 | Simon Belt IT consultant |
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 | Helen Birtwistle press officer, Institute of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Tim Black writer on arts, entertainment and the British sitcom; journalist, spiked. |
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 | Sarah Boyes commissioning editor (books), Culture Wars |
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 | Justine Brian national administrator, Institute of Ideas and Pfizer Debating Matters Competition; food writer. |
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 | Dave Clements social policy writer; co-editor, The Future of Community. |
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 | Dolan Cummings editor, Culture Wars; editorial and research director, Institute of Ideas. |
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 | Philip Cunliffe lecturer in defence studies, King’s College London; co-convenor, Sovereignty and Its Discontents working group; co-editor, Politics Without Sovereignty: A Critique of Contemporary International Relations. |
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 | Suzy Dean freelance journalist, researcher and writer on democracy, multiculturalism and cities; co-organiser, Manifesto Club; co-organiser, Institute of Ideas Current Affairs Forum. |
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 | Shirley Dent communications director, Institute of Ideas; producer Battle Satellites programme, 2008; development editor, Culture Wars; columnist at Guardian Unlimited Arts; co-author Radical Blake |
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 | Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite and Chew On It productions |
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 | Wendy Earle educator and researcher in the cultural sector; part of education team, British Film Institute; member, IoI Education Forum. |
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 | Martin Earnshaw reviews editor, Future Cities Project; co-editor Future of Community: Reports of a Death Greatly Exaggerated. |
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 | Kathryn Ecclestone professor of Post-Compulsory Education, Oxford Brookes University; co-author The dangerous rise of therapeutic education |
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 | Claire Fox director, Institute of Ideas |
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 | Tony Gilland science and society director, Institute of Ideas; editor, What is Science Education For? |
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| James Gledhill PhD student in political theory, LSE; co-convenor, Institute of Ideas Postgraduate Forum | |
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 | Maria Grasso Politics Lecturer, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford; co-convenor, Institute of Ideas Postgraduate Forum; co-organiser, Institute of Ideas Current Affairs Forum |
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 | Timandra Harkness journalist and film maker; Previews Editor of BBC Focus magazine. |
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 | Dennis Hayes visiting professor, Westminster Institute of Education, Oxford Brookes University; chair, Academics for Academic Freedom; former president, UCU; author, Defending Higher Education: The Crisis of Confidence in the Academy. |
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 | Patrick Hayes promotions manager, Battle of Ideas; MBA student, Henley Business School; formerly Head of Research and Development, TSL Education (Publishers of TES and THE). |
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 | Bríd Hehir patient & public involvement lead in a London NHS Trust; member, Institute of Ideas Science and Health Forum. |
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| George Hoare PhD student, history of left-wing thought, Oxford University | |
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 | Alex Hochuli web editor and research assistant, Institute of Ideas; post graduate, King's College, London; co-founder Institute of Ideas Current Affairs Forum. |
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 | Tiffany Jenkins director, arts & society programme, Institute of Ideas; co-editor, Corpse Life: The contemporary preoccupation with human remains (forthcoming). |
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 | Angus Kennedy IT Consultant; web master Battle of Ideas and Culture Wars websites. |
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 | Geoff Kidder head of membership and events, Institute of Ideas; sports writer. |
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 | Charles Lambert undergraduate, PPE, University of East Anglia; intern, IoI. |
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 | Shirley Lawes subject leader, modern foreign languages, Institute of Education; author, Modern Foreign Langauges: Teaching School Subjects 11 - 19 |
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 | Kirk Leech project manager, Research Defence Society; researcher on environment and development, King’s College London |
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 | Sheila Lewis director, Volanti Consulting; lecturer on local government as part of the Chinese Senior Civil Servants Programme at Oxford University; co-director, Battle for China conference. |
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 | Toby Marshall lecturer and researcher in media, film and communication studies; member of the IoI Education Forum |
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 | Beverley Marshall Institute of Ideas Parenting Forum; working mother (senior product manager, publishing; mother of three children under five). |
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 | Ion Martea poet and commissioning editor (film), Culture Wars |
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 | Peter Martin lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester; Principal Investigator, engaging cogs. |
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 | Tara McCormack lecturer in international relations and politics, Brunel University; contributor Politics Without Sovereignty: A Critique of Contemporary International Relations |
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 | Para Mullan operations director, cScape Strategic Internet Services Ltd; Fellow Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel |
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 | Michael Owens senior urban regeneration expert; former Head of Development Policy at the London Development Agency |
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 | James Panton tutor in politics, Hertford College, Oxford; co-founder, The Manifesto Club |
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 | Martyn Perks design consultant; speaker and writer on design, technology and innovation. |
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 | David Perks head of physics, Graveney School; lead author, What Is Science Education For?; co-founder The Physics Factory |
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 | Amol Rajan reporter, Independent; former editor, Varsity, the Cambridge University student newspaper; former assistant producer, The Wright Stuff. |
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 | Vivien Regan assistant director/producer, WORLDwrite |
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 | Richard Reynolds founder, Student Academics for Academic Freedom; PPE undergraduate, University of East Anglia |
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 | Kevin Rooney head of social science, Queens' School, Bushey, Hertfordshire; writer on education and Irish politics |
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 | Abigail Ross-Jackson assistant, Debating Matters |
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 | Nathalie Rothschild commissioning editor, spiked; coordinator, the Journalism Summer School; organiser, Open the Borders - Freedom of Movement for All |
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 | Jane Sandeman convenor of the Institute of Ideas Parents Forum |
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 | Karl Sharro architect, writer and co-founder, Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture (ManTowNHuman); commentator, Middle East politics and culture. |
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 | Stuart Simpson financial analyst and journalist; convenor IoI’s Emerging Economies Forum; author, Debt and Development: Ghana - A Case Study. |
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 | Mark Taylor Head of Humanities and History teacher, Addey and Stanhope comprehensive school, South London; IoI Education Forum committee member and regular contributor to the forum’s Opinion section. |
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 | Dan Travis director, Brighton Salon; tennis coach; author How to teach Young Children Tennis and In Defence of Competitive Sport. |
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 | Robin Walsh graduate in genetics; assistant editor, medical publishing company; co-founder, Institute of Ideas Current Affairs Forum. |
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 | Austin Williams director, Future Cities Project; author, Enemies of Progress; founder member of Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture (ManTownHuman); producer and chair, Bookshop Barnies |
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