The Dulwich Model United Nations (MUN) Society has run since 2012 and has attended conferences in London, Dublin and Edinburgh. MUN is an empathy activity which requires students to play the role of diplomats from an assigned country and argue for that country’s national interest at the mock General Assembly meeting. It provides an opportunity for our pupils to engage with global political issues and develop their research, team- working, collaboration and public speaking skills as well as being a great social occasion and a lot of fun. Our pupils were commended by the judges for the quality of their debating at both the London Oratory School MUN and the St Paul’s School MUN this year. The department regularly takes trips to the important political sites of the capital. Notably, we visit Parliament annually and often take the chance to sit in on select committee sessions. The department also takes regular trips to the LSE and to student politics conferences to hear lectures from the likes of Caroline Lucas, John McDonnell and Jacob Rees-Mogg. The chance to hear from and engage with such high profile politicians is often a formative experience for the pupils and has directly led to, on average, more than 20 a year applying to read the subject at university.
Nick Timothy speaks about his role in the 2017 Tory campaign and the future of Conservatism.
‘Politics Society allows for learning beyond the specification in areas that concern our generation and generations to come. Discussions led by external speakers from the Law Enforcement Action Partnership (LEAP) gave a moving account of his time working as an undercover officer tasked with providing intelligence to convict inner-city drug gangs. His passionate advocacy of the controversial solution of blanket legalisation of illegal drugs was something I am sure that pupils will remember for a long time. schools about his role in the ill-fated 2017 Tory campaign and the future of Conservatism. In terms of cutting-edge political ideas, Adam Woods
challenge views held by many people through informative debates and lectures,’ Toby, Year 13
‘Professor David Middleton’s talk on Libertarianism and how he applied it to Brexit, the nationalisation debate and personal freedoms was enjoyable as it broadened the debate and offered the opportunity for the society members to hear from a school of thought that isn’t as well-represented in the wider discourse.’ Isaac, Year 13
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