Rebecca Taylor is Head of the Economics Division at Nottingham Trent University and Associate Director of the Higher Education Academy Economics Network. She is also Director of METAL - an innovative HEFCE funded project that aims to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics for economics using interactive multimedia resources.
Simon Hawkins is a freelance economics writer for academic institutions and corporate clients. Prior to this, he worked as an economist for the Government Economic Service. Simon is also involved with the METAL project.