Hugh McLaughlin is Professor of Social Work at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

Peter Beresford is Professor of Citizen Participation at the University of Essex, UK and Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Brunel University London, UK.

Colin Cameron is a Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Helen Casey is a staff tutor with the Open University and has worked in social work education for fifteen years.

Joe Duffy is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work at Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.