EPISODE · Jan 19, 2021 · 27 MIN
Perfecting Your Personal Statements ft. Oliver Rutherford | The Tomato Timer #040
from The Tomato Timer - a ZNotes Pomcast · host ZNotes
A considerable part of the admission decisions made by universities depends on the personal statement. But amidst misinformation and systemic inequalities, access to guidance for the same lacks for many students. Watch Oliver Rutherford discuss this, and ways for you to perfect your personal statement! Guest Bio: Ollie is the Co-Founder of UniRise, a social enterprise that has helped over 6,000 students around the world get into top UK universities. After a brief stint in finance, Ollie completed the Teach First programme where he became a maths teacher in a challenging inner-city London secondary school. In his second year teaching, he became the Deputy Head of Maths, and after this year, he joined an early-stage high-growth ed-tech start-up called Aula, where he expanded the company into the USA. Ollie is now obsessed with how to give every student, no matter what their background, the opportunity to realise their potential. Join our next live session by becoming part of the ZNotes Discord community at https://discord.gg/pntDdE5. Unirise social media handles:- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uniriseuk/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uniriseuk? Connect with Oliver Rutherford on: Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-rutherford-a5920981/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDJZWa8dDMDpoqHaYN1uDQ/featured (no content yet but will start uploading this week!) Connect with ZNotes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/znotesrevis... Twitter - https://twitter.com/znotesrevision Connect with Zubair Junjunia on 💜Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/zjunjunia/ 💙Twitter - https://twitter.com/zjunjunia
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A considerable part of the admission decisions made by universities depends on the personal statement. But amidst misinformation and systemic inequalities, access to guidance for the same lacks for many students. Watch Oliver Rutherford discuss this, and ways for you to perfect your personal statement! Guest Bio: Ollie is the Co-Founder of UniRise, a social enterprise that has helped over 6,000 students around the world get into top UK universities. After a brief stint in finance, Ollie completed the Teach First programme where he became a maths teacher in a challenging inner-city London secondary school. In his second year teaching, he became the Deputy Head of Maths, and after this year, he joined an early-stage high-growth ed-tech start-up called Aula, where he expanded the company into the USA. Ollie is now obsessed with how to give every student, no matter what their background, the opportunity to realise their potential. Join our next live session by becoming part of the ZNotes Discord community at https://discord.gg/pntDdE5. Unirise social media handles:- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uniriseuk/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uniriseuk? Connect with Oliver Rutherford on: Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-rutherford-a5920981/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCDJZWa8dDMDpoqHaYN1uDQ/featured (no content yet but will start uploading this week!) Connect with ZNotes on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/znotesrevis... Twitter - https://twitter.com/znotesrevision Connect with Zubair Junjunia on 💜Instagram -https://www.instagram.com/zjunjunia/ 💙Twitter - https://twitter.com/zjunjunia
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