Graham previously spent ten years working as a journalist on newspapers and magazines in both Europe and Asia. He began his career in regional print journalism in the UK, writing for the Reading Chronicle and the Newcastle Evening Chronicle, before spending five years living and working in China. During this time, he contributed articles to The Times, The Australian, the South China Morning Post, the China Daily, worked as deputy editor of Shanghai-based travel magazine Asia and Away, and authored a total of six guidebooks. He completed his doctorate in Chinese media and political communications in 2015 at the University of Westminster’s highly-regarded Communication and Research Institute (CAMRI). Graham currently leads seven modules across three journalism degree courses at Solent University. In addition to his teaching, Graham also works as review editor for the Sage journal Global Media and China.
Rebecca began her career as a journalist, making the move to teaching English in her twenties. She has now been a teacher for over 20 years, in both the state and independent sectors, serving as head of department for 16 of these. In her current role as Head of English at Sherborne School, she has created a range of societies which encourage young people to write and to talk about writing, as well as run a world-class festival of writing for 8 years, where over 25 writers shared their practice in group sessions, and their skills in workshops, for the benefit of the 4000 or so pupils across the five secondary schools in Sherborne. She has recently become Programme Curator for TEDxSherborne, which will hold its first event on May the 9th in 2019. Rebecca is passionate about enabling young people to express themselves fluently and with power.
Paul is married to Susannah and they have two children, Hannah and Luke. They live near Oasis Academy Mayfield and have been involved in supporting the Academy as chaplain since its beginning. He now works across the three Southampton academies and nationally, has been delivering training for hubs around bereavement support and dealing with critical incidents. Locally, Paul leads a collaboration of churches and projects called Love Southampton. Most recently, he initiated a citywide conversation and action plan to tackle homelessness in the city.
Martin runs the Exeter Ideas Salon, which seeks to promote critical thinking and discussion of major issues in society. He has previously taught in secondary, FE and HE institutions in the UK and New Zealand. He also coached the Exeter College debating and public speaking teams in four national competitions, reaching the Debating Matters National Final in 2016.
Martin is currently studying for a Masters in Art History.
Ian has over twenty years’ experience in the sphere of environmental aviation issues working for the Civil Aviation Authority, the UK air navigation service provider – NATS – and in his own independent consultancy. Ian is Head of Environmental and Community Affairs at NATS, responsible for driving forward an industry leading corporate social responsibility programme targeting improvements to operational CO2 emissions, noise performance and a low carbon estate. His work has enabled NATS to be the first air navigation service provider in the world to commit to operational CO2 targets and a financially incentivised air traffic control performance metric. On behalf of the UN body for aviation – ICAO – Ian is leading a task looking at environmental benefits from global airspace modernisation; he works with airports, airlines and local communities to design and run innovative trials to help manage aircraft noise impacts. As a member of the UK Sustainable Aviation coalition’s oversight committee, he is the lead of a cross industry task group looking at ways to better manage noise impacts. Ian is a member of the UK Royal Aeronautical Society’s ‘Greener by Design’ environmental steering group.
Pavlos is a senior lecturer in Air Travel and Tourism Management at Solent University, Southampton. He has led the development of Air Travel related study programmes at the University and supervised students on their dissertations and research areas. He is keen on debating and arguing using a constructed and structured approach. He is passionate on student engagement with extra curricula activities as these are the ones that enrich the student journey.
Dr Alberto Amore is lecturer in Tourism and Air Travel Management at Southampton Solent University. He holds a PhD in Management (Tourism) from the University of Canterbury (New Zealand) and a MA in Tourism, Territory and Local Development from the Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy). His research interests are on urban tourism and urban regeneration, post-disaster destination governance and destination resilience. He publishes on edited books, peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings on topics such as urban tourism, tourism governance, spatial planning and urban development. He is Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) and of Fellow of the Regional Studies Association (RSA).
Crispin manages oXya UK, which provides technical IT support to companies running SAP business software. An ex-teacher, he also writes and speaks on the theory and philosophy of education, particularly with a view to making better use in the sector of digital technology and blogs on technology and education at www.EdTechNow.net.
chair, Earthwatch Europe; interim director of public affairs and communications, Oxford University
Before joining Earthwatch Europe and Oxford University, Lucian was director of communications at The Open University, and held top communications posts in four UK Government departments. He was also the UK government’s first-ever director of e-Communications and recently served as an independent expert, reviewing the communications capability at the Cabinet Office and No.10. After leaving the Civil Service, he was a partner and the first managing director of Cornerstone Global Associates, providing strategic consultancy to government, business, civil society, universities and business schools. In 17 years as a senior executive and television journalist with the BBC and ITV he helped establish the first international television channels as a joint venture between BBC and Discovery. As strand editor for BBC World, he led the transformation of breaking news and live events, which included producing the first six hours of television coverage on the death of Princess Diana. Since 1997, Lucian has also served as chairman of three non-profit organisations, including Liberal Judaism, Tavistock Institute of Human Relations and Rory Peck Trust.
William is currently studying theology and religion at Regent’s Park College, Oxford, where he also currently serves as the JCR President. He is a keen Westminster-watcher, and has written political comment pieces on Brexit and its ramifications for British democracy for Oxford student newspaper Cherwell and for The Spectator’s ‘Coffee House’ online blog.
He is particularly interested in the place of liberty in society and the necessity of its preservation. Consequently, much of his degree has become focused on the Enlightenment period in both Britain and on the continent; the religious history of liberty leading up to the modern age and the Reformation’s part in this story; and the intersections and interactions of religion with liberalism, rationalism and science in the West.
