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ENIOLA ADEOGBA, 20 VICTOR ADESHINA, 19

School: Imperial College School: University of
London Manchester Engineering & Maths
Course: Chemical Engineering Course: Electrical and
(MEng) Electronic Engineering (MEng)
Year: Third (of Four) Year: Second
Grade average: 2:1 Grade average: First class

As head of the fashion show for Imperial’s annual Afrogala Victor is the vice president of Technology of Alpha Kappa
event, Eniola sourced designers, models and choreographers Psi-Sigma Upsilon Chapter, the world’s oldest and largest
and worked with the heads of drama and dance to ensure professional co-ed business fraternity, with a network
everything came together. She also managed to secure four of more than 240,000 members spanning the globe.
fashion designers and 15 models. In this role, he organised a digital marketing campaign for
During her first year, she joined the charity Team Up as a the pledge process which led to one of the highest ever
volunteer, tutoring Year 9 maths pupils every week. She was recruitments of new members. He also redesigned the
awarded the Team Up Leadership Award for exceptional chapter website to make the interface more user-friendly,
achievement and leadership ability. increasing traffic by 40 per cent.
“One of my pupils was very shy – she just didn’t trust herself As the person responsible for all social media
when it came to maths and so we worked on that, and did interactions, Victor helped increase the rate of
practice tests, and by the end she had gone from a D to a B.” engagement to membership conversion by 20 per cent.
Eniola has spent this past year on an exchange to Carnegie He is also a Peer Assisted Student Support (PASS)
Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “It’s very different from the Leader at university. In this role, Victor organises
UK. Here it’s more specialised, whereas in the US I’ve been sessions with co-leaders to provide a relaxed,
able to develop my skills outside of chemical engineering.” informal environment for first year students to
receive support with their studies, revision and other,
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? non-academic issues.
I hope I will have established a network of people in banking
or consulting and be able to go back to Nigeria and work on Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
empowering people there. There are a lot of issues that can As the founder of a multi-national technology company that
be solved, but they don’t have the resources or the knowhow. uses Artificial Intelligence to make life easier for everyone.

ADEOLUWATOFUNMI NATNAEL
ADEYEMI, 19 ASMEROM, 22

School: Imperial College School: University of Bath
London Course: Mathematical
Course: Civil Engineering Sciences (BSc)
(MEng) Year: Graduated
Year: First Grade: 2:1
Grade average: First
During his second year, Natnael worked as a private tutor,
As the first black senior prefect in the 160-year history of teaching GCSE mathematics. He conducted weekly sessions
Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Adeoluwatofunmi managed a and set homework in addition to that set by the school.
team of 13 prefects, leading weekly meetings with the school He had previously tutored mathematics at sixth form,
principal, liaising on behalf of pupils and overseeing events. providing practice papers to test one particular student. She
Last year she was picked as one of just 57 young women from went on to gain an equivalent of an A/A* grade.
top UK universities to take part in the leadership programme In the summer before he started university, Natnael
HerCapital, run by SEO London. “The idea is to create a undertook voluntary work in Eritrea, where his family is
network of girls to build confidence and opportunities.” originally from. Once again, he was carrying out tutoring
One of two participants at Imperial, she is set weekly tasks, teaching maths to students aged 8-14 years old.
challenges, such as completing a 5km run, joining a male- “I wanted my holiday to mean more than just a holiday,”
dominated society on campus or choosing a lecture and he says. “I felt that by tutoring, I would be able to give
every week ensuring she sits next to somebody different. the students a unique experience of being taught by an
Adeoluwatofunmi was also picked as an Institute for individual whose native language is English. I focussed on
Civil Engineers’ QUEST Scholarship recipient, to be an areas where students were struggling and made the sessions
ambassador for civil engineering. In this role, she volunteers interactive and interesting by explaining the application of
at events to encourage those interested in the field and to mathematics.’
advise prospective undergraduates. This work, coupled with his academic performance, led to
Natnael being awarded a national prize by the Eritrean
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Embassy in UK.
I would aim to be in a senior position at an engineering
company, heading up projects to find solutions to Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
problems in developing countries. Actively pursuing my career in finance.

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