contributors

Bill Galvin is the Chief Executive of the Universities Superannuation Scheme

Graeme Atherton is the Vice Principal of Ruskin College Oxford and Head of the Ruskin Institute for Social Equity (RISE)

Peter Brant is a Senior Policy Adviser at the Open University. He previously worked in the civil service for 14 years, including in policy roles at the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Research and Analysis Unit and as the Chief Analyst at the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission.

Gilly Salmon is chief executive and principal consultant at Education Alchemists, Ltd. 

Muriel E Swijghuisen Reigersberg is Researcher Development Manager (Strategy) at the University of Sydney.

Stephanie Smith is Deputy Director of Policy at the Russell Group

Lee Rowley is the member of Parliament for North East Derbyshire.

Dr Richard Budd is a Lecturer in Higher Education in the Department for Educational Research at Lancaster University

James Ransom is Head of Research at the National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education (NCEE)

Liz Hutchinson is Director of Communications and External Relations at the British Academy.

Jo Grady is general secretary of the University and College Union.

Aarti Thakor is Director of Legal Services at the Charity Commission, the independent regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales.

Jente Althuis is a Doctoral Researcher at the King’s Centre for Strategic Communications, King’s College London.

Malcolm Todd is the Provost (Academic) of the University of Derby. 

Ben Williamson is a Chancellor’s Fellow in research at the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh.

Michael Taylor works at Manchester Metropolitan University in external relations.

Jacqueline Stevenson is Professor of the Sociology of Education at the University of Leeds.

Jonathan Stephen is the president of Huddersfield Students’ Union.

Michael Cross is director of access, skills and outcome agreements at the Scottish Funding Council.

Hannah Bond is Project Manager for the Partnership for Digital Learning and Increased Access (PADILEIA) project at King’s Online