From our team based around the UK to hundreds of contributors and editors, the Wonkhe community is full of amazing people who help power the HE debate.

Team Wonkhe

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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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Livia Scott

Partnerships Coordinator

Livia Scott is Partnerships Coordinator and Associate Editor at Wonkhe

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Mack Marshall

Community and Policy Officer

Mack Marshall is Wonkhe SUs’ Community and Policy Officer

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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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Holly Parrott

Holly Parrott is Senior Manager Disability Support: Accessibility and Ph.D. researcher Inclusive Education at the Open University 

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Arun Verma

Arun Verma is Professor of Practice in Inclusion, Intersectionality and Impact and Head of Equality and Inclusion at the University of London

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Jason Arday

Jason Arday is Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Cambridge

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Anna Butters

Anna Butters is a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield and Research Fellow at the Research on Research Institute

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Alison Purvis

Alison Purvis is Associate Dean Learning, Teaching, and Student Success in the College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University

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Sarah Rayment

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Sarah Rayment is a Senior Lecturer in Molecular science at Nottingham Trent University.

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Ishwinder Kaur

Senior Lecturer

Ishwinder Kaur is a Senior Lecturer in Biosciences at Nottingham Trent University (NTU).

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Zeta Williams-Brown

Zeta Williams-Brown is Professor for Inclusive Education at the University of Wolverhampton

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Francesca Peruzzo

Francesca Peruzzo is a Research Fellow in Educational Equity and Policy at the University of Birmingham

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Suanne Gibson

Suanne Gibson is Professor of Inclusive Education at the University of Plymouth

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Sam Toolan

Sam Toolan is Head of External Engagement in the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences at The Open University, writing in a personal capacity

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Noel-Ann Bradshaw

Noel-Ann Bradshaw is Deputy Dean of the Faculty Engineering and Science at the University of Greenwich