NUDC 2013: Teknokrat Rule in Sumatra's Region II Stays

STBA Teknokrat (Niko Ginanto & Hari Saputra) continued the foreign language school's reign after topping the 2013 National Universities Debating Championship selection for Region II that covers the provinces of South Sumatra, Lampung, Bengkulu and Bangka-Belitung. In the final, the duo defeated state schools  Universitas Lampung, Universitas Sriwijaya and Universitas Bengkulu. Teknokrat won the title last year.

All four are eligible to advance to the national rounds next week. Besides them, semifinalists STIE Musi Palembang, Politeknik Sriwijaya, Universitas Islam OKI and Universitas Bandar Lampung also qualify for the big event. 

Manila WUDC Announces Revised List, UGM Gets Entry

The organizers of the 2012 World Universities Debating Championships have promoted the first batch of waiting list teams to the safe zone after several schools reduced their contingents or pulled out from the competition that will take place in Manila around the Christmas-New Year's holiday season. One of the teams that got the bump up was Universitas Gadjah Mada while Universitas Bengkulu, which had a place in the raw list, decided to cancel its participation.

The Indonesian teams on the main list are as follows:

• Universitas Binus (3 teams) status OK
• Universitas Atma Jaya (2 teams) status OK
• Binus International (1 team) status OK
• Universitas Indonesia (1 team) status OK
• Institut Teknologi Bandung (1 team) status OK
• Universitas Padjadjaran (1 team) status OK
• Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara (1 team) status OK
• Universitas Hasanuddin (1 team) status waiting bank update
• Universitas Gadjah Mada (1 team) status promoted

There are still chances for Indonesian universities on the waiting list to get into the confirmed list if the teams that were just promoted cannot meet requirements before June 27, 2011. 

Indonesian Teams for UADC, Australs, WUDC

The confirmed registration lists for this year's United Asian Debating Championships and Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championships, as well as, the main registration list for the upcoming World Universities Debating Championships are out and scores of Indonesian institutions are going to compete in those international competitions. Here are their details.

UADC@University of Macao - May 16-22, 2011 (113 teams)
Binus International (1)
Institut Pertanian Bogor (1)
London School of Public Relations (1)
Universitas Bakrie (1)
Universitas Bina Nusantara (1)
Universitas Gadjah Mada (1)
Universitas Parahyangan (1)

Australs@Chung Ang University - July 7-13, 2011 (120 teams)
Binus International (1)
Institut Teknologi Bandung (1)
Universitas Gadjah Mada (1)
Universitas Hasanuddin (1)
Universitas Indonesia (1)

WUDC@De La Salle University - Dec 27, 2011-Jan 3, 2012 (400 teams)
Universitas Bina Nusantara (3)
Universitas Atma Jaya (2)
Binus International (1)
Institut Teknologi Bandung (1)
Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara (1)
Universitas Bengkulu (1)
Universitas Hasanuddin (1)
Universitas Indonesia (1)
Universitas Padjadjaran (1)