Catherine O’Connor is Head of Journalism at Leeds Trinity University. She spent 15 years working in the regional media before joining Leeds Trinity as a Senior Lecturer in Journalism in 2007, teaching practical journalism modules, media law and ethics and supervised final year Digital Media Portfolio and Professional Learning Through Work modules, and becoming head of Journalism in 2009. […]
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Nick Frost
Nick Frost is Professor of Social Work at Leeds Beckett University. He researches and writes widely in relation to childhood, multi-disciplinary work, children in care, family support and safeguarding. He is an active teacher, researcher, author and consultant. Since 2010 Nick has been the Independent Chair of Bradford Safeguarding Children Board and has been a qualified and registered social worker. He has also acted as […]
Jennie Bristow
Jennie Bristow is senior lecturer in sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies. Her research focuses on the sociology of generations, including debates around intergenerational inequality and conflict; education; and parenting culture. She is author of a number of books, most recently Stop Mugging Grandma: The ‘Generation Wars’ And Why Boomer-Blaming Won’t Solve Anything (Yale University Press, […]
Jo Barcroft
Jo Barcroft is a lawyer, and also writes her own food blog. […]
Nick Copland
Nick Copland is a copywriter and verbal identity consultant. He is also co-founder of Leeds-based cheese club Homage2Fromage. […]
Ursula Philpot
Ursula Philpot is senior lecturer in the Department of Health and Social Sciences at Leeds Beckett University, and advanced practice dietitian working in the area of eating disorders and obesity. She is the chair of the BDA mental health group. She is active in presenting nationally and internationally on the subject of eating disorders and dietetics and is also the on-screen dietitian for Channel Four’s […]
Rob Lyons
Rob Lyons is a columnist for spiked. He writes on a wide range of issues, but takes a particular interest in issues around the economy, environment, food, energy and risk. Rob is author of Panic on a Plate: How society developed an eating disorder (2011) and has written reports on sugar taxes and the impact of the smoking ban on pubs. He is a frequent commentator on TV and […]
Maurice Glasman
Maurice Glasman is a Labour life peer in the House of Lords. He is director of the Common Good Foundation. Prior to becoming a peer, Baron Glasman worked for ten years for London Citizens on their Living Wage campaign. Baron Glasman is widely known for establishing “Blue Labour”, a conservative form of socialism within the Labour party which encourages a return to community values based […]
Steve Crocker
Steve Crocker is a Development Volunteer for Leeds City Ambassadors, a volunteer scheme, managed and supported through Leeds City Council. Steve is also a musician, and set up Jazz Leeds in 2007. […]
Richard Jackson
Richard Jackson is Chief Officer at Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL), which provides support services to the third sector in Leeds. […]