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BOMA GEORGE, 20 AUGUSTA ITUA, 25

Law
School: University School: BPP University
of Oxford Course: Legal Practice Course
Course: Jurisprudence (BA] (PDip)
Year: Second year Year: N/A
Grade: average: 2:1 Average Grade: N/A
First degree: Law, University of
Boma successfully ran for events Kent, 2:1,
officer of her African Caribbean Society because she is
passionate about increasing BME representation at the Augusta is currently in the midst of an 18-month outreach
country’s top universities and easing the transition once internship for the charity Become, leading a project called
students arrive at Oxford. Passport to Parliament about educating and training children
She is in charge of organising a wide range of events, and young people in care about democracy. She travels once
from entertaining game nights to cultural film screenings or twice a month to work with the children, based outside of
and an educational Black History Month symposium. London in disadvantaged areas of the UK, and takes part in
Behind the scenes she has secured speakers and three-day residentials giving them the tools to mount their
venues, liaised with other committee members and own campaigns.
overseen their work. One of the campaigns, led by four children, protested their
Among the most important aspects of her role is to be a movement from London to a care home in the north of
representative of the black community in Oxford and help England with access to only one shared computer and a £10
cement its reputation among the wider university as a mobile card. “They were really isolated, and by mounting
vibrant, forward-thinking group of students, unashamedly their campaign they managed to get the policy changed.”
proud of their heritage. Augusta was in care from the age of 10 to 18 in Italy, then
Since being accepted onto Clifford Chance’s highly moved to the UK alone in order to pursue her studies.
competitive Springboard insight scheme in the summer of She worked 30 hours a week throughout her undergraduate
her first year – she was one of 15 out of 60 Springboarders degree to fund herself, via a mix of cleaning, babysitting and
offered a training contract a year early – she is currently an a day nursery job.
on-campus ambassador for the firm. She is also currently undergoing her solicitor’s training
contract with the non-profit organisation Just for Kids Law.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Running a business in Nigeria that provides employment Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
and makes use of national resources. A qualified solicitor, making a difference.

PANASHE JINGA, 21 TOSIN MURANA, 20

School: London School of School: London School of
Economics Economics
Course: Law (LLB) Course: Law (LLB)
Year: Graduated Year: Second
Grade: First class Grade average: 2:1

Panashe hasn’t had the easiest journey For the past year, Tosin has been
to studying law at LSE – one of the most conventionally running her own mentorship scheme, Hi-R, helping students
“stale, male, pale” courses out there, as he succinctly puts with UCAS applications. She provides students with research
it. Coming from a single-parent, working-class household packs tailored to their interests to assist with writing
in Leeds, he says a hugely encouraging law teacher and the personal statements, securing work experience opportunities
election of Barack Obama have been his biggest inspirations. and targeting university applications.
Little wonder he one day aims to become Prime Minister. Tosin was herself supported at school by a project helping
Determined not to forget his roots, Panashe is a motivational high achievers apply to university, and then began doing
speaker at his old school. He visits regularly for one-to-one it herself informally while at LSE. Initially limited to law
sessions and assemblies, and teaches criminal law to A-level students only, this year she has expanded to recruit five
students there during university breaks. student mentors assisting more than 30 applications, and
He coaches his old youth football team, the Kirkstall hopes to expand to cover more humanities subjects in future.
Crusaders, who won two league titles this year. Formerly a As creative officer of LSE ACS, Tosin creates all the visual
player for Bradford and York City Junior Football team, he content for the society, commissioning videographers,
plays for LSE, who recently reached the universities cup final. redesigning the logo and working on promotional material
In his first year, he and a team of fellow students developed for the annual Ablaze culture show. This included a ‘build-up’
an app to counter the effects of ‘brain lag’. It featured an vlog filming rehearsals, set-up and more.
alarm that could only be switched off by completing a series Redesigning the ACS logo was a challenge, because it
of mental tasks. The app, ‘Today’, reached the penultimate needed to make both African and Caribbean background
round of the LSE funding competition. students feel represented. The end result pleased all – the
combination of an African print and a palm tree.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
To be an expert in my chosen field, either international Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
arbitration or project finance. Then an MP to influence social Hopefully I will have qualified as a corporate lawyer. I would
justice in the UK, and eventually become Prime Minister. also like to continue Hi-R and see if it can be monetised.

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