Help us reach more primary school children
Three ways you can help more primary school children improve their speaking and listening skills
ESU Oracy Culture Award 2019 Winners
We are delighted to announce the winning schools for this year’s ESU Oracy Culture Award.
The Big Debate with Frank Cottrell Boyce
Acclaimed children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce chaired a Big Debate for local schoolchildren organised by the ESU and The Week Junior.
It’s in your gift
Leaving a legacy is your chance to make a lasting impact. Here we look at three of ESU’s generous benefactors and the difference their help has made.
World Schools Debating Championships 2018 selection criteria
Read about our changes to the selection process to help ensure excellence through diversity.
From the mic to the like
Guardian writer and podcast presenter Jordan Erica Webber discusses the benefits and dangers of social media becoming the loudspeaker for our voices.
Romania Debate Tour 2018
ESU oracy coach Eddy Booth shares his experience of teaching debating in Constanta.
Philippines fields best young speaker
Johanne Jazmin Tan Jabines from the Philippines beat 50 other contestants from across the world to win the International Public Speaking Competition 2018.
And the winners are...
The winners of the Schools' Mace and Performing Shakespeare competitions for 2018 are announced.
Performing Shakespeare final: Wyndham's theatre 20th March
James of St Thomas More High School, was declared the winner of the Best Performance Award in the 2018 Performing Shakespeare Competition.