The Society won the 1983 World University Debating Championships in Princeton with a team headed by John Nicolson and Frank McKiergan.

Additionally it holds the Honorary President's Debate and a Sports Day - the Dialectic Olympics - as part of its marquee annual events.

They are additionally joined on the Board by the Whip Secretary, Publicity Secretary, Macer, Social convenor, Welfare Officer, Charity Officer, Archive Librarian, and up to four Ordinary Board Members, the number of which is determined by the newly elected Executive.

The Convenor of Debates of the Glasgow University Union and the Society's immediate past President are Ex Officio members of the Board.

Those elected are often respected public figures and persons who have done some service to the Society, although less serious joke candidates often also make it onto the ballot.

Following an agreement between the Society and the Glasgow University Union in 2018, control over the management and publication of Groundings was transferred into the remit of the Convener of Libraries on the Board of Management of the Glasgow University Union, with the archives librarian acting as a representative for the Dialectic Society amongst the editors.

The themes used are intentionally broad in order to accommodate the largest variety possible between submissions, whilst ensuring each volume retains a sense of inherent direction.

Print copies are made available to a number of depositories in the United Kingdom, including the Glasgow University Library, and the journal is available to read online.