Our interview participants

More than 200 individuals volunteered their time and thoughts on life so that this report could be written. We are proud to name them here, with our gratitude and respect.

Please appreciate that the ideas expressed in this report do not necessarily represent the views of any individual contributor or group of contributors. Responsibility for this report in all its forms rests solely with Dr Nick Baylis.

(Groupings refer to the individual's occupation at the time of interview. To ensure the right to privacy of our individual contributors, members of groups 1, 2 & 3 are not identified here as belonging to a particular institution).

Jayne Agnew
Tristan Bate
Fenella Bates
Ruth Batey
Georgina Batty
Alistair Bendyshe-Brown
Jacob Berkson
Nick Blackburn
Kate Bowgett
Jonathan Bridges
Kathanne Brooks
Emily Browne
James Carnegie
Jimmy Cartwright
Annika Caswell
Luke Chadderton
Vladimir Chorniy
Samar Chughtai
Anthea Colledge
Elise Coole
Emma Crompton
Ronnie Davies
Robert Dickinson
Mike Doris
Nick Dove
David du Plessis
Bryony Elliott
Kimberly Ennico
Alexa Fanning
Ambrose Faulks
Jess Flood-Paddock
Shamara Fonseka
Katy Fox
Carla Francombe
Helen Fraser
Amy Giardino
Anna Goodwin
Alexander Green
Simon Griffin
Ed Griffiths
Samantha Harvey
Elisabeth Hawkin
Alex Hewitson
Rob Hewitt
Natasha Hezelgrave
Marcus Hiseman
Edward Holt
William Hunt

Pav Akhtar
M Bartholomew
Julie Beach
Nick Blackburn
J Bongo
S. Fahmy
Elena Fiddian
M.L.Freeman
Kathryn Hingston
Toby Hughes
A.J
Simon Leslie
Jonathan Mair

David Bailey
Prash Bhandari
Lucia Beria
Helen Berry
Laura Bessell
Jimmy Blom
Chris Bradley
Sandra Brown
Michelle Bunker
Chris Cahill
Suzanne Collins
Anna Cottingham
Mark Cotton
Tim Crosley
Annabel Davenport
Darren Fitzgerald
Michael Francis
Helen Foster
Amy Graham
James Hand
Damali Harris
Lena Hansen
Anastasia Haynes
Paul Houghton
Ken Janssens

GROUP 3
Senior Professionals from Teaching, Training and Counselling Institutions and Commercial Organisations

David Allman - Imperial College, London University Counselling Service
Alison Bartoletti - Graduate Programme Manager, British Airways
C.J. Barton - Director of PADWA, Gordonstoun School
Malcolm Beane - Head of Human Resources for Europe, JP Morgan.
Helen Bostock - Human Resources Associate JP Morgan
Professor Floris van den Broecke - Royal College of Art
Mrs Buckley - Deputy-Head of Sixth Form, South Hampstead High School
Steve Burton - Deputy-Head, the William Ellis School, London.
Emma Cochrane - Editor of 'Total Film' magazine
Anne Conlan - Head of Counselling Services, King's College London.
Claire Eeles - Vice-President, Andersen Consulting
Sarah Fletcher - Director of Studies, Rugby School
Steve Foster - Politics Teacher; Head of Prefects, Manchester Grammar.
Professor Richard Green - Consultant Psychiatrist; Cambridge University Lecturer
Ivan Hare - former JF Kennedy scholar; Law Lecturer and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge University
Judith Hesketh - Assistant Director, Training & Development, Schroders.
Peter Hubbard - Managing Director of Public Sector, Dell Computer.
Carol Kelsall - Head of Pastoral Care and 6th Form, Impington Village College
Stephen Kyffin - Royal College of Art
Sarah Littlejohn - Manchester University Counselling Service
Dr David Livingstone - Deputy-Head, Rugby School
Mark Moore - Head of English, Radley College
Louise Morrin - English Teacher; Sixth Form Co-ordinator, Gordonstoun School
Nick Munday - Classicist; Head of Arts Side and joint Head of 6th Form, Manchester Grammer School
David Perry - Assistant Director of Human Resources, Schroders.
Mark Phippen - Director of Cambridge University Counselling Service.
Steve Potter - Director of Manchester University Counselling Service.
Andrew Reekes - Director of Studies, Radley College.
John Richardson - Faculty of Design, Buckinghamshire University
Barry M. Rogers - Vice-President, JP Morgan
Malcolm Rose - Deputy-Head of 6th Form, William Ellis School, London.
Mrs. J.G. Scott - Headmistress, South Hampstead High School.
Jim Semple - former Governor of HMP Blantyre House
Bruce Sinclair - Course Leader, Design, Buckinghamshire University
Gary Snapper - Head of English, Impington Village College
Dr Jo Spence - House Master, Eton College
Bob Sproson - Head of Secondary Support Services, Cambridgeshire
Justin Stanley - Classics Teacher, Manchester Grammar School
Dr Irene Weinreib - Director, Imperial College Medical Services
Professor Glenn Williams - Royal College of Art
Dr John Willson - Chemist; Head of Science Side and joint Head of 6th Form, Manchester Grammar School

GROUP 4
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