contributors

Adele Browne is Head of Careers and Employability at De Montfort University. 

Sasha Lal is a consultant and trainee at Gherson Solicitors

Fiona Smart is an Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching and Head of the Department of Learning and Teaching Enhancement at Edinburgh Napier.

Paul Redford is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Professor in Learning and Teaching at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol).

Rama Thirunamachandran is Chair of MillionPlus and Vice-Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church University

Natalie Day is Head of Strategy and Policy Insight at Sheffield Hallam 

Rebecca Moynihan is a Student Support and Engagement Administrator at the University of Manchester.

Martine Garland is a lecturer at the Business School, Aberystwyth University

Andrew Proctor is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Digital) at Staffordshire University

Steph Hayle is Community and Wellbeing Officer at York University Students’ Union

Sunny Dhillon is a Senior Lecturer in the Education Studies and Theology departments at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln.

Mette Anwar-Westander is the founding director at Disabled Students UK

James Brooks is CEO at Lincoln SU

Katie D’Arcy Deputy is Chief Executive (Interim) and Head of Policy and Communications at Sunderland SU

Rob Smith is a Professor of Education at Birmingham City University.

Martha Longdon is a Faculty Education and Student Experience Manager at the University of Nottingham

Jeremy Hinds is Director, National Retail Planning at Savills.

Claudia Zwar is a Senior Consultant with Nous Group.

Lizzy O’Shea is a Senior Consultant at the Nous Group

Darryll Bravenboer is Director of Apprenticeships at Middlesex University

David Barrett is Director of Apprenticeships at the University of the West of England. Previously he was Assistant Director of Access and Participation at the Office for Students and Assistant Director of the Office for Fair Access.

Martin Smith is Head of Wellcome’s Policy Lab.

Hillary Gyebi-Ababio is the vice president for higher education at NUS.

Laura Cole is a final year PhD student at Bristol University studying neuroscience and psychology.

Tim Weiss is Director of Vocational Skills at ScreenSkills.

Mark Johnson is a Senior Business Partner in the Department for Strategic Change at the University of Liverpool.

Ben Elger is Chief Executive at the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education (OIA)

Michael Sanders is a Reader in Public Policy in the Policy Institute at King’s College London.

Dorothea Baltruks is senior policy and research officer at the Council of Deans of Health.

Nelly Kibirige is President at London South Bank Students Union

Eliza Kozman is Deputy Director (Research) at the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO).

Grace Gottlieb is Head of Research Policy at UCL

Shearer West is Vice Chancellor of the University of Nottingham

Jake Verity is President of the University of Sheffield Students’ Union

Beth Thompson is Head of UK & EU Policy at Wellcome

Daniel Sokol is the founder of Alpha Academic Appeals

Amy Irwin is an applied psychologist and lecturer at the University of Aberdeen. She is co-lead of the applied psychology and human factors research group and lead of the NTSAg agriculture research team.

David Spendlove is professor of education at the University of Manchester.

Andrew Hargreaves is co-founder of dataHE and former director of marketing and customer at UCAS.

Sanni Lehtinen was SYL (National Union of University Students in Finland) President in 2019

James Silcock is the Commercial Director of Co-Sector – University of London. He is responsible for driving the company’s business development.

Siobhan Morris is Head of Programmes for the Grand Challenges of Cultural Understanding and Justice & Equality at UCL

Olivia Stevenson leads UCL’s flagship initiative to support academic-policy engagement, is a co-founder of the Universities Policy Engagement Network and is one of the authors on the UCL-Resolution Foundation report ‘Structurally Unsound’.

Lorna is a lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Essex.

Alix Robertson is an Associate at CfEY. She started out as a secondary school English teacher and went on to work as a Senior Reporter for sister papers FE Week and Schools Week, winning awards for her education investigations. At CfEY her special interests are mental health and special educational needs and disabilities.

Tim Bradshaw is chief executive of the Russell Group.

Juergen Maier is the former chief executive of Siemens plc

Claire Warnes is Head of Education, Skills and Productivity at KPMG in the UK.

Dan Fow is London Manager at Sunderland Students’ Union

Claire Sosienki Smith is NUS Vice President Higher Education

Erica Ramos is Vice President Union Development at the National Union of Students

Lindsey Macmillan is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities at UCL Institute of Education.

Alexandra Freeman is Executive Director of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge

Kirstie Hewlett is a Research Associate at the Policy Institute, King’s College London. Her work explores a range of social policy issues, particularly relating to social cohesion and issues of division.

Liam Arnull is QTaster Coordinator at Queen Mary University of London

Cilla Ross is Principal of the Co-operative College, Manchester

Mike Neary is Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Lincoln and Chair of the Interim Academic Board, Co-operative College, Manchester

Professor Kathryn Mitchell is the Vice Chancellor of the University of Derby

Philip Norton is the Chair of the Higher Education Commission and a Conservative member of the House of Lords.

David Blunkett was is a Labour member of the House of Lords and a former Education Secretary.

Andy Phippen is Professor of Social Responsibility in IT at the University of Plymouth and a visiting professor at the University of Suffolk.

Emma Bond is Director of Research and Professor of Socio-technical Research at the University of Suffolk

Hannah Sketchley is a policy officer at NUS

Graham Atkinson is an HR consultant

Andy Grayson is Associate Professor in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. 

Olivia Kew-Fickus is Assistant Provost and Executive Director, Planning and Institutional Effectiveness at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, USA. 

Maisha Islam is the Student Engagement Research and Projects Officer at the University of Winchester.

Sally Hancock is a lecturer in the Department of Education at the University of York

Paul Wakeling is professor and head of the Department of Education at the University of York

Nick Bennett is CEO and co-founder of Fika, an app designed to help university students build their emotional fitness.

Jennie Winter is an Associate Professor in HE Pedagogic Research at the University of Playmouth

Becky Turner is an Educational Developer at the University of Plymouth

George Walker is the former President of Durham SU

Tom Bridges is a Director at Arup.

Rachael Collins is Student Success Manager at the University of Liverpool

Sunday Blake is Education and Parliamentary Engagement Policy Manager at GuildHE

Catriona Manville is director of policy and public affairs at the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)

Katie Ellis is a lecturer at the University of Sheffield

Claire C Johnston is a PhD student at the University of Sheffield

Kirsty McQueen is a Senior Engagement Advisor at SpectraFirst

Michael Eades is a public engagement specialist and researcher at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. He is the curator of the national Being Human festival of the Humanities.

Stan Taylor is an Honorary Professor of the School of Education at Durham University

Owen Gower is the Director of the UK Council for Graduate Education

Rowena Pelik is Director of Nations and International at the Quality Assurance Agency

Stephen Meek is the Director of the Institute for Policy and Engagement at the University of Nottingham.

Jack O’Neill is President at Royal Holloway Students’ Union

Tom Flynn is the CEO at Royal Holloway Students Union

Rachel is Policy and Practice Lead at Unlock.

Zamzam is the President of the National Union of Students

Marie-Pierre Moreau is Professor of Education at Anglia Ruskin University.

Paul Lewis is Professor of Political Economy at King’s College London

Jennie Eldridge is the head of doctoral training programmes at University Alliance.

William Rowley is National Student Pride Press Officer and a medical student at King’s College London

Fay Arnold is a Computer Systems Engineering Student at the University of Birmingham

Liz Gloyn is a Reader in Latin Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London

Emrys Travis is a master’s student at the University of Cambridge

Tam Blaxter is a junior research fellow at Gonville & Caius college, Cambridge

Nia Crouch is Volunteering Coordinator at UWE and a Network Development Officer for SVN

Anders Krohn is CEO of Aula

Alistair Shutt is a Market Insight & Customer Growth Specialist.