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Profiles

KEMI BELLO, 19 NOELLE DONKOR, 21

School: London School of School: Loughborough
Economics University
Course: Actuarial Science Course: Mathematics with
(BSc) Economics (BSc)
Year: Second Year: Third (of Four)
Grade average: First class Grade average: 2:1
Engineering & Maths
Kemi has been a tutor to students aged between 5 and 18 Passionate about raising awareness of the reality of
years old – in subjects ranging from KS1 English to A-level homelessness, Noelle has set up her own initiative,
chemistry – for the past three years. During her first year, The Homeless PR. Since launching in April 2017, Noelle has
she worked for a tuition agency and taught classes of up to organised a series of ‘Homeless Walks’ with friends and
12 students. She produced yearly revision material and ran volunteers taking to the streets to speak to homeless people
homework classes for targeted individuals. about their experiences and distributing care packages.
Kemi has a passion for charity work and has campaigned “The idea is to give a sense of hope,” she explains. She plans
to raise money for a total of 15 charities. These have to expand the project and partner with other organisations.
included the Sickle Cell Society and the Royal National In her second year, Noelle was vice president of the Open
Institute of Blind People (RNIB). Minds Society, which creates platforms for students to
She has also worked with smaller organisations, including express themselves through creative activities. It’s all
a Ugandan charity, called I am Somebody’s Child Soldier, about raising awareness of mental health, for which
and through bucket street-fundraising managed to raise Noelle has organised workshops and the annual Mental
over £3000 for them. Health Awareness showcase.
Kemi is also involved with the Widening Participation She recently set up her own blog, signedbynoelle.co.uk, to
efforts at her university and regularly mentors younger fulfil her “life motto” – ‘Help, Inspire and Make a Change’.
BME students.
Kemi injured her knee this year and wasn’t able to attend Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
university, but managed to maintain her high grades. I’d like to have made some social changes, helped to take
some homeless people off the streets and seen them
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? normalised back into society. I’d like to be inspiring people
With a career in the insurance industry. from underprivileged backgrounds.

COREY MUIR, 22 ANDREW MAYOWA
OLOGUNEBI, 22
School: Imperial College
London School: Aston University
Course: Computing Science Course: Product Design and
(MSc) Management (BSc)
Year: N/A Year: Graduated
Grade average: First class Grade: First class
First degree: Physics with Theoretical
Physics (BSc), Imperial College London, First class At just 19, Andrew founded his own design agency, GDFusion,
with a fellow student. He had been working as a freelance
As duty manager for the Imperial outreach initiative, AiMS UX and graphic web designer since secondary school, and
(Accelerate into Maths and Science), Corey has overseen decided to consolidate that experience into a business.
weekly tutoring sessions with A-Level students, taking The company created projects for companies, including
responsibility for their welfare on site. a video promo for Mercedes Dartford, and continued for
The idea behind AiMS is to show Year 12 and 13 maths nearly three years, bringing in a £20,000 profit.
students, every Wednesday over the course of eight weeks, He is now overseeing a new project, called Vybl (Voice of
the links between mathematics and the science and Young Black Leaders), which began as an online magazine
engineering studies at Imperial. for Afro-Caribbean students in his second year.
Corey has also run a series of GCSE physics masterclasses Having secured sponsorship from initiatives including
for students via the Caribbean Diaspora for Science, the European Regional Development Fund, it has now
Technology and Innovation (CADSTI-UK): “I helped lead expanded to a team of 30 content writers and has around
workshops on physics for around 15 students, helping them 20 universities involved.
to prepare for their exams.” The idea is to focus on issues faced by black students at
He has acted as an academic mentor for 15 to 17-year-old universities, from mental health to career preparation,
international students visiting Imperial during its Global and to be an interactive ‘community hub’ for black students
Summer School. across the UK.
After graduation, Corey hopes either to study for a
physics-based PhD or to secure a job in tech consulting. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Running a successful start-up with a balance between tech
Where do you see yourself in 10 years? and social enterprise.
Running my own company.

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