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Mark Leach

Founder & Editor in Chief

Mark is founder and Editor in Chief of Wonkhe

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Jim Dickinson

Associate Editor (SUs)

Jim is an Associate Editor (SUs) at Wonkhe

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Katie Jackson

Partnerships Coordinator

Katie Jackson is Partnerships Coordinator and Associate Editor at Wonkhe

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Mack Marshall

Mack Marshall

Editorial Coordinator

Mack Marshall is Editorial Coordinator at Wonkhe and Policy Officer at The Post-18 Project

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James Coe

Associate Editor (Research & Innovation)

James Coe is Associate Editor for research and innovation at Wonkhe, and a senior partner at Counterculture

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Justine Pedussel

Justine Pedussel is the President of NUS Scotland

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Steve Pettifer

Vice-President (Academy)

Steve Pettifer is Vice-President (Academy) for BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Manchester

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Yolanda Cerda

Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education

Yolanda Cerda is Professor of Applied Linguistics and Language Education and Executive Director of the Language Centre at the University of Leeds.

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Bee Bond

Professor of English for Academic Purposes

Bee Bond is Professor of English for Academic Purposes at the University of Leeds.

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Kirsty Grainger

Kirsty Grainger is the Director of Research and Impact Services at the University of Bath

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Sarah de Sousa

Principal Lecturer

Sara de Sousa is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, leading on Student Success initiatives to reduce and eliminate awarding, continuation and progression gaps.

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Josephine Gabi

Reader

Josephine Gabi is a Reader and Co-Founder of The Collective at Manchester Metropolitan University, Lead Education Innovation Scholar for Closing the Racial Awarding Gap and Chair of the UK Racial Awarding Gap Network.

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Gwenno Roberts

Gwenno Roberts is Llywydd UMCA for 2026–27

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Annie McEntee

Annie McEntee is Wellbeing Officer at Sussex SU

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Anna Yeadell

Founder

Anna Yeadell is the founder of Scrib (scrib.works), an academic writing curriculum for higher education institutions. She has spent over 20 years editing academic books, journal articles, theses and papers, and has taught academic and professional writing at the University of Groningen. She is also a freelance translator from Dutch to English.

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David Stockbridge

Lecturer in Criminology

David Stockbridge is a lecturer in criminology at Leeds Trinity University.