The Great Debate 2022: speeches
The HA's public-speaking competition for students aged 16-19
Watch the Great Debate 2022 finalists' speeches
The 2022 Great Debate final was held on 26 March at the Vicars' Hall, Windsor Castle. The question for young people to address was:
“The 70-year reign of Queen Elizabeth II has seen global and widespread changes including in: societal infrastructure, industry, rural life, the environment and ideas. Which changes of the last 70 years have affected your local area the most?”
Over the course of a day the judges and the audience listened to 23 talks by the finalists covering important issues such as: immigration, gentrification, language, the environment, second home ownership, the changes in employment from industrial to IT and ethnic diversity.
Watch all the finalists' speeches on these pages.
- Winner: Kit Renshaw
- First Runner Up: Aniya Pramanik
- Second Runner Up: Grace Johnson
- Third Runner Up: Shruti Chakraborty
- Highly Commended: Isobel Brewer
- Millie Punshon
- Lucy Duggan
- Tali Davies
- Eliza McRann
- Emma Bell
- Libby Swan
- Lucy Frewin
- Chris Mutombo Ramazani
- Annie Golightly
- Gauri Khanna
- Will Jukes
- Tomas Dolan
- Megan Langabeer
- Safiyah Khan
- Isabella Scriven
- Masheta Saffi
- Arthi Vijay