Students from Queens' School in Bushey are to go head-to-head against five schools from the region in one of the toughest debating competitions in the UK.
On April 26, students for the school in Aldenham Road, will argue a series of different topics including whether the Olympic Games are too costly in light of the current economic climate, at the Regional Final of the Institute of Ideas Debating Matters Competition.
They will have to prove their debating prowess at the event at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute, in a bid to reach the National Final this summer in London.
Students will have to argue their position before a panel of judges, and then be quizzed on the merits of their argument by questions posed by both the judges and members of the audience including their fellow students.
The competition is supported by the Wellcome Trust and the Medical Research Council.
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