Institutions
  • Democracy in the UK is a sham
  • Should pupils within schools have unrestricted internet access?
  • Should the BBC continue to regulate itself?
  • Should the Thematic Lecture strand be based on staff research activity?
  • Should the UK press publish the cartoons satirising Islam?
People
  • Introduce 'e' voting and make it compulsory to vote
  • Is exploring gender representations in the media still relevant today?
  • MP's blogs are vital allowing us to see the human
  • Politics on line is anti-democratic.
  • Should the Oxford Union have given David Irving and Nick Griffin a platform?
Practices
  • An adaptation is always doomed to failure.
  • Are online groups really communities?
  • Can an author's status be damaged by adaptation?
  • Do you like 'interact / perform / explore' as the new name for the IPE research centre?
  • Do you like the new IPE brand?
  • Has trust been hijacked by Relationship Marketers ?
  • Is there a future for direct mail targeted at consumers?
  • Relationship Marketing: great on paper impossible to implement
  • Should the age at which you can take your driving test in the UK be raised?
  • Should videogames be more heavily regulated?
  • Should we self regulate the content of our personal blogs?
  • To what degree should a film maker intervene in the process of recording/representing 'reality'?
Sports
  • Competing in the nude, good sense or indecent?
  • Darts – pub game or sport?
  • Foxhunting – is it a sport?
  • Gambling in sport
  • Gladiatorial games were not a sport
  • How big a fan am I? (This discussion topic requires you to complete the Sports Spectator Identity Scale and the Sports
  • Is all sport competitive?
  • Michelle Wie is the latest woman to compete on the Men’s PGA tour. Should women compete with Men?
  • Sportsmanship – cheating or using your head?
  • Wages of professional sports stars
  • Who would win in a fight?
Technology
  • Are videogames potentially more harmful than films?
  • Will podcasting kill live radio?