Matthew Taylor



Profile:


Full name: Matthew Taylor

Area of interest: Current affairs, Politics, Arts, Education

Journals: The Guardian

Email: [mailto:matthew.taylor@rsa.org.uk matthew.taylor@rsa.org.uk]

Website: Guardian.co: Matthew Taylor & Matthew Taylor RSA

Blog: Matthew's blog at the RSA (formerly mtblog - the view from the 4th floor of john adam street)

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Biography:
Education: Emanuel School (public school in Battersea); University of Southampton: BA Sociology (first); Warwick University: MA Industrial relations

Career: Set up a research unit at the teachers' union, the NASUWT, 1985/1988; Director, West Midlands Health Service Monitoring Unit, 1988/1990; Senior research fellow, University of Warwick, 1990/1993; Assistant general secretary, Labour party (during the 1997 general election was Labour's director of policy and a member of the Party's central election strategy team), 1994/98; Director, Institute for Public Policy Research, 1999/2003; Chief adviser on political strategy to the Prime Minister, 2003/2006; Chief Executive RSA, 2006-
 * see: RSA profile
 * see: Matthew Taylor profiled - comprehensive profile by David Rowan, The Observer, Sunday 7th September 2003

Current position/role: Reporter, features and blog writer


 * also writes/has written for: The Observer, New Statesman, Prospect

Other roles: comments on education and other issues

Other activities: Chief Executive of the RSA info (VIDEO)

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Viewpoints/Insight:
 * Interview: For the good of society - As Tony Blair's favourite adviser, Matthew Taylor had to be careful what he said in public. Now, having left politics to head up the Royal Society of Arts, he wants to tackle issues no politician would dare touch. By Damian Thompson - The Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2007
 * BBC Politics Show: Matthew Taylor interview transcript - On the Politics Show, Sunday 14 January 2007, Jon Sopel interviewed Matthew Taylor, Chief Executive of the RSA
 * Article: Why life is good - A dangerous gap exists between our personal experience, which is mainly happy, and our view of a society in decline - New Statesman, 3rd January 2008

TV/Radio: makes frequent appearances
 * Panel member of the BBC's The Moral Maze team
 * see: IMDb pro (subscription site)

Controversy/Criticism: The limits of the 'think tank' revolution - By Gerry Hassan for openDemocracy.net, 9th September 2008 (from the International Relations and Security Network)

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Other: Son of sociologist and broadcaster Professor Laurie Taylor



Books & Debate:

 * What are children for? OCLC 50937132, 2003 (co-author Laurie Taylor)

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Current/recent debate: 
 * Carnegie Council: Responsible Profit: Climate Change and the Green Economy - 13th November, 2007
 * see also: Resources by this Author - Updated: Jan 09, 2008

The Guardian:

 * no regular column, but contributes to mortarboard and Comment is free... blogs

Section: Comment is free @ Guardian.co

Role: Reporter and occasional comment

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Website: Guardian.co: Matthew Taylor & Matthew Taylor RSA

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Articles:

 * battleground'' - Whether trying to get us to give up smoking or stop carrying knives, politicians want to make us mend our ways. But will we listen? - 17th September 2008
 * Darling, you've done us a favour - The chancellor's honesty may not help Labour, but he's done the rest of us a good turn: it's time we faced up to recession - Monday, 1st September 2008
 * set a new standard'' - Any replacement for Sats must combine their accountability with scope for more creative learning - 13th August 2008
 * Likeability to electability - The political winds blow in Cameron's favour, but he may yet be dismissed as a policy-free pessimist - 17th July 2008



Links:

 * Wikipedia bio