Teach Debate & Business Communication at Chung Ang University, Seoul Korea!!‏

Greetings!

Anyone interested in taking over my job? =]

After  5 great years in South Korea, it's time for me to go home. I am leaving an amazing job, an ambitious school and wonderful students, and I certainly hope I don't regret it! I care deeply about the unique debate program here and the students and school. If you have any questions about the job or living in Korea, please feel free to contact me. 

I would really appreciate it if you could send this out to anyone you think is capable and would be interested. Thank you.

Cheers

Logan

The Job...

The College of Business and Economics of Chung Ang University in Seoul (http://biz.cau.ac.kr/english/) is looking for TWO candidates to serve as Visiting Professors, starting March 2012. Below is a brief description of the position.

• Monthly salary of approximately 3 million won
• Two year contract
• Minimum 12 hours a week teaching time per semester (extra pay for extra hours)
• Summer and Winter paid vacation (Approximately 4 months, possible to teach Winter and Summer courses for extra money)
• Healthcare under the Korean National Healthcare system - includes dental
• No research requirements
• All teaching will be conducted in English, Korean proficiency is not required

Teaching Responsibilities

• Debate in Business - an introduction to debate course that is mandatory for all freshmen in the Business College (approx 250 students). Each class is two hours. You will need to help organize a debate tournament that is part of their evaluation. 
• Business Communication 1 - self-selected course, focusing on Presentation Skills, Meetings
• Business Communication 2 - self-selected course, focusing on Writing, Negotiation, Job Hunting Skills
• Business Communication for MBA students and Part-Time students

Non-Teaching Responsibilities (optional)

• Coach and advise the Chung Ang Universities Debate team (Asians, Australs and British Parliamentary Formats)
• Help organize the Asian Debate Institute (a 10 day workshop run in the Summer and Winter)

Interested candidates should send a CV and Cover Letter to logandran@cau.ac.kr AND hkim3@cau.ac.kr, before the 7th of December 2011. Candidates must have a Masters Degree.

WUDC Debaters by Country

Dear Delegates to Worlds Council,

Article 22 of the Worlds Constitution specifies that country and regional representatives are responsible for verifying the eligibility of participants  entered to compete in the 2012 World Championships.  This verification concerns only whether the participants registered are legitimately enrolled at their university. 

Please contact Steve Johnson for a list of the the participants entered from your country.  Any concerns about eligibility should be addressed to the Council Executive at the contacts listed below:

Chair: Jens Fischer (jhbfischer@googlemail.com)
Secretary: Simone van Elk (simone.vanelk@gmail.com)
Registrar: Steve Johnson (steve.johnson.alaska@gmail.com)

The relevant provisions of Article 22 are provided below:

Article 22

1. Competitors who satisfy the requirements of this Article may compete in a team eligible to make the finals series a maximum of four Championships. This provision shall take effect from 6th January 1990.
2. During the academic year of the competition, competitors shall represent the institution at which they pursue at least half of their courses toward a particular degree.
3. Competitors shall be recognised by their university debating union or equivalent, or in the absence of such a body by the university administration.
4. Documented evidence of the participants student status should be received by the host nation prior to commencement of the Championships. Registration shall be considered in complete until such evidence is received.
5. Competitors must be enrolled students and must be attending classes or pursuing research in the university which they represent on the last day of term preceding the competition.

We would appreciate your immediate attention to this task so that any concerns may be addressed quickly.  Thank you.

Sincerely,

Steve

Steven Johnson, Registrar
World Universities Debating Council

Chung Ang win North East Asian Champions

Chung Ang University have won the 2011 North East Asian Champions

In the final they defeated Finalist are MMU Melaka (black&yellow), Chung ang uni (CAU1), Korea uni (KU2) And Hong Kong (HKU1).

The final motion was THBT international law should recognize the right of each state to unilaterally undertake humanitarian intervention.

More info to follow

Source: Various on Twitter and Facebook

BPP Win the 2011 Cambridge IV

Dear All,

We want to thank all the teams and judges that came to The Clifford Chance Cambridge IV 2011 and hope they all enjoyed the competition.

The Open Final was won by BPP A, Jack Watson and Doog Cochran. They defeated Oxford BC (Steph Bell and Jen Coyne), Oxford BW (Ben Woolgar and Hugh Burns) and Loyola (James Kilcup and Dearbhail O’Crowley) in the final. Jack Watson topped the speaker tab.

Utrecht (Danique van Koppenhagen and Tomas Beerthuis) won the ESL final, with Danique topping the speaker tab.

The full tab is available here: http://tinyurl.com/thecccambridgeivresults 

The motions were:
R1: THW allow family members to forcibly commit proven alcoholics and drug addicts to rehabilitation clinics.
R2: THBT all research organizations should institute codes of conduct that forbid the creation of Strong AI.
R3: THW provide financial assistance to inner city neighborhoods to prevent gentrification
R4: THBT China should make extracting a full apology for Japan's War Crimes a top strategic priority
R5: THBT feminists should not campaign against polygamy in poor countries.

Open QF: THBT the use of conscripted soldiers should be a war crime.
ESL SF: THW take the children of the Amish into care

Open SF: TH regrets the rise of a distinct African American Culture
ESL Final: THB that it is morally legitimate for Occupy Movement to use violence to undermine capitalist institutions
Open Final: THW break up Google's Search Monopoly

A special thanks goes to Shengwu Li and Nathalie Smith for being two of most creative and sensible people to work with on an adjudication team. Thanks to Jack Gamble and Rebecca Meredith for their hard work as Deputy Convenors. And to James Hardy and Maria English for the countless hours they put in to make the competition run.

We hope to see you all around soon,
Harish Natarajan
Co-CA The Clifford Chance Cambridge IV 2011

Monash wins the Victoria IV

Monash University has won the Victoria IV (New Zealand British Parliamentary Debating Champs) held in Wellington from November 18-20, defeating two teams from Victoria University and Auckland University in the Grand Final.

Chief Adjudicators: Christopher Bishop & Tim Mooney

Winners: Monash (Amit Golder & Kiran Iyer)

Runners-Up: Victoria University (Richard D'Ath & Seb Templeton), Auckland University (Josh Baxter & Nupur Upadhyay), Victoria University (Udayan Mukherjee & Ella Edginton).

Semi-finalists: Composite (Kieran Bunn & Aric Shakur), Auckland University (Steph Thompson & Ben Milsom), UNSWA (David Ong & Matthew Cobb Clark), Veterans (Joe Connell & Kevin Moar)

Top 10 speakers:
1. Amit Golder (Monash) 511
2. Richard D'Ath (Victoria) 498
3. Ella Edginton (Victoria) 492
4= Kiran Iyer (Monash) 488
4= Akif Mallick (Auckland) 488
4= Kevin Moar 488
4= Joe Connell 488
8= Stephanie Thompson (Auckland) 487
8=Udayan Mukherjee (Victoria) 487
10= Matthew Cobb Clark (UNSW A) 482
10= Ben Milsom (Auckland) 482
10= Polly Higbee 482
10= Seb Templeton (Victoria) 482

Motions:
1. This House would ban child beauty pageants
2. This House believes Israel should unilaterally preemptively strike Iran
3. This House believes that individuals should be required by governments to invest a defined portion of their salary for their retirement
4. This House would forcibly remove the homeless from the streets and place them in mental institutions or rehabilitation
5. This House would consign the European Union to the dustbin of history
6. This house supports comprehensive parental leave paid for by employers
Semi: This House would camp out in solidarity with the "Occupy" protestors
Final: This House believes newly democratised Arab nations should not allow religious parties to run for office