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WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?

ADEMOLA ADEWOLE, 23

Quali cations LLB in Law and LLM in International Commercial Law, University of Kent

work as a data analyst for a renowned company, and I have di erent demographics regarding sales and customer behaviour.
I a lot of responsibility within my job which I really enjoy. On Even though I studied Law, I am much happier in this eld of
a day-to-day basis I support the management and marketing work as I feel like I am quite an analytical person, which came
teams by gathering insight into consumer behaviour and the from doing the unishortcut.com website, and from running the
customer experience based on how people use and interact with website in university. I knew this is the area I wanted to go into.
mediums such This year, I have learnt a lot from running the website. We
as our company are currently restructuring it, as the general business plan has
website. changed. I now know what revenue streams I speci cally want
It’s essentially to focus on so I’m going to relaunch the website later this year
brand with the new plan as the foundation.
management In the past 12 months, I have become con dent and have a
and looking at greater belief in myself. The Future Leaders experience gave
me a platform – having this behind me made me realise that
3 Appearing in the magazine made me more ambitious, gave me
this is the level I want to be at and to continue to grow from.
more drive and made me really appreciate being part of this
fantastic network.
For young people, the biggest thing I would say about going
to university is to try as much as you can to get a variety of
experience to build yourself up. Get to know what you are
interested in, which will help immensely when you leave
university. I’ve also found building good networks at uni will help
you in the future.

ANGELLA FOSUAAH, 23

Quali cations BSc in Psychology,
Loughborough University

can’t believe it has been a year since the last magazine
I already! Since last year I have almost completed
my Master’s degree in Mental Health Studies
at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology &
Neuroscience (IOPPN) at King’s College London. 4
I also joined a research team at the IOPPN
and helped conduct a trial looking at changing
cognitive biases (thinking errors) in people with
clinical paranoia. In testing a new intervention, we skills through delivering one-on-one therapy with individuals with
skills through delivering one-on-one therapy with individuals with
hope that a new treatment will become available for psychosis.
this di cult-to-treat group. This role has allowed me to develop my Being in the Future Leaders magazine impacted me in many
skills in conducting research which is something I hope to continue ways. Firstly, I was able to network with great people and make
throughout my career. great friends! Secondly, being recognised in the magazine allowed
I have also worked part-time as an Assistant Psychologist within me a chance to stop and re ect on my achievements thus far and
the NHS. I worked within a service for people with severe and where I would hope to go next. The magazine highlighted to me
enduring psychosis. This has been particularly important to me how important it is to take these moments!
because psychosis is a disorder that disproportionately a ects To a young person considering going to university, I would say
people from Afro-Caribbean backgrounds, therefore I consider it approach it with an open mind. There are so many opportunities
important to have clinicians who share this background and can at university from academic, to social to leisure! Try everything as
relate to the unique life experiences that are common among our you never know what passion you may discover. One of the main
demographic. As it has always been a goal of mine to change the things you get from university (apart from your degree) is a better
under-representation of BME individuals in clinical psychology, I understanding of yourself, how you manage stress, how you like
felt this year that I am closer to achieving this! I also feel I have to work, what you nd interesting or not. It is all very character
grown in con dence as a clinician and have developed key clinical building so don’t shy away from anything!

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