Curriculum Vitae
Biological Sciences BSc student at Imperial College London with previous management experience in a multinational education non-profit
Hi, I'm Seb!
I'm currently studying Biological Sciences at Imperial College London.
Prior to that I worked in various roles at Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a subsidiary of the University of Cambridge. My final post before leaving the company to begin my studies was Lead Advisor for Cambridge Assessment International Education, an exam board and the world's largest provider of international education programmes and qualifications for learners worldwide.
A summary of my previous study and experience is available below. For more information, please also check out my LinkedIn and/or request a PDF copy of my CV using the form at the bottom of this page.
Education
Imperial College London
London, UK
Ranked #1 in Europe and #2 globally (QS 2025)
Bachelor of Science - BSc
Sep 2023 - Jun 2026
Biological Sciences
Applications to places ratio - 9:1
For a glimpse into some of fields I study I recommend taking a look at my BioBlog, a small collection of a few of the projects I have undertaken while a Biological Sciences student at Imperial.
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Stephen Perse Foundation
Cambridge, UK
A-levels
A*, A*, A*
Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics
Activities and societies: Theory of Knowledge (IB, first year)
Was awarded the Foundation's Mathematics Prize during L6, in addition to the Poulton Prize (for outstanding academic performance in a student considering studying Medicine or Veterinary Medicine at university)
Achieved a Distinction in the Elite category of the University of Oxford and Raspberry Pi's Bebras Computing Challenge
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Sancton Wood School
Cambridge, UK
GCSEs
Ten grade 9s
English Literature, English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, History, Geography, Spanish, Religious Studies - all at grade 9
Activities and societies: Head Boy, Chair of Student Council, House and Vice Captain
Represented the school in football, rugby, cross country and swimming teams
Was awarded the ISA Whitbread Memorial Prize for "outstanding involvement in, and service to, community life, in addition to the achievement of academic excellence at GCSE"
Experience
Cambridge Assessment International Education
Cambridge, UK (global headquarters)
The world's largest exam board, delivering international A-levels, GCSEs and more to over 10,000 schools in more than 160 countries. A division of Cambridge University Press & Assessment (a non-profit subsidiary of the University of Cambridge).
Lead Advisor
Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
Had responsibility for the QC process of around 100,000 marked exam scripts from around the world, training and directing a team of Advisors and providing instruction and guidance to a team of around 40 checkers and supervisors, coordinating work and resources to meet strict contractual deadlines held with centres and foreign governments, and collecting and reporting performance metrics to senior management. Left to begin BSc Biological Sciences at Imperial College London, writing new internal procedural documentation for the team and suggesting potential automations to improve accuracy and efficiency before my departure to ensure a smooth transition.
Advisor
Nov 2022 - Jun 2023
Jul 2024
Decided and signed off on the outcome and mark changes of thousands of marked exam scripts raised by the QC team, trained new team members, supervised colleagues' work, and suggested improvements to GCSE and A-level mark schemes, working to tight deadlines with a need for incredible accuracy. Was promoted to Lead Advisor following my first exam series as an Advisor. Returned during my university vacation to assist the new team during the peak of the Summer 2024 series.
Enquiries About Results Reports Team
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Roles included preparing examiner reports to send to centres and foreign governments, training new staff, advanced use of Microsoft Office and the company’s proprietary exam processing system, conducting supervisor review checks and providing constructive feedback and guidance when needed, updating shared internal resources and writing new team guidance documents, identifying optimisations and improvements in internal procedures, and apportioning work to and liaising with examiners and Product Managers.
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Cambridge English
Cambridge, UK (DC10 processing centre)
The world's leading and largest provider of English language assessments, delivering over 5 million exams annually to learners around the world. A division of Cambridge University Press & Assessment (a non-profit subsidiary of the University of Cambridge).
EFL Exam Marker
Aug 2022
Marked the Reading & Writing and Listening English as a Foreign Language (EFL) exam scripts of students from around the world.
Verifier Monitor
Jun 2022 - Jul 2022
Quality checked the work of the organisation’s team of verifiers (team members who manually intervene when necessary in the optical character recognition (OCR) software used to process candidate scripts), correcting their work and providing constructive feedback to verifiers when appropriate, to ensure candidates received the grade they deserved. This involved consistent and meticulous attention to detail and accuracy. Consistently exceeded the daily KPI, at times doubling it.
Honours & awards
ISA Whitbread Memorial Prize
Issued by the Independent Schools Association
Awarded annually to one nominated student from one of the ISA's over 600 member schools across the UK for "outstanding involvement in, and service to, community life, in addition to the achievement of academic excellence at GCSE"
Presented by Lord Lexden MBE and ISA CEO Neil Roskilly at the House of Lords
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Stephen Perse Foundation Mathematics Prize
Issued by the Stephen Perse Foundation
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Stephen Perse Foundation Poulton Prize
Issued by the Stephen Perse Foundation
For outstanding academic performance in a student considering studying Medicine or Veterinary Medicine at university
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UK Bebras Computing Challenge (Elite Level) - Certificate of Distinction
Issued by the University of Oxford / Raspberry Pi
Programming languages
Python
Taught at Imperial College London (plus additional self-teaching)
Applications in my degree programme included developing simulations of mixed wild type and mutant Drosophila populations to investigate the effects of genetic drift and natural selection on allele frequencies over multiple generations, incorporating differential fecundities to model population dynamics.
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R
Taught at Imperial College London (plus additional self-teaching)
Applications in my degree programme included:
Analysing self-collected data on ring-necked parakeet distribution across London to assess the viability of a number of popular theories on their introduction to the city.
Analysing pooled quadrat data on plant species found in London's parks and green spaces to explore whether the density of plant species is related to park size.
Analysing and visualising an expansive, multi-decade dataset from Imperial's Silwood Park campus to examine the relationship between mean monthly spring temperature and the budding progress of oak trees, creating and validating two different statistical models.
Affiliations
Fellow of the Zoological Society of London (FZS)
Oct 2024 - Present
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Future Fellow, Luminaries Club
Sep 2024 - Present
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