Eight Hebrew University students participated in the 2001 world university debating championship held recently at Glasgow University. This year's tournament was the largest in the history of the championships, with over 900 students from close to 30 nations participating.
For the first time in the history of the championships, a Hebrew University team consisting of Roy Wiesner and Yehoshua Gurtler, students in the Faculty of Law, made it to the semifinal level of the English as second language (ESL) category, placing it among the top eight teams in that category. That same team was also one point away from reaching the eight-team final level in the general category. This placed the team on a point level comparable to that of teams from the top universities of the world, including Oxford and Cambridge, and ahead of teams from leading universities such as Stanford, Princeton and others. This is the highest ranking an Israeli team has ever reached in the championships.
Additionally, one of the Hebrew University adjudicators, Tomer Treves, a student in the Law Faculty, was chosen to be one of the 32 adjudicators to judge the competition's advanced stages. This is an honor bestowed upon the leading debating adjudicators in the world. Treves was one of the only two adjudicators from a non-English-speaking country to be chosen to adjudicate the advanced stages. The participation of the Hebrew University students in the competition was made possible through the support of the University's Division for Development and Public Relations and the British Friends of the University.
For the first time in the history of the championships, a Hebrew University team consisting of Roy Wiesner and Yehoshua Gurtler, students in the Faculty of Law, made it to the semifinal level of the English as second language (ESL) category, placing it among the top eight teams in that category. That same team was also one point away from reaching the eight-team final level in the general category. This placed the team on a point level comparable to that of teams from the top universities of the world, including Oxford and Cambridge, and ahead of teams from leading universities such as Stanford, Princeton and others. This is the highest ranking an Israeli team has ever reached in the championships.
Additionally, one of the Hebrew University adjudicators, Tomer Treves, a student in the Law Faculty, was chosen to be one of the 32 adjudicators to judge the competition's advanced stages. This is an honor bestowed upon the leading debating adjudicators in the world. Treves was one of the only two adjudicators from a non-English-speaking country to be chosen to adjudicate the advanced stages. The participation of the Hebrew University students in the competition was made possible through the support of the University's Division for Development and Public Relations and the British Friends of the University.