 | Simon Belt IT consultant; co-organiser, Manchester Salon |
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 | Helen Birtwistle resources and communications manager, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Tim Black writer on arts, entertainment and British politics; journalist, spiked |
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 | David Bowden coordinator, UK Battle Satellites; poetry editor, Culture Wars; TV columnist, spiked |
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 | Sarah Boyes freelance writer and editor; assistant editor, Culture Wars; editor, Battles in Print 2010 |
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 | Justine Brian national coordinator, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Dave Clements social policy writer; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum; co-editor, The Future of Community |
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 | Dolan Cummings associate fellow, Institute of Ideas; editor, Culture Wars; editor, Debating Humanism; co-founder, Manifesto Club |
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 | Philip Cunliffe lecturer in international conflict, University of Kent, Canterbury; co-editor, Politics Without Sovereignty: a critique of contemporary international relations. |
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 | Suzy Dean freelance journalist; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum |
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 | Shirley Dent head of communications, PhonepayPlus; co-author, Radical Blake |
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 | Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite, WORLDbytes and Chew On It productions |
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 | Wendy Earle educator and researcher in the cultural sector; education programme manager, British Film Institute |
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 | Martin Earnshaw co-editor Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated; chair, IoI Social Policy Forum |
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 | Kathryn Ecclestone professor, education and social inclusion, University of Birmingham; contributing author, When Tomorrow Comes: the future of local public services |
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 | Claire Fox director, Institute of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze |
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 | Tony Gilland science and society director, Institute of Ideas; director, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | James Gledhill fellow in political theory, LSE; co-convenor, IoI Postgraduate Forum |
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 | Maria Grasso lecturer in politics, University of Sheffield |
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 | Timandra Harkness journalist and writer; co-writer and performer, Edinburgh Festival Fringe smash hit Your Days Are Numbered: the maths of death |
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 | Dennis Hayes professor of education, University of Derby; director, Academics for Academic Freedom; co-founder, East Midlands Salon |
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 | Patrick Hayes head, press and promotions, Institute of Ideas; reporter, spiked; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum |
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 | Bríd Hehir charity fundraiser; former NHS health visitor and senior manager |
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| George Hoare PhD student, history of left-wing thought, Oxford University | |
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 | Alex Hochuli PhD student in sociology, University of Kent, Canterbury; co-founder, IoI Current Affairs Forum |
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 | Tiffany Jenkins arts and society director, Institute of Ideas; author, Contesting Human Remains in Museum Collections: the crisis of cultural authority |
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 | Angus Kennedy head of external relations, Institute of Ideas; chair, IoI Economy Forum |
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 | Geoff Kidder director, membership and events, Institute of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters |
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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; co-author, Modern Foreign Languages: teaching school subjects 11-19 |
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 | Kirk Leech freelance journalist; researcher, development and environment |
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 | Sheila Lewis director, Volanti Consulting |
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 | Toby Marshall lecturer and researcher in media, film and communication studies; IoI Education Forum |
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 | Beverley Marshall member, Institute of Ideas Parents 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 politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches |
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 | Para Mullan operations director, cScape; fellow member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
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 | Michael Owens director, Global Cities; contributor, The Lure of the City: from slums to suburbs; member, editorial board, Local Economy |
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 | James Panton politics tutor, Hertford College, Oxford and The Open University; politics teacher, Stowe School, Buckingham; co-founder, Manifesto Club |
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 | Martyn Perks director, Thinking Apart; co-author Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation |
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 | David Perks head of physics, Graveney School; co-founder The Physics Factory; lead author, What is Science Education For? |
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 | Amol Rajan columnist, Independent titles; advisor to Evgeny Lebedev; author, Twirlymen: the unlikely history of cricket’s greatest spin doctors |
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 | Vivien Regan assistant director/producer, WORLDwrite |
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 | Richard Reynolds paralegal, Baha Mousa and Al Sweady Public Inquiries; founder, Student Academics for Academic Freedom |
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 | Kevin Rooney head of social science, Queens' School, Bushey; IoI Education Forum; Celtic season-ticket holder |
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 | Abigail Ross-Jackson speakers' agent, Ed Victor Speakers Bureau LLP |
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 | Nathalie Rothschild commissioning editor, spiked; co-ordinator, Young Journalists' Academy; UK correspondent, Judisk Krönika |
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 | Jane Sandeman convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance, DACS; chair, Association of Photographers |
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 | Karl Sharro architect; writer; Middle East commentator |
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 | Stuart Simpson financial services professional; researcher and writer, emerging economies and quantitative finance |
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 | Mark Taylor head of humanities and history teacher, Addey and Stanhope comprehensive school; London convenor, IoI Education Forum |
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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 medical student; freelance writer on pharmaceuticals, healthcare and science; co-founder, Sheffield Salon |
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 | Austin Williams director, Future Cities Project; convenor, Critical Subjects: Architecture and Design Winter School |
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