Ralph Scott is a doctoral researcher in Politics at the University of Manchester, where his research is focused on analysing the educational divide in political attitudes and behaviour through quantitative analysis of longitudinal data.

Most recently he was Head of Research and Learning at Teach First, where he led a five-person team of technical experts to monitor, evaluate, investigate and recommend improvements to the organisation’s programmes.

Previously he was Research Manager at The Challenge, the social integration charity, where he oversaw the organisation’s research for thought leadership. Prior to that he was Head of Citizenship at the think-tank Demos, where he led numerous policy research projects, including evaluations for the Department of Education and the Home Office. He has an MA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of Edinburgh and an MRes in Politics from Birkbeck College, University of London.