Spyros Themelis is an associate professor in Education at the University of East Anglia. His research and publications focus on social mobility, minorities in education (especially Gypsy/Roma/Travellers), widening participation and social movements. He has published a monograph Social Change and Education in Greece: A Study in Class Struggle Dynamics (Palgrave, 2013) and several papers in international journals. His latest book is titled Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism in Education: Dangerous Words and Discourses of Possibility. London: Routledge.