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Lexy Barber freelance writer; creative writing tutor; publishing assistant, Drink and Drugs News |
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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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Sharmini Brookes freelance writer and private researcher, South Africa; blogger, Working Matters! |
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Andrew Calcutt principal lecturer in journalism, University of East London; editor, Proof; co-author, Journalism Studies: a critical introduction |
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Dave Clements social policy writer; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum; co-editor, The Future of Community |
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Robert Clowes research fellow, philosophy of cognitive science, IFL, Universita Nova Lisboa; founder member, The Brighton Salon; founder, Lisbon Salon |
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Joel Cohen politics student, SOAS |
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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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Neil Davenport writer; head of sociology, JFS Sixth Form Centre |
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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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Alastair Donald urban designer; researcher; co-editor The Lure of the city: from slums to suburbs |
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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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Craig Fairnington web editor, Institute of Ideas |
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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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Luke Gittos trainee barrister; convenor, London Legal Salon |
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Philip Hammond reader in media and communications, London South Bank University; author, Media, War and Postmodernity |
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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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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; convenor, The Academy |
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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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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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Toby Marshall lecturer and researcher in media, film and communication studies; IoI Education Forum |
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Tessa Mayes investigative journalist; author, Restraint or Revelation? Free speech and privacy in a confessional age |
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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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Sally Millard founder member, IoI Parents Forum; opinionated mother of two |
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Para Mullan operations director, cScape; fellow member, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development |
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Anwar Oduro-Kwarteng intern, Institute of Ideas; writer on politics and ideology |
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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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Paul Reeves principal software developer, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks R&D; former senior researcher, International Automotive Research Centre, University of Warwick |
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Vivien Regan assistant director/producer, WORLDwrite |
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Johannes Richardt head of PR and communication, NovoArgumente |
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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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Stuart Simpson financial services professional; researcher and writer, emerging economies and quantitative finance |
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Peter Smith director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London |
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Sandy Starr communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews |
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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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