Judging

Debating Matters.

I judged a local heat of a competition at Hanham High School between four high school debating teams. The question debated was: "Embryonic stem cell research is good — agree or disagree". 11 October 2006.

Fame Lab 2006.

I was a judge at the second Fame Lab. 11 March 2006, at Life in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Fame Lab.

I was a judge for the first-ever Fame Lab. Fame Lab is a national competition to find the best new talent for Science Presentation to the Media; the winner receives £2000, a programme on channel 4 television, and a lecture tour set up for them. Contestants could be teachers, technicians, government workers, or anyone in science; most of the contestants were between 25-45 years of age. Judging was extremely high pressure, with 43 three-minute presentations being judged in a morning by a panel of three judges; we were on stage in front of an audience almost continuously, and we were allowed to confer amongst ourselves only once per hour for 5 minutes.