About: Battle of Ideas 2011 committee
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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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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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Joel Cohen communications manager, BeyondMe |
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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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Neil Davenport sociology and politics teacher; writer on culture; former music journalist |
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Suzy Dean freelance writer; blogger, Free Society |
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Ceri Dingle director, WORLDwrite & WORLDbytes |
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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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Craig Fairnington associate fellow, Academy of Ideas; university finance and accommodation officer |
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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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Luke Gittos criminal lawyer; director of City of London Appeals Clinic; legal editor at spiked; author, Why Rape Culture is a Dangerous Myth: From Steubenville to Ched Evans |
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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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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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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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Toby Marshall A Level Film Studies Teacher; PhD researcher in sociology of education, UCL Institute of Education |
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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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Sally Millard co-founder, IoI Parents Forum |
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Alan Miller chairman, Night Time Industries Association (NTIA) |
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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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Paul Reeves engineering software designer, SolidWorks R&D (part of Dassault Systèmes); convener, manufacturing work group for Big Potatoes: the London manifesto for innovation |
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Viv Regan managing editor, spiked |
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Abigail Ross-Jackson speakers' agent, Ed Victor Speakers Bureau LLP |
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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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Peter Smith director of tourism, St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham, London; co-author, Volunteer Tourism: the lifestyle politics of international development |
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Sandy Starr communications officer, Progress Educational Trust; webmaster, BioNews |
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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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