Catherine Alexander is a social geographer and Development Officer for the Participatory Research Hub at Durham University. Her research interests focus on youth, social justice and the city in 'Assembling fear, practising hope: geographies of gender and generation in Newcastle upon Tyne'. Catherine has extensive experience in qualitative, participatory and action research both in the UK and Europe.

Nicholas Walliman is a qualified architect, Senior Lecturer in the School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and a research associate in the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development. After many years of practice in architecture in the UK and abroad, he returned to academic life to do his PhD. He has subsequently published a number of books on research theory and methods, and writing dissertations and theses, aimed at students and practitioners from undergraduate to doctoral levels of expertise.

He is currently conducting research with a team of architects and environmental scientists as part of the Oxford Brookes Institute for Sustainable Development who are engaged in nationally and internationally funded projects on a range of aspects of building technology. He has published numerous research papers and is also supervising several PhD and master's students.

Gina Wisker is Professor of Higher Education and Contemporary Literature at the University of Brighton, where she is Head of the Centre for Learning and Teaching. Her principal research interests are in learning and teaching, specialising in postgraduate study and supervisory practices.

Among a number of external roles, Gina is part of the management team for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) research project, chairs the Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) Scholarship and Research Committee and the Contemporary Women's Writing Association. She is chief editor of SEDA's journal Innovations in Education and Teaching International and serves on publications and fellowships committees.

Gina has been chair and co-chair of the Heads of Education Development Group (HEDG), and a founder member of the HEDG Planning group. She is a member of the International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) and the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of South Africa (HELTASA).

Mandy Asghar is the Director of the Academic Development Directorate and Associate Professor at York St John University. She achieved recognition as a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA) in 2013.

Mandy has a strategic role to ensure that students are provided with high-quality, contemporary and evidence-informed learning experiences. Her directorate's focus is to enhance pedagogic practice through educational development and curriculum innovation projects that inspire a creative approach to enhancing student learning.

Mandy also leads research development for postgraduate students and staff. Her own research and publications are in the area of formative assessment and student engagement in service learning. She is currently chair of a national network, the Heads of Educational Development Group.

Wilma Alexander has recently retired from the University of Edinburgh, where she was part of the central e-learning team for over 15 years. During that time she promoted the importance of usable and accessible digital practice, tutored on the groundbreaking master's degree in Digital Education, and developed online staff training on accessible e-learning and online tutoring skills. Since 2007 she has worked with Epigeum, now part of Oxford University Press, on improving the accessibility features of their courses, and on ensuring content emphasises accessibility and usability where appropriate. Wilma is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has a master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction and Information Science.