Heather Mendick works as a freelance academic focusing on science, mathematics and technology; equity issues; youth aspirations and choices; and the relationship between learning and popular culture. She is the author or co-author of three books: Masculinities in Mathematics, Urban Youth and Schooling and Celebrity, Aspiration and Contemporary Youth. She has published widely, blogs irregularly on education and politics, and tweets from @helensclegel. She still does a bit of maths teaching, is trying to learn Spanish, is excited by the growing popularity of veganism and spends most of her free time trying to secure a Corbyn-led Labour government.
