 | Simon Belt IT consultant; coordinator, Manchester Salon |
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 | Helen Birtwistle history and politics teacher, South London school |
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 | Tim Black editor, Spiked Review |
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 | David Bowden associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; culture writer |
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 | Sarah Boyes freelance writer and editor; assistant editor, Culture Wars; editor, Battles in Print 2010 |
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 | Justine Brian director, Debating Matters Competition |
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 | Dave Clements adviser to local government; blogger, Guardian, Huffington Post; convenor, IoI Social Policy Forum. |
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 | Dolan Cummings associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; author, That Existential Leap: a crime story (forthcoming from Zero Books) |
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 | Philip Cunliffe senior lecturer in international conflict, University of Kent; co-editor, Politics Without Sovereignty: a critique of contemporary international relations. |
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 | Suzy Dean freelance writer; blogger, Free Society |
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 | Shirley Dent communications specialist (currently working with the British Veterinary Association media team); editor, tlfw.co.uk; author, Radical Blake |
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 | Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite & WORLDbytes |
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 | Wendy Earle impact development officer, Birkbeck, University of London; convenor, Academy of Ideas Arts and Society Forum |
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 | Martin Earnshaw co-editor Future of Community: reports of a death greatly exaggerated; chair, IoI Social Policy Forum |
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 | Kathryn Ecclestone professor of education, University of Sheffield; author, Governing Vulnerable Subjects in a Therapeutic Age (forthcoming) |
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 | Claire Fox director, Academy of Ideas; panellist, BBC Radio 4's Moral Maze; author, I Find That Offensive |
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 | Tony Gilland associate fellow, Academy of Ideas |
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 | James Gledhill fellow in political theory, LSE; co-convenor, IoI Postgraduate Forum |
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 | Maria Grasso lecturer in politics and quantitative methods, Department of Politics, University of Sheffield; author: Generations, Political Participation and Social Change in Western Europe |
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 | Dennis Hayes professor of education, University of Derby |
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 | Patrick Hayes director, British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) |
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 | Bríd Hehir writer, researcher and traveller; retired nurse and fundraiser |
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| George Hoare PhD student, history of left-wing thought, Oxford University | |
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 | Alex Hochuli communications consultant, researcher and blogger based in São Paulo |
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 | Tiffany Jenkins writer and broadcaster; author, Keeping Their Marbles: how treasures of the past ended up in museums and why they should stay there |
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 | Angus Kennedy convenor, The Academy; author, Being Cultured: in defence of discrimination |
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 | Geoff Kidder director, membership and events, Academy of Ideas; convenor, IoI Book Club; IoI’s resident expert in all sporting matters |
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 | Charles Lambert undergraduate, PPE, University of East Anglia; intern, IoI. |
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 | Shirley Lawes researcher; consultant and university teacher, specialising in teacher education and modern foreign languages; Chevalier dans l’ordre des Palmes Académiques |
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 | Kirk Leech interim director, European Animal Research Campaign Centre; government affairs, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry |
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 | Sheila Lewis director, Volanti Consulting |
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 | Toby Marshall A Level Film Studies Teacher; PhD researcher in sociology of education, UCL Institute of Education |
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 | Beverley Marshall volunteer, The Samaritans |
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 | Ion Martea poet and commissioning editor (film), Culture Wars |
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 | Peter Martin lecturer, School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester; Principal Investigator, engaging cogs. |
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 | Tara McCormack lecturer in international politics, University of Leicester; author, Critique, Security and Power: the political limits to emancipatory approaches |
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 | Para Mullan senior project manager, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development; FCIPD |
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 | Martyn Perks digital business consultant and writer; co-author, Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation |
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 | David Perks founder and principal, East London Science School; director, the Physics Factory |
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 | Amol Rajan columnist, Independent titles; advisor to Evgeny Lebedev; author, Twirlymen: the unlikely history of cricket’s greatest spin doctors |
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 | Viv Regan managing editor, spiked |
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 | Richard Reynolds trainee barrister; formerly, paralegal, Baha Mousa and Al Sweady Public Inquiries; founder, Student Academics for Academic Freedom |
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 | Abigail Ross-Jackson speakers' agent, Ed Victor Speakers Bureau LLP |
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 | Nathalie Rothschild freelance journalist; producer and reporter for Sweden's public service radio |
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 | Jane Sandeman convenor, IoI Parents Forum; contributor, Standing up to Supernanny; director of finance and central services, Cardinal Hume Centre |
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 | Karl Sharro architect; writer; Middle East commentator; co-author, Manifesto: Towards a New Humanism in Architecture |
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 | Stuart Simpson financial services professional; researcher and writer, emerging economies and quantitative finance |
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 | Mark Taylor vice principal, East London Science School; London convenor, IoI Education Forum |
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 | Dan Travis director, Brighton Salon; tennis coach; author How to teach Young Children Tennis and In Defence of Competitive Sport. |
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 | Robin Walsh graduate medical student; co-founder, Sheffield Salon |
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 | Austin Williams associate professor in architecture, XJTLU University, Suzhou, China; director, Future Cities Project; convenor, Bookshop Barnies; founding member of New Narratives |
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"The audience were the stars of the Battle of Ideas - engaged, informed and enthusiastic. As a panellist, I felt both ashamed and educated. Exactly as it should be."
John Street, professor of politics, University of East Anglia