Cambridge University debating society picks only ONE female speaker for panel of ten Cambridge Union Society invites a string of high profile personalities to give talks in its famous debating chamber Only female headline speaker is former ballet dancer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcy Bussell Will be joined by controversial comedian Russell Brand, musical legend Frank Turner and director of the national theatre Sir Nicholas Hytner The only female headline speaker is former ballet dancer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcy Bussell A historic debating society at Cambridge University has been been accused of 'shocking' behaviour after announcing a line up of 10 speakers - with only one woman speaking. Every term the Cambridge Union Society invites a string of high profile personalities to give talks in its famous debating chamber. But this term the only female headline speaker is former ballet dancer and Strictly Come Dancing judge Darcy Bussell. She will be joined by comedian Russell Brand, musical legend Frank Turner and director of the national theatre Sir Nicholas Hytner. The historic society will also host Libertines frontman Carl Barat and the former head of the Professional Footballers' Association Clarke Carlisle. Universities and science minister David Willetts is also booked - and expected to provoke students after his 2011 appearance was shut down by protesters. The lack of women on the list sparked outrage from students. Amelia Horgan, former King's College women's officer and third year history student, said the lack of women is 'shocking'. She said: 'I'm disappointed by the lack of diversity amongst the headline speakers the Cambridge Union has invited this term. The dancer will be joined by controversial comedian Russell Brand and musician Carl Barat 'It's difficult to believe that only one woman could be found. 'The current committee, however, does seem to have made improvements when compared to its predecessors - it's nice to hear that there's a record number of women in their debates, and indeed, apparently that every debate this term features at least one woman, but the overwhelmingly maleness of its speakers list is very shocking.' Amelia tweeted: 'the@cambridgeunion have just announced speakers for term 1/10 are women! Could they rly not have found any qualified women? President of the Cambridge Union Society Imogen Schon defended the line up and said she hopes to book more women speakers for future events. She said: 'We are delighted that all our debates this term feature women, and that we have a very strong all-female line-up for our feminism debate. We have a fantastic line up of individual speakers, but I do regret the current lack of women in their number. As a result, we have been focusing on inviting female speakers for the past three weeks, in the hope of addressing the imbalance later in term. The Cambridge Union Society, which was founded in 1815, is famed for inviting international politicians and academics to its regular debating sessions. Previous speakers include the Dalai Lama, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan and actors Sir Ian McKellen and Clint Eastwood.