The Profs
The Profs are an EdTech start-up offering face-to-face or online tuition in the UK and abroad. They offer "school, university and professional-level private tutoring, education consultancy and academic mentorship."[1]
It was launched in 2014 by Richard Evans, a graduate from The London School of Economics[2] and NatWest's Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year 2017-8,[3] Rory Curnock Cook, a graduate of Durham University and previous British Airways employee,[4][5] and Leo Evans, a former financier from JP Morgan and lecturer at Imperial College.[5][6]
They currently have a team of 15 employees and are located in London.[1][5]
Awards
In 2017, The Profs were awarded the "Microbusiness of the Year" category at the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) London Business Awards.[1] They then went on to win "Best Tutoring Company" at The EducationInvestor Awards [7] later that year and also took the gong for The Telegraph’s "Most Innovative SME Exporter" [8] in September of 2018.
The Profs were awarded one of two £150,000 grants by The Department for Education to build an educational game, which helps "players to understand the consequences of their decisions through simulations of graduate career paths".[9]
In December 2018, The Profs won a grant from The Department for Education to create a careers game. It was planned for launch on 2 April 2019. [10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "StartUps 100".
- ↑ "The London School of Economics".
- ↑ "The Great British Entrepreneur Awards".
- ↑ "Research Gate".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "The Telegraph".
- ↑ "Imperial College London".
- ↑ "Gov.Uk".
- ↑ "The Telegraph Trade Awards winners 2018". The Telegraph. 2018-11-02. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ↑ "The Profs wins Best Tutoring Company at EducationInvestor Awards". Startups 100 by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ↑ "The Department for Education".
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