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6 COURTNEY many to apply and successfully gain an o er to either Oxford
and Cambridge, as Courtney has discovered from the numerous
DANIELLA
messages and emails she receives from viewers. And a glance at
BOATENG
the comments section of her YouTube page is enough to get a
good sense of the many young people the former ACS president
SMITH, 20
continues to inspire. ‘‘Despite getting good grades at GCSE
and A-level I always felt there was a barrier for people like me,
School University of Cambridge
especially if wanting to go to Oxbridge.
Course Human, Social and
“However, when I got into the
Political Sciences (BA)
University of Cambridge I truly
University of Cambridge I truly
Year Second
believed that having such an
believed that having such an
Grade average 2:1 “However, when I got into the
opportunity was not simply an
opportunity was not simply an
achievement for me but also
achievement for me but also
espite the pressures of studying at one of the something I had to share and
something I had to share and
Dworld’s top universities, Courtney has worked use to inspire students younger
use to inspire students younger
than me.”
hard to build up a reputation as one of the most than me.”
promising and respected online in uencers in the In January 2017, Courtney
started an initiative called
UK. Her YouTube channel, which is just 18 months started an initiative called
old, has already amassed over 28,000 subscribers ‘My Goal Is’, where she visited
‘My Goal Is’, where she visited
and just under 1,170,000 views (at press time). schools in low socio-economic
schools in low socio-economic
“I decided that the easiest way to get my message areas in London and spoke to
areas in London and spoke to
out there would be to create a social media 500 students, encouraging and
500 students, encouraging and
platform where I could post my opinions, views inspiring them.
inspiring them.
and journey as a black woman, a student and as a
Where do you see yourself in e do you see yourself in
Christian, all whilst spreading my creative love of Wher
10 years?
make-up, content creating and laughter,” she says. 10 years?
With my own beauty company in y own beauty company in
Two videos speaking about her Cambridge With m
university experience have a combined 250,000 Ghana, and I would have written a
Ghana, and I would have written a
book and made a lm.
views online and have helped to motivate book and made a lm.
5 CHUKWUEMEKA sourcing funding and managing competing interests,” he says. In
NWUBA, 25
addition, he founded and is former President of the University
of Manchester Ophthalmology Society (UMOS), managing a
committee of seven members during this time.
School University of Manchester
In 2015, Chukwuemeka co-founded the Manchester Student
Course Medicine (MBChB)
Division of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management
Year Graduated
(FMLM), where he collected information on the content of
Grade Pass
leadership and management within his medical school curriculum
as part of a national project.
He also took on the role of Vice-
He also took on the role of Vice-
hukwuemeka was
Cable to balance
President during this time.
President during this time.
Prior to this in 2014-2015, he was the
Prior to this in 2014-2015, he was the
the demands of his as part of a national project.
manager and captain of the university’s
medical degree with making a mark manager and captain of the university’s
outside of his studies during his time medics’ football team and led his team of
medics’ football team and led his team of
at university. And for him that meant 18 players from relegation back into the
18 players from relegation back into the
creating an increased sense of awareness league.
league.
Amid his studies and extra-curricular
around his chosen area of medicine, Amid his studies and extra-curricular
Ophthalmology, which is concerned with activities, Chukwuemeka is also a
activities, Chukwuemeka is also a
freelance tutor with over six years’
the study and treatment of disorders and freelance tutor with over six years’
diseases of the eye. experience, having tutored over 50
experience, having tutored over 50
And clearly not one to start small he students. with a high A/A* rate for GCSE
students. with a high A/A* rate for GCSE
decided to launch the UK’s rst student and A-level for students who were
and A-level for students who were
ophthalmology conference in the form of the
ophthalmology conference in the form of the often predicted B/C grades.
often predicted B/C grades.
National UMOS Ophthalmology Symposium
National UMOS Ophthalmology Symposium
Where do you see yourself in 10 e do you see yourself in 10
(NUOS), which was subsequently sponsored Wher
years?
by major companies such as Specsavers and years?
GMC and international charity Sightsavers. As a consultant ophthalmologist and
As a consultant ophthalmologist and
on executive board in a hospital or on
“It involved liaising with other medical on executive board in a hospital or on
schools, publicising the event on social media, a national level.
schools, publicising the event on social media,
a national level.
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