contributors

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