I am a 3rd year undergraduate studying English at Merton College, Oxford. I became an atheist largely in response to witnessing the social effects of hard-line religious culture in the area of Northern Ireland where I grew up. I have been a member of OxASH for two years; this is my first year on the committee as IT Officer, and first year on the Think Week Planning Committee. My main concerns are with secularism and religious discrimination against women, and I look forward to seeing how these topics are dealt with during Think Week 2012.

Royal Navy, then banking, then PPE at New College as mature student . Three times Liberal Parliamentary Candidate for Newbury. Back to banking and then retail. Wrote “Inheritance for All” in New Outlook. Founded Campaign for Universal Inheritance (www.universal-inheritance.org). Member of the (EU-sceptic) Liberal Party (www.liberal.org.uk ) which adopted UK Universal Inheritance as party policy in 2005. Member NSS, Oxford Humanists, BHA (if up to date) and of Think Week 2009 and 2010 Committees.

I am doing my undergraduate masters in biochemistry at Corpus Christi College. I joined the Oxford Atheists and Oxford Secular society at Freshers Fair 2008 and have held several committee positions: IT officer, Publicity officer, Secretary and I'm now Chair of the merged society. This is my first year on the Think Week committee but I helped out at both of the last two. I joined the BHA and NSS at 16 in response to hearing about the teaching of evolution in schools. I reluctantly read "the God Delusion" only after huge pressure from Christians and have never watched a full episode of Star Trek.

Maths at Christ Church, where I decided God doesn't exist; then Lincoln Theological, two curacies and Vicar in Loughborough for 40 years. Co-founded the Sea of Faith Network 'exploring and promoting religious faith as a human creation' in 1987. Enjoy a bit of notoriety as 'an atheist priest', which is getting less uncommon in the Cof E (not so fast as we'd like!). Firm believer in a secular society which respects the ideologies and faiths of its citizens while conferring privilege on none.

I was a journalist (print media in Bulgaria, BBC World service/London for 8 years); working in Education at the moment: teacher and Library assistant at St. Clare's (IB college) and also having few students from Lady Margaret Hall/Ox Uni; running the Bulgarian society in Oxford (the townies); member of OxHums - mainly helping with the stand on Cornmarket street.

I did my undergraduate degree in biochemistry at University of Southampton and was on the committee of the Atheist society there. I came to Oxford for a PhD (or DPhil if you're a snob) in Biophysics, where I was somehow the treasurer of OxASH within a week of being here and on the TW 2011 committee soon afterwards! I am also an active member of Oxford Humanists and the National Secular Society.

Hons. B.Sc. in molecular biology and genetics followed by an M.Sc. in molecular evolution at the University of Guelph. I have worked in human genetics, population genetics and molecular ecology, with over 20 years laboratory experience. I am also a freelance technical editor and am active as a science communicator. Rejecting religions was easy, but I spent a long time as a deist, feeling there must be some point to it all. Became a Humanist before I became an atheist, but the more I read about quantum theory, the more I realize that not only is it highly improbable that a God or creator exists, but it’s just not necessary. My chief interest in Humanism is in how we build a strong, cohesive, equitable and prosperous society after rejecting religion.

I am a full-time Brookes Student studying Philosophy, in my 3rd year. I am the founder and president of the Brookes Atheist, Securalist and Humanist Society and president of the Brookes Philosophy Society.

Physics at Imperial College + President of the college's (Humanist) Huxley Soc. + Chair of ULU (University of London)'s Humanist Society also, effectively, a founder member of the BHA since it was formed during / shortly after my time at Imperial . Later, Social Sec. of Manchester (City) Humanists - where Viv and I first met. Never stopped being a member of the BHA, but dropped out of local groups when children arrived and we kept moving house. Lived all my adult life as a humanist - and so do our two daughters. Also, from 2005, Sec. of Humanist and Secularist LibDems.