Loic Menzies is an education researcher and policy specialist whose work bridges academia, government and the third-sector. A former CEO of a national think tank and co-founder of an international research institute, he has shaped government policy through research, advisory work, and collaboration with senior stakeholders. As chief research officer and principal investigator at the Centre for Education Systems, Loic has led international, multi-university research teams conducting comparative studies across fourteen jurisdictions. He is a senior research associate in the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College Cambridge.
 
Loic’s research focuses on the teaching workforce, the policymaking process, and school accountability and assessment - with a particular interest in educational equity. He is the author of How Policy Happens (Routledge, 2026) and Young People on the Margins (Routledge, 2021). Loic is a frequent commentator on education issues in the media and works closely with sector stakeholders including the Department for Education and Number 10. He is an associate fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), where he has authored numerous reports that have gone on to be cited in government policies.