Academy of Ideas

08/09/2026

URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM EMMA WEBBER🚨

TODAY (TUESDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER) AND TOMORROW THE FINDINGS OF THE NOTTINGHAM INQUIRY WILL BE RELEASED ON LIVE STREAM (https://www.youtube.com/)

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07/09/2026

Join the AOI Education Forum on Monday 28 September via Zoom. Will Labour’s social-meda ban ensure that pupils are healthier, happier and better prepared for school? Or will it compound the social isolation of some and restrict intellectual exploration? What can teachers do to better prepare young people for their social-media use? And if a blanket ban is too blunt, as some claim, what are the practical alternatives?

SPEAKERS: Isabelle Defaut, Emma Gilland, Matilda Gosling and Ruth Wareham.

CHAIR: Toby Marshall

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Join the AOI Education Forum for this online discussion. Will a ban make children happier or more isolated?

07/09/2026

After the grooming gangs and Valdo Calocane: where’s the accountability?

With the Nottingham Inquiry coming to a close this week, Claire Fox asks why, time after time, authorities seem to get away with appalling failures – and how we can prevent this happening again.

With the Nottingham Inquiry coming to a close this week, we have to ask why, time after time, authorities seem to get away with appalling failures.

06/09/2026

AGREE OR DISAGREE?
Well, tell us @ 2026 where will be asking “After the wildfires and floods: Should we reassess climate change?
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That was David Turver @ 2025 “Why is my energy bill so high?”

06/09/2026

"There's no point us passing a law, in which you have to tell the truth at inquiries, if then when the inquiry concludes nothing happens" - AOI DIRECTOR CLAIRE FOX

The conclusion of the NOTTINGHAM INQUIRY will be LIVE-STREAMED on the 8th and 9th of September - LINK - https://www.youtube.com/

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05/09/2026

Here’s Poppy Coburn @ 2025 on the graduate employment crisis.

If you want to discuss “THE CORRUPTION OF THE UNIVERSITY” or see Poppy speak, 2026 is the place to be…
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04/09/2026

Jo-Anne Nadler @ 2025 “What should schools teach about s*x and relationships?”

One of our 120 sessions of 2026 will be on “The corruption of the university”

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03/09/2026

INTRODUCING THE BATTLE OF IDEAS 2026 17&18 OCTOBER🚨
120+ SESSIONS, 400+ SPEAKERS, 3500+ ATTENDEES
- Suicidal empathy: Is the West killing itself with kindness?
- Visas for all? Britain's immigration scandal
- From Pride to Palestine: who are today's Greens?
- WTF is Manchesterism... and can it save the economy?
- Grooming gangs to the Nottingham Inquiry: Untangling accountability

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03/09/2026

Jo-Anne Nadler @ 2025 “What should schools teach about s*x and relationships?”

This year we’ll be discussing “From ADHD to autism: negotiating the special-needs crisis”
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02/09/2026

“I mean what are you saying Andy?! Are you saying that the 6th biggest economy in the world should renege on its debts, just so the Labour left think you’re a nice bloke!?”

Liam Halligan @ 2025 - 2026 TICKETS ARE ON EARLYBIRD SALE 👇
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