The event was a live radio broadcast event on BBC 5 Live, presented by Stephen Nolan at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
The following Year 11 students took part:
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Arifa Begum
- Layba Khan
- Chelsea Egan
- Maura Mendes
- Awyas Nasim
- Joyline Nyakonda
- Elekilebo Odey
- Fatma Omar
Guests on the show included:
Discussions were around:
- Votes for 16/17 year olds
- Zero hour contracts
- State of the economy
- Welfare and benefits
- Education, AS Levels
- University tuition fees
- National Health and ‘Social Care’ service
The students found the debate interesting and intriguing and managed to get some questions in concerning votes for teenagers and stated the reasons why.
Ms Cope
Curriculum Area Assistant, Computing & Business
Manchester Academy
Please note: this programme is available to listen again via the BBC iPlayer until Tuesday, 1st October, 2014