Jeremy Benson @jembenson.bsky.social Adviser @aqaeducation.bsky.social, MAT and @RSPH.bsky.social trustee, ex-senior civil servant; classical music, #LCFC 🦊, England⚽️🏏, walks, photos, words; husband, father, generally curious
https://substack.com/@jembenson
📍 Leicestershire, UK
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
New Local @wearenewlocal.bsky.social We're an independent think tank and network of councils with a mission to transform public services and unlock community power.
Find out more: https://www.newlocal.org.uk
Re:State @re-state.bsky.social Formerly Reform think tank. Re:State is an independent, cross-party public services think tank. We don’t want to tweak, we want to transform.
Leonora Merry @leonoramerry.bsky.social Director of Comms & External Affairs at Nuffield Trust (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk). Advisory Group, Science Media Centre. Co-founder WonkComms (https://bsky.app/profile/wonkcomms.bsky.social). Mum of 👧🧒 👦. SE Londoner. Views: mine!
Mark Byrne @markobroin.bsky.social Dir of External Affairs at Centre for Cities. Irish in London. Politics, policy, books, cats. Yimby. Trustee at Stonewall Housing 🏳️🌈
Lewis Tibbs @lewistibbs.bsky.social Digital Communications Manager @suttontrust.bsky.social 💻 Interested in politics, policy and regional inequality. Dancing nerd. Northerner and perpetually suffering Man United fan. Views my own!
Rocky Lorusso @rockylorusso.bsky.social Head of Comms & Public Affairs at the Sutton Trust. All views my own.
Jenny Cockin @jennyck.bsky.social Work: assistant director comms - @healthfoundation.bsky.social better health & health care | School governor & SEND link | Other: exploring, art/design, open water swimming, music, allotment | she/her | views: own
Nicole Johnson @nicolevjohnson.bsky.social Comms Manager @powertochange.org.uk
🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧. Midlands based. UNC Chapel Hill and Georgetown SFS alumn. Still learning how to make the perfect cuppa. She/her.
Ellie Pearson-Martin @elliemartin.bsky.social Media and Public Affairs Manager at the Nuffield Trust but views here are my own! All things health and social care policy. 🔍📰
@nuffieldtrust.org.uk
Mark Dayan @markgdayan.bsky.social Nuffield Trust head of public affairs and particularly nerdy about medicine policy, Brexit, NHS plans, and the Scottish and Northern Irish health systems. Edinburgh to Crystal Palace
James Baggaley @jimbaggaley.bsky.social Comms and other stuff for UCL Policy Lab
Daniel Wigglesworth @dwigglesworth.bsky.social Head of Digital Products @jrf-uk.bsky.social
Sean Canty @seancanty.bsky.social Media contact for Centre for Cities. Posts about UK urban policy, what the media are saying about it and what the Government is doing about it.
📌 London
🙋♂️ He/him
Charlotte Prothero @charlotteprothero.bsky.social Posting about politics, children's wellbeing, housing, loneliness and civil society.
Bad grammar and views my own.
Harriet Anderson @harrietanderson.bsky.social Senior Media Manager at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
John Pollock @johnpollock.bsky.social Communications for Chatham House (@chathamhouse.org) | Writer @theworldtoday.org | Think tanks and higher education | Posts on international affairs/security | China | Views my own.
Danielle Doyle @danielledoyle.bsky.social Strategic Comms & Engagement Lead at The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute (@thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk), University of Cambridge
THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute) @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk We are The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute. We're strengthening the evidence base for healthcare improvement.
Based at the University of Cambridge and made possible by the Health Foundation.
thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
The Policy Institute @policyatkings.bsky.social Working to solve society’s challenges with evidence and expertise. Based at King's College London 🔗 kcl.ac.uk/policy-institute
Event invites & updates ➡️ https://kcl.us14.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=1fbc849719098ca1a31f3263e&id=9ba63cb1ff
King's Global Institute for Women's Leadership @giwlkings.bsky.social Working towards a world in which women of all backgrounds have fair and equal access to leadership. Based at Kings College London. Chaired by Julia Gillard.
Bennett Institute for Public Policy @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk The Bennett Institute for Public Policy has expanded to become the Bennett School of Public Policy. Please follow us on our new handle: @BennettSchool.cam.ac.uk
Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social The UK's leading feminist economics think tank. We put feminism into economics and economics into feminism.
Press queries: press@wbg.org.uk
wbg.org.uk
King's Centre for the Study of Intelligence (KCSI) @kcsi.uk KCSI is a diverse group of leading intelligence scholars & practitioners working together to better understand the evolving global security landscape. https://kcsi.uk/
Centre for Statecraft & National Security @csns-uk.bsky.social Research centre based within @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Formerly International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) & Centre for Grand Strategy (CGS). RTs ≠ endorsements.
Fabian Society @thefabians.bsky.social Britain's oldest political think tank. The future of the left since 1884.
UCL Policy Lab @uclpolicylab.bsky.social Bringing extraordinary ideas and everyday experience together to tackle the challenges facing us all.
Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk We are the think-do tank that backs community business. We turn bold ideas into action so communities have the power to change what matters to them.
powertochange.org.uk
PBE @pbe.co.uk Economics to improve lives
www.pbe.co.uk
Green Alliance @green-alliance.org.uk Independent think tank working to accelerate political action for a green and prosperous UK.
Visit our website, listen to our podcast and read our blog 👇
https://linktr.ee/greenallianceuk
The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social We are an independent charitable organisation working to build a healthier UK.
www.health.org.uk
Olivia Vaughan @oliviavaughan.bsky.social External Affairs at IPPR @ippr.bsky.social | South Londoner
Rowan Dennison @rowandennison.bsky.social Deputy Director of Communications at Nuffield Trust, a health and social care think tank. I live in Bristol. Mostly talking health policy or politics here, but music nerdery or nature gawkery also warmly welcomed
Catherine May @cmay99.bsky.social Work: comms and external affairs for @PolicyWISE @Open University.
https://www.policywise.org.uk/
comparative policy research - devolution and beyond
Live: Cardiff
Communications for social good.
Lifts weights & runs sometimes.
Jasneet Samrai @jasneetsamrai.bsky.social Deputy Director of Centre Think Tank.
Also works in health public affairs.
All views are my own.
Sam Fletcher @samfletcher.bsky.social Director of Comms @rcn.org.uk. Social justice, inequalities, facts & stats. Mum of boys. Scouse in south. Views my own.
Ryan Frost @ryangfrost.bsky.social Senior Public Affairs Officer @SuttonTrust.bsky.social.
Views my own.
Grace Hetherington @gchetherington.bsky.social Communications Lead for Nesta's Healthy Life mission - helping people live longer, healthier lives. Interested in health, food and social policy.
South London via West Yorkshire. Views mine.
Tammy Campbell @drtammycampbell.bsky.social Director for Early Years, Inequalities and Wellbeing @edupolicyinst.bsky.social | Visiting Senior Fellow @ CASE LSE | Views my own | Life doesn't have to be unfair | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tammy-Campbell-2
FFT Education Datalab @fftedudatalab.bsky.social FFT Education Datalab produces independent, cutting-edge research on education policy and practice.
Pete Whitehead @petewhitehead.bsky.social education policy guy. scouser. your favourite pintman's favourite pintman. views regrettably my own.
Lynton Lees @lyntonlees.bsky.social Senior Policy Manager, Public First. Previously British Academy, PhD history of universities and education in modern Britain, Columbia. Views my own.
Ed Dorrell @eddorrell.bsky.social Partner at Public First (education, levelling up and Labour). Quant, qual, political comms. Ex-journo at @tes. Still write a lot.
Sammy Wright @sammywright.bsky.social Teacher, writer, school leader, lives and works in North East: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454163/exam-nation-by-wright-sammy/9781847927521
#edusky #Teaching #UKEd http://substack.com/@sammywright
Matilda Martin @matildamartin.bsky.social Political Reporter for PoliticsHome and writing for The House magazine
🖊️ about education (and a few other things) | prev Reporter @ Tes
📧matilda.martin@politicshome.com
(she/her)
Reza Schwitzer @schwitzer.bsky.social Principal Consultant at Avencera. Formerly AQA, DfE and Public First. Loud and sometimes prone to hyperbole. COYG! Views own
Nicola Woolcock @nicolawoolcock.bsky.social Education Editor, The Times
nicola.woolcock@thetimes.co.uk
London Economics' Education and Labour Markets Team @le-education.bsky.social London Economics' Education and Labour markets team: Research and publication information; education evidence and facts; independent commentary. Sometimes 'edited' by Gavan Conlon
Cllr John Cope @johncope.bsky.social Strategic Advisor (mainly Education & Skills); Senior Counsel @ PLMR. Council Group Leader. Fmr Non-Exec @ IfATE & Fmr Exec Director @ UCAS
David Hughes @hughesdavid.bsky.social Chief Executive at Association of Colleges, lifelong learner, passionate about education, skills, inclusion, a better & fairer society
Tom Richmond @tom-richmond.com Education policy analyst. Host of 'Inside Your Ed' podcast (www.insideyoured.com). Former teacher, think tank director and government advisor. Follow my work here: https://linktr.ee/tomrichmond
Laura McInerney @missmc.bsky.social Co-Founder of TeacherTapp, daily poll of 12k teachers. Former editor of Schools Week & Guardian columnist. Once a teacher, always a teacher.
SAY: Laura 'Mack & Ernie' (like there's 3 of us!)
Johnny Rich @johnnyrich.com Director, ResearchPlus
Also: CEO, PushTalks | Author (The Human Script and other works) | Speaker | #HigherEd Specialist
Personal account - any views are all my own fault.
Web: johnnyrich.com
Julie McCulloch @juliemcculloch.bsky.social Chief Executive at the Education Policy Institute. Views my own.
Sarah Waite @sarahjwaite.bsky.social Former teacher & Labour education adviser, now CEO of @getfurther.bsky.social #loveourcolleges
Oli de Botton @olidebotton.bsky.social
Stuart Lock @stulock.bsky.social Chief Executive, Advantage Schools
Freddie Whittaker @fcdwhittaker.bsky.social Editor of national education newspaper Schools Week
www.schoolsweek.co.uk
Becky Allen @profbeckyallen.bsky.social Co-founder and Chief Analyst, Teacher Tapp, surveying over 12,000 teachers every day.
Curtis James @oswald808.bsky.social Co founder and member of Class Divide.
Working to make Brighton and Hove (and further afield) the best place to get an education if you come from a lower income family. Through systems and policy change.
www.classdivide.co.uk
Aveek Bhattacharya @aveek18.bsky.social Strategy Fellow, Global Health & Wellbeing at Coefficient Giving. Views my own
Sandy Leaton Gray @drleatongray.bsky.social Professor of Education Futures at UCL. Personal account, posts represent my own opinions and not those of my institution.
Sandra McNally @sandramcnally.bsky.social Professor of Economics, University of Surrey. Director of Education and Skills Programme, Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics.
Dr Cora Lingling Xu 许玲玲博士 @coralinglingxu.bsky.social Author: The Time Inheritors @sunypress.bsky.social
Asso Prof @durham-university.bsky.social Exec Editor @bjse.bsky.social; Director @chiedmobilities.bsky.social; Soc of time, Bourdieu, China; https://sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-Time-Inheritors
Loic Menzies @loicmnzs.bsky.social Edu-policy specialist. Chief Research Officer @centreedusyst.bsky.social
Teacher, teacher trainer & youth-worker first
✍️Writing📖 on policy making
🎓Academically affiliated Jesus College Cam/Sheffield IoE
🧗Often Climbing
https://linktr.ee/loicmnzs
Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social Professor of Economics at University of Essex. Conducting impactful research in applied economics of labour, health, education.
https://sites.google.com/view/birgitta-rabe/
Nick Harrison @nickharrison73.bsky.social CEO @suttontrust.bsky.social campaigning for social mobility. Ex- business leader and consulting global practice lead. Proud father of three.
Jess Lister @jesslister.bsky.social Higher ed policy wonk @ Public First
Leora Cruddas CBE @leoracruddas.bsky.social Chief executive of the Confederation of School Trusts
Andy Jolley @andyjolley.bsky.social Evidence based school meals campaigner & former School Governor
TBI survivor
Interests include Education, Social Justice & Concussion in Rugby
National Foundation for Educational Research @thenfer.bsky.social Global independent provider of research, assessment and information services for education. Follow @nferclassroom.bsky.social too if you're working in schools.
https://linktr.ee/thenfer
Becky Francis @beckyfrancis.bsky.social Educationalist, sometime academic, committed to supporting social justice and evidence-led policymaking and practice in education.
CEO of the Education Endowment Foundation. Chaired the Curriculum and Assessment Review (2024-2025) but now back at the EEF
Social Mobility Commission @smcommission.bsky.social Official feed of the Social Mobility Commission. We monitor progress towards improving social mobility in the UK & promote social mobility in England.
https://linktr.ee/socialmobilitycommission
Chatham House @chathamhouse.org The Royal Institute of International Affairs - Chatham House. Independent thinking since 1920.
Website🔗: chathamhouse.org
Podcast🎙️: https://apple.co/45Bbbny
Magazine: @theworldtoday.org
Journal: @iajournal.bsky.social
Harry QP @harryqp.bsky.social Director of IPPR. Progressive policy and politics. Non-Exec Director at West London NHS Trust.
Gavin Freeguard @gavinfreeguard.com Data/govt etc freelancer gavinfreeguard.com
Starting @sotf.org.uk
@connectedbydata.org, Data Bites, @instituteforgovernment.org.uk @thinkdigitalptns.bsky.social @kinship.works @transformgovtalks.bsky.social @policycamp.bsky.social
Pic @paulclarke.com
IPPR North @ipprnorth.bsky.social We're the leading think-tank based in the North丨Developing bold, progressive ideas to empower England’s regions丨21 years of independent research & influence
IPPR Scotland @ipprscotland.bsky.social We are Scotland’s progressive think tank. We are dedicated to supporting and improving public policy, working tirelessly to achieve a progressive Scotland.
Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social Principal Policy Adviser at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation - UK poverty, social policy, politics, research and data. Occasionally crochet, gigs and nature
Centre for Cities @centreforcities.bsky.social The Centre for Cities is an independent think tank dedicated to improving the economies of the UK's largest cities and towns
Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social At the Centre for Ageing Better we are pioneering ways to make ageing better a reality for everyone. Supported by The National Lottery Community Fund.
Centre for London @centreforlondon.bsky.social We are London’s think tank. A voice for all London is, and could be. Follow us for urban policy updates, London policy discourse and insight into our research.
https://centreforlondon.org/
Nuffield Trust @nuffieldtrust.org.uk We are an independent health think tank aiming to improve the quality of health care in the UK by providing evidence-based research & policy analysis.
www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk
The King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve people's health. Our vision is a world where everyone can live a healthy life. https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/
Social Market Foundation @smfthinktank.bsky.social Britain’s leading cross-party think tank, with a mission to enable markets and government to work together to benefit society.
https://www.smf.co.uk/ | Also on LinkedIn, X and TikTok
Nesta @nestauk.bsky.social We are Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions across the innovation lifecycle. linktr.ee/Nesta_uk
Camille Oung @camille-oung.bsky.social Fellow @NuffieldTrust - mostly musing about social care & health policy
Miranda Davies @daviesmiranda1.bsky.social Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust. Views my own. Interested in prisoner health, end of life care and health inequality.
Becks Fisher @becksfisher.bsky.social Director of Research & Policy @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social, NHS GP, Harkness 22/23, co-founder of Next Generation GP. She/her. Views my own. Usually running.
Yasmin Ibison @yasminibison.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor at JRF (@jrf-uk.bsky.social) focusing on communities and place
she/her
Views my own.
Maudie Johnson-Hunter @maudiejh.bsky.social Economist at Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Views are my own. She/Her
Alfie Stirling @alfie-stirling.bsky.social Director of Insight & Policy at JRF | previously NEF & IPPR | "all models are wrong, but some are useful" (G Box)
Gemma Tetlow @gemmatetlow.bsky.social Chief Economist, Institute for Government
Formerly Economics Correspondent at the Financial Times and Programme Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies
Peter Levell @peterlevell.bsky.social Economist. Deputy Research Director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies @theifs.bsky.social.
https://sites.google.com/view/peter-levell/home
David Sturrock @david-sturrock.bsky.social Economist
Helen Miller @helenmiller.bsky.social Economist. Deputy Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies, theifs.bsky.social
Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social Lover of finding out what people think. Director @moreincommonuk.bsky.social
https://www.moreincommon.org.uk/