Creixen Terrassa wins the Xarxa Vives Network's High School Debate League
The Creixen Terrassa school's debate team won the High School Debate League held at the UAB against teams from 23 other secondary school centres from the Vallès Occidental, Vallès Oriental, and Barcelona regions. The team will represent the UAB at the final championships, which will take place in Valencia in March. The runners-up were students from the institut Vilanova del Vallès and the prize to the best speaker went to Paula Escribano, from the institut Jaume Cabré, in Terrassa.
The team from the Creixen School (Terrassa, Vallès Occidental) confronted the other finalists from the Institut Vilanova del Vallès on Friday 17 February. Both teams reached the finals after a week of intense debates held from Monday 13 to Friday 17 February at the UAB Theatre Hall.
A total of over 100 students from 24 secondary and upper secondary school centres from the Vallès Occidental, Vallès Oriental and Barcelona region participated in the debate league championships. The topic on debate this year was "Should social networks be regulated to fight against disinformation?".
The winning team from the Creixen School was formed by fourth-year students Eva Escaño, Carla Borrego, Sara Cabezas, Laura López and Martina Teres. All five will represent the UAB at the finals of the Xarxa Vives Network's High School Debate League, which will take place at the University of Valencia from 22 to 24 March and will consist of 15 teams from each of the universities forming part of the Xarxa Vives Network. The prize of winning the local championship is an all-expenses paid trip to Valencia for the finals.
The runners-up were the team from the institut Vilanova del Vallès (Vilanova del Vallès, Vallès Oriental) formed by Noemí Martínez, Jesús Dueñas, Clàudia González, Laia Carol and Elena Salvador.
The prize for Best Speaker went to a student from the institut Jaume Cabré in Terrassa, Paula Escribano Massas.
Debate leagues aim to promote the values of a critical society through dialect, particularly amongst younger students. The objective of the Xarxa Vives Network is to foster cross-curricular skills amongst students through the use of words. Year after year, the network consolidates the debate league as an educational activity, which can be seen by the number of teams registered to participate, over 250 from different secondary school centres in Catalonia, Valencia, the Balearic Islands and Andorra.
University Debate League
The local phase of the UAB University Debate League will take place from Monday 20 February to Thursday 23 February. The topic to be discussed will be "Is tourism sustainable?".
Debates will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are open to all those interested in attending. The winning team will go on to compete in the finals against the other winning teams from each of the universities form part of the Xarxa Vives network.
The UAB played host to the debate finals in 2022. This year, the finals will take place at the University of Valencia.
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