All our contributors
James Hand
James Hand is an Associate Senior Lecturer in the University of Portsmouth Law School. His research is focused on discrimination law and employment law.
Sian Bayne
Sian Bayne is Professor of Digital Education and Assistant Principal for Digital Education at The University of Edinburgh.
Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor is a Senior Assurance Consultant at internal audit provider Uniac and has previously worked at HEFCE, QAA and NUS.
George Roberts
Dr George Roberts is a Principal Lecturer in the Student Experience at Oxford Brookes.
Jo Redfern
Managing Director, Education Cubed
Jo Redfern is the Managing Director of Education Cubed.
Zak Liddell
Zak Liddell is Faculty Student Experience Manager in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at QMUL
Alister Wilson
Alister Wilson consults in futures and strategy with clients in higher education, the private sector and government
Stephen Martin
Stephen Martin is a Director at PublicCo, a consultancy specialising in public services.
Kirsty McLaren
Kirsty McLaren manages the Sutton Trust Summer School and Dental Outreach programmes at King’s College London.
Christine Drabwell
Christine works in the Media Relations team within the Communications Unit at The Open University.
Karl Leydecker
Karl Leydecker is Vice-Principal Learning and Teaching at the University of Dundee and lead for the current QAA Scotland Enhancement Theme.
Bill Esmond
Bill Esmond is Associate Professor for Learning and Employment at the University of Derby.
Mike Clark
Mike Clark is the Director of Estates and Facilities Management at the University of Brighton.
Stan Stanier
Stan Stanier is Assistant Director of Information Services at the University of Brighton.
Tom Kennie
Dr Tom Kennie is a Director of Ranmore, a ‘niche’ provider of strategy, leadership and organisational development to the HE sector.
Simon Collinson
Simon Collinson is DPVC, University of Birmingham, and Chair, Chartered Association of Business Schools.
Athene Donald
Athene Donald is professor of experimental physics and Churchill College Master at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Royal Society
Xenia Levantis
Xenia Levantis is the President of the Norwich University of the Arts Students’ Union
Julian Crockford
Julian Crockford is the Widening Participation Research and Evaluation Unit Manager at the University of Sheffield.
Marion Kelt
Marion Kelt is an Open Access and Research Librarian at Glasgow Caledonian University library.
Ezri Carlebach
Ezri Carlebach is a freelance writer and visiting lecturer at the University of Greenwich.
Brian Hipkin
Brian Hipkin is CEO and founder of ReFRAME HE Consultancy, former vice chair of AMOSSHE, and Dean of Students at Regent’s University.
Peter Lampl
Peter Lampl is founder and chair of the Sutton Trust and the Education Endowment Foundation.
Andrew George
Andrew George is a consultant and executive coach in education, healthcare and ethics.
Richard Eyre
Richard Eyre is Chief Programmes Officer at the Brilliant Club, a university access charity.
Colin Johnson
Colin Johnson is Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Sciences, and Reader in Computing, at the University of Kent
Julian Garritzmann
Julian Garritzmann is a Senior Researcher at the University of Konstanz, Germany, and the University of Zurich, Switzerland. He is also a Visiting Scholar at Duke University during Autumn 2017.
Gill Wyness
Gill Wyness is an Associate Professor of Economics, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities at the UCL Institute of Education.
Ellen Hazelkorn
Ellen Hazelkorn is joint managing partner at BH Associates education consultants, and professor emeritus at the Technological University Dublin
Nora Ann Colton
Nora Ann Colton is professor of economics and Education Director at UCL’s Institute for Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital.
Celia Hunt
Celia Hunt is Director of Strategic Development at the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).
Stephanie Mckendry
Stephanie Mckendry was a member of the Framework Development Group for the Scottish Government’s Framework for Fair Access and sits on the Framework Governance Group.
Matson Lawrence
Matson Lawrence is a research associate at the University of Strathclyde and a senior policy/analysis officer at the Scottish Funding Council.
Jackie Labbe
Jackie Labbe is Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost at the University of Gloucestershire
Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin is professor of economics at the London School of Economics, director of the Centre for Economic Performance and is a fellow of the British Academy and Society of Labor Economists.
Duncan Exley
Duncan Exley is the former Director of the Equality Trust, taking time out to write on social mobility.
Carol Evans
Carol Evans is Professor in Higher Education within Southampton Education School at the University of Southampton. She is co-director of the Centre for Higher Education at Southampton (CHES).
Abi James
Abi James is the Chair of the British Dyslexia Association New Technologies Committee and a digital accessibility researcher at the University of Southampton.
Sara Khan
Sarah Khan is the Access and Liberation Officer at the University of Manchester Students’ Union
Cliona O’Neill
Cliona O’Neill is Head of Student Experience at the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.
Liz Bromley
Liz Bromley is the acting CEO at the University Alliance and Deputy Vice Chancellor (Corporate & International) at UCLan.
Kate Little
Kate Little is a project officer in the student administration and support division at the University of Liverpool
Nicola Tune
Nicola Tune is a PhD social research student at the University of Liverpool with a particular interest in sexism towards women in both material & cyber spaces.
Peter McCaffery
Peter McCaffery is a former university vice chancellor with extensive experience in HE in the UK and globally, and author of The Higher Education Manager’s Handbook: Effective Leadership and Management in Universities and Colleges now in its third edition.
Fanni Zombor
Fanni Zombor is Wonkhe’s Operations and Events Assistant, and VP Media and Campaigns at the Open University Students Association
Rahma Ali
Rahma Ali is the Vice President of Health & Education and Science & Technology at Middlesex University Students’ Union
Lucy Holland
Lucy Holland is the Vice President Art & Design and Media & Performing Arts at Middlesex University Students’ Union
Michael Cross
Michael Cross is director of access, skills and outcome agreements at the Scottish Funding Council.
Aarti Thakor
Aarti Thakor is Director of Legal Services at the Charity Commission, the independent regulator and registrar of charities in England and Wales.
Josh Gulrajani
Josh Gulrajani is Student Deputy Chair of the main panel in the TEF subject-level pilot for 2018-19.
Phil Pilkington
Phil Pilkington is an Honorary Teaching Fellow at Coventry and Deputy Chair at Middlesex University SU
Richard Waller
Richard Waller is Associate Professor of the Sociology of Education at the University of the West of England.
Sam Cheadle
Sam Cheadle has previously worked within the UK higher education sector, evaluating undergraduate admissions data. He currently works as a data scientist at Nominet.
Julian Crockford
Julian Crockford is a researcher and evaluator in the Student Experience Evaluation and Research team at Sheffield Hallam University.
Michael Bennett
Michael Bennett is is Associate Director of Widening Participation at King’s College London.
Hyunjin Seo
Hyunjin Seo is an associate professor of strategic communication in the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications at the University of Kansas.
Justin Camputaro
Justin Camputaro is director of the Husky Union Building (HUB) at the University of Washington
Al Powell
Al Powell is Representation & Democracy Manager at Edinburgh University Students Association
Helena Iaquinta
Helena Iaquinta is Assistant Director, The Office of Online Engagement at Southern New Hampshire University
Benjamin M Williams
Benjamin M Williams is Coordinator for Student Involvement. University of Colorado Boulder.
Rhiannon Roberts
Rhiannon (Cruse) Roberts is Director of Engagement (Deputy CEO) at University of Salford Students’ Union
Leah Barrett
Leah Barrett, Associate vice president for enrolment management and student affairs at The College at Brockport
Ed Marsh-Rowbotham
Ed Marsh-Rowbotham is Chief Executive Officer Middlesex University Student Union (MDXSU)
Daniel Tinkler
Daniel Tinkler is a Students’ Union Consultant & External Trustee at Marjon Student Union
Samuel Dedman
Samuel Dedman is the Vice-President Education at the University of Southampton Students’ Union and a Student Panellist with the Office for Students.
Claire Alexander
Claire is Professor of Sociology and Director of Research for the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester
Richard Medcalf
Richard Medcalf is the Director of the Institute of Sport and Human Sciences at the University of Wolverhampton
Robert Liow
Robert Liow is an independent journalist and former Vice President of King’s College London Students’ Union
Nick von Behr
Nick von Behr has worked in tertiary education policy for the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, BSI Group and the Institution of Structural Engineers.
Elisa Brewis
Elisa Brewis is a researcher in higher education based at the UCL Institute of Education.
Netta Weinstein
Netta Weinstein is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychology at Cardiff University.
Martin McLean
Martin McLean is an Education & Training Policy Advisor at the National Deaf Children’s Society
Matty Robinson
Matty Robinson is the former Vice President Union Development at Lancaster University Students’ Union
Chris Saltmarsh
Chris Saltmarsh is Co-Director: Climate Change Campaigns at student campaigners network People & Planet.
Demi Smith
Demi Smith is the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Rep Coordinator at ARU Students’ Union
Building the Anti-Racist Classroom (BARC)
Building the Anti-Racist Classroom (BARC) is an international collective of women of colour management and organisation studies scholars developing anti-racist pedagogy and practice for higher education.
Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke is Academic Representation Coordinator at The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Siyang Wei
Siyang Wei is Social Policy Coordinator at The Union, Manchester Metropolitan University.
Joanna Heaton Marriott
Jo leads communications, public relations and corporate social responsibility at Teesside University.
Charlotte Jones
Charlotte Jones is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Exeter’s Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health
Anne Chappell
Anne Chappell is Divisional Lead in the Department of Education at Brunel University London
Alacoque Marvin
Alacoque Marvin is an employment lawyer working within the charities and social economy team at Wrigleys
Martin Perfect
Martin Perfect is Head of Student & Graduate Employability at Staffordshire University.
Katie Ralph
Katie Ralph is a student at Reading University and was a summer intern at the Office of the Independent Adjudicator in 2019
Sarah Gosling
Sarah Gosling is a charity consultant specialising in strategy, governance and charity projects.
Sarah Cooper
Sarah Cooper is a Careers Consultant at the University of Bristol with a focus on supporting international students.
William Rowley
William Rowley is National Student Pride Press Officer and a medical student at King’s College London
Catriona Manville
Catriona Manville is director of policy and public affairs at the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
Jennie Winter
Jennie Winter is an Associate Professor in HE Pedagogic Research at the University of Playmouth
Emma Bond
Emma Bond is Director of Research and Professor of Socio-technical Research at the University of Suffolk
Andy Phippen
Andy Phippen is Professor of Social Responsibility in IT at the University of Plymouth and a visiting professor at the University of Suffolk.
David Blunkett
David Blunkett was is a Labour member of the House of Lords and a former Education Secretary.
Philip Norton
Philip Norton is the Chair of the Higher Education Commission and a Conservative member of the House of Lords.
Sanni Lehtinen
Sanni Lehtinen was SYL (National Union of University Students in Finland) President in 2019
Eliza Kozman
Eliza Kozman is Deputy Director (Research) at the Centre for Transforming Access and Student Outcomes (TASO).
Laura Cole
Laura Cole is a final year PhD student at Bristol University studying neuroscience and psychology.
Martha Longdon
Martha Longdon is a Faculty Education and Student Experience Manager at the University of Nottingham
Katie D’Arcy
Katie D’Arcy Deputy is Chief Executive (Interim) and Head of Policy and Communications at Sunderland SU
Rama Thirunamachandran
Rama Thirunamachandran is Chair of MillionPlus and Vice-Chancellor, Canterbury Christ Church University
Tiffany Page
Tiffany Page is a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Cambridge and co-founded the 1752 Group
Georgina Calvert-Lee
Georgina Calvert-Lee is Head of UK Practice and Senior Counsel at McAllister Olivarius
Jack Harvey
Jack Harvey is a Student Voice Rep Coordinator at Coventry University Students’ Union (CUSU)
Stella Swain
Stella Swain is the Welfare and Rights Officer at the Cambridge University Graduate Union and the Cambridge University Students’ Union.
Alessandro Ceccarelli
Alessandro Ceccarelli is the President of the Cambridge University Graduate Union.
Helen Laville
Helen Laville is Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education, at Manchester Metropolitan University
Richard Watermeyer
Professor of Higher Education and Co-Director of the Centre for Higher Education Transformations at the University of Bristol
Tom Crick
Tom Crick is Professor of Digital Education and Policy and Deputy Pro-vice Chancellor (Civic Mission) at Swansea University
Cathryn Knight
Cathryn Knight is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Education at the University of Bristol
Alexandra Neag
Alexandra Neag is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex
Olivia Arigho-Stiles
Olivia Arigho-Stiles is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology, University of Essex
Greta Kaluzeviciute
Greta Kaluzeviciute is a PhD Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex
Evan Smith
Evan Smith is a Research Fellow in History within the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at Flinders University, Adelaide
Hollie Baker
Hollie Baker is Widening Participation and Outreach Manager at the University of Surrey
Graeme Slater
Graeme Slater is Head of Admissions at ICMP – The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance
Christa van Raalte
Christa van Raalte is Deputy Dean for Education & Professional Practice in the Faculty of Media & Communication at Bournemouth University
Jean Slick
Jean Slick is Associate Professor, Disaster and Emergency Management, Royal Roads University
Bob O’Keefe
Bob O’Keefe is Vice Principal for Student Experience at Royal Holloway University of London.
Simon Kear
Simon Kear is Head of Technology Enhanced Learning at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
Tahmina Choudhery
Tahmina Choudhery is the VP Professional & Social Sciences at Middlesex University Students’ Union
Julie Brunton
Julie Brunton is Associate Dean Teaching & Learning in the College of Health, Wellbeing & Life Sciences at Sheffield Hallam University
Sean Porter
Sean Porter is Academic Developer (Transformative Education) at the University of Exeter.
Katharine Swindells
Katharine Swindells is a freelance journalist and a former Welfare Officer at Sheffield Uni SU
Oliver Sussat
Oliver Sussat is the Director of Business Intelligence and Digital Transformation at the Academy of Contemporary Music
Matthew Shaw
Matthew Shaw is a librarian at the Institute of Historical Research at the University of London
Bhavik Patel
Bhavik Patel is Professor of Clinical and Bioanalytical Chemistry at the University of Brighton
Gemma Mansi
Gemma Mansi is a Course Leader and Deputy Head in the School of Education at the University of Greenwich
Gurbaaz Gill
Gurbaaz Gill is the Vice President Education (Arts & Sciences) at King’s College London Students’ Union
Yasmin Louise
Yasmin Louise is a Politics and International Relations Undergraduate at the University of Bath
Sarah Sharples
Sarah Sharples is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and People at the University of Nottingham
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is Assistant Provost (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) at Imperial College London
Susan Bruce
Susan Bruce is Professor of English and Co-Chair of the EDI steering group at Keele University.
Antony Moss
Antony Moss is pro vice chancellor education and student experience at London South Bank University
Zainab Khan
Zainab Khan is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Outcomes & Inclusion) at London Metropolitan University
Iro Konstantinou
Iro Konstantinou is a lecturer in research methods and module leader for all Self-Managed Learning modules at Pearson College London.
Siyang Wei
Siyang Wei is the Postgraduate Access, Education and Participation Officer at Cambridge SU
Esme Cavendish
Esme Cavendish is the Undergraduate Access, Education and Participation Officer at Cambridge SU
Tom Harrison
Tom Harrison is a reader in Character Education Pedagogy and Practice at the University of Birmingham
Joe McDowell
Joe McDowell is Engagement Officer at the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham
Chris Brasnett
Chris Brasnett is a PhD candidate in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol
Matthew Prevett
The Revd Dr Matthew Prevett is Faith and Spirituality Support Coordinator at Newcastle University.
Lisa Harris
Lisa Harris is director of digital learning at the University of Exeter Business School.
Ria Bluck
Ria Bluck is an Educational Research and Evaluation Specialist at Nottingham Trent University
David Baume
David Baume is a higher education consultant and Fellow of the University of London Centre for Distance Education
Anthony Sinnott
Anthony Sinnott is Access and Procurement Development Manager at the University of York
Kerry Griffiths
Kerry Griffiths is a Research Fellow in the Sport Industry Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University
Gemma Derrick
Gemma Derrick is the Director of Research at the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University
Simon Hettrick
Simon Hettrick is a Director of the Southampton Research Software Group at the University of Southampton.
Ed Compson
Ed Compson is an artist and facilitator, Royal College of Art 2020 graduate and co-founder of Pause or Pay UK.
Ola Demkowicz
Ola Demkowicz is a Lecturer in Psychology of Education at the University of Manchester
Ruth Wilson
Ruth Wilson is Director of Student Support and Engagement at Leeds Trinity University (LTU)
Simonetta Manfredi
Simonetta Manfredi is Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the Business School at Oxford Brookes University
Maria Moxey
Maria Moxey is a Teaching Fellow in Student Engagement in Higher Education at the University of Winchester
Carli Rowell
Carli Rowell is a Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Law, Politics and Sociology at the University of Sussex
Julie Swain
Julie Swain is Partnership Manager, UK and International Partnerships at the University of Plymouth
Christine Broughan
Christine Broughan is Deputy Faculty Pro-Vice Chancellor for Health and Life Sciences at the University of Northumbria
Marian Brennan
Marian Brennan is Deputy Director of Graduate Entry Medicine at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Oluwarotimi Vaughan-Ogunlusi
Oluwarotimi Vaughan-Ogunlusi is a third-year Graduate Entry Medicine student at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Kathryn Wiesendanger
Kathryn Wiesendanger is a third-year Graduate Entry Medicine student at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Sarah Colbert-Kaip
Sarah Colbert-Kaip is a third-year Graduate Entry Medicine student at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Thérèse Lynn
Thérèse Lynn, PhD is a third-year Graduate Entry Medicine student at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
Libby Farrier-Williams
Libby Farrier-Williams is Programme Director in the Department of Business, Law, and Society at St Mary’s University Twickenham
Kelly Vere
Kelly Vere is Director of Technical Skills and Strategy at the University of Nottingham and Higher Education and Technician Commitment Lead at the Science Council.
Rachel Barber
Rachel Barber is Student Support and Representation Director at York University Students’ Union
Nicola Whitton
Nicola Whitton is Director of the Durham Centre for Academic Development and Professor of Education at Durham University
Vicky Lewis
Vicky Lewis is founder of Vicky Lewis Consulting, an international strategy consultancy for higher education institutions
Sam Hawkins
Sam Hawkins is the Equality and Inclusion Project Officer at the University of Leeds and was the former Liberation Officer and Trustee at the University of Nottingham Students’ Union.
Adele Hill
Adele Hill is Associate Dean Teaching and Learning in the Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth
Sven Trenholm
Sven Trenholm is an Adjunct Lecturer in Mathematics Education, University of South Australia
Jon Yates
Jon Yates is the author of “Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how we put them back together again”.
Jeff Saddington-Wiltshire
Jeff Saddington-Wiltshire is a Student Engagement Officer at St George’s, University of London.
Jessica Benson-Egglenton
Jessica Benson-Egglenton is a PhD student at Sheffield Hallam University’s Institute of Education
Parveen Yaqoob
Parveen Yaqoob is deputy vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor for research and innovation at the University of Reading.
Andrew Howells
Andy Howells is Assistant Director for External Affairs at Universities UK International
Roshana Wickremasinghe
Roshana Wickremasinghe is a Policy Adviser at the Students’ Union at Bournemouth University