Competition UK 2012/13 and the winners of the Debating Mat...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe THE CRISIS OF INNOVTION: DUDE, WHERE'S MY FLYING CAR? http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/7874 The 20th century saw great leaps forward in technology and innovation - from the mass production of cars to nuclear power to moon landings - a...

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Subscribe to the Academy of Ideas Substack for more information on the next Battle and future events: https://clairefox.substack.com/subscribe YOUTH TODAY: GENERATION ME, ME, ME? http://archive.battleofideas.org.uk/2013/session_detail/7871 There has been widespread concern across the West about the impact of austerity measures on the young. While some commentators have tried to link the youthful u...