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<\/a><\/p>\nLeading off with a brief introductory lecture delivered by Dr Hadfield on the pros and cons of the FTT, students then tackled the policy briefing of their own group (ranging from the European Commission to the British Banker\u2019s Association to the Greens), and to return within 45 minutes with a clear idea as to whether (and on what\u00a0 basis) their real-life counterparts would support or oppose the bill. The students threw themselves into this task, and produced some very robust responses to the entire group, followed by a final vote in which the FTT was adopted, by a slim margin! After dinner on-campus, the evening\u2019s events continued in the form of a Roundtable exploring the overall theme of the day, namely \u2018Should We Stay or Should We Go?\u2019 Is it time for Britain to Leave the EU?\u00a0The Roundtable proved an extremely lively event, with emphatic presentations on either side of this crucial and timely question by Dr Mark Bennister (UK politics); Dr Amelia Hadfield\u00a0(EU Foreign Policy);\u00a0Dr Soeren Keil\u00a0(defending the Euro-sceptic viewpoint); Dr Laura Cashman\u00a0(EU and migration); and Lib Dem candidate for Canterbury and Whitstable, James Flanagan.\u00a0Judging by the lively atmosphere throughout, the high quality of questions from the audience, and the positives reactions from a number of teachers afterwards, we judged the entire ESRC event to be a real great success.<\/p>\n