Mustafaa Khan

Debating: Training Officer

Hey I'm Mustafaa

Here are my goals:

1) Make the novice workshops more dynamic and varied

Add workshops which focus solely on interactive tasks and broad debating skills. Especially at the start of the year, replacing some of the basic skills sessions.
Alternate between basic skills workshops (e.g. characterisation) and content heavy matter workshops (e.g. internation relations) rather than have all the content heavy workshops at the end of the year.
Update matter workshops so they are not just good for debating but genuinely interesting including some current affairs
Have other committee deliver specific workshops that suite their strengths.

2) Improve Digital Resources: Ensure all PPT and resources are available for catch-up. Publicise the schedule for all workshops well in advance. Finally, create a page of novice and advanced resources including YT videos specific to debating and general sources.

3) Help novices to do competitions: I will advocate for novices who seem motivated and are engaging with feedback to be prioritised to speak at competitions over more experienced debaters. I also want to encourage more pro-ams both in training sessions and at competitions.

4) Oversee and co-ordinate with advanced workshops ensuring that we can have both novice and advanced sessions rather than combining them.