This is a student petition to have a permanent Speaker’s Corner on campus at the University of Liverpool. To support this petition you will have to be either an undergraduate or post-graduate student at the University of Liverpool and to verify this you are required provide your STUDENT NUMBER ....................................................................................................

A Speaker’s Corner is an area in a public place where the public can Speak, Protest, Discuss and Debate. At a Speakers Corner usually any topic can be tolerated*. Hyde Park in London is probably the most famous Speaker’s Corner and has hosted some notable speakers, including Karl Marx, George Orwell and Vladimir Lenin.

Recently, other cities have established a ‘Speaker’s Corner’. However, there is not one in Liverpool and preliminary research suggests that no UK University has a permanent Speaker’s Corner on their campus. The University of Liverpool could be the first in the UK to establish one.

Below are some examples of what a Speakers Corner could be used for:

-Debate and Discuss Student Issues

-Student Protests

-Student and Society Election Campaigns

-Raising Awareness About Social, National and Global Issues

-Political and Philosophical Debates

-Campaigning

-Fighting for Disabled, LGBT+, Minority, Women, and Many More Rights

Two potential locations are University Square and Abercrombie Square.

* Any discussion at a Speaker’s Corner would have to comply with the Guild’s constitution.