Our Story
From teaching a few students to many, backed by cutting-edge research and technology, Ucademy has grown exponentially over the years. Below, you’ll find our story so far.
2011
The founder, Usman, gains a place at the prestigious Oxford University. Naturally, this led to requests from the community for help in achieving success in their own education.
2013
As the requests began to increase, a group of academics came together to realise an educational model that could help many achieve success to a high standard. Ucademy officially began teaching GCSE and A-level tutorials, and the company name Ucademy was born.
2018
The company develops its unique Artificial Intelligence and benchmarking tool, never before used in the tutoring industry to help identify areas of strength and weakness for students.
2019
Ucademy expands its offerings to multiple areas across Birmingham and outside.
2020
Ucademy begins to offer courses to international students in a wide array of subjects.
2024
With a team of over 50 across the world, Ucademy delivers on its promise of a grade A/A* guarantee year in and year out.
Usman
Founder
Usman is the founder and director of Ucademy. Usman has over 10+ years of experience in the education sector, having worked as a strategy consultant for global firms, and working internationally.
Raeesa
Senior Consultant
Adam is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge, and a Senior Consultant at Ucademy. Adam specialises in the strategic development and analysis of the Ucademy education model.
Dani
Director of Operations
Dani hails from Rio in Brazil, and has a broad range of expertise across the education sector in the USA, as well as a mastery of the creative side of things. Dani has previously worked with superstars such as "Neymar Jr", and multinationals such as Puma.
Amal
Client Success
Amal ensures students are achieving the results that their potential deserves.
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Maliha
Science Consultant
Maliha provides Science-based consultancy services for Ucademy. Maliha has been working and volunteering with children and young people since she was 16, and has a passion for guiding young people to reach their full potential. She is a graduate in neuroscience from UCL, and is currently studying for a second undergraduate degree in Medicine at the University of Birmingham. As an intern at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, she has conducted research to improve patient care within the NHS and has contributed to a publication in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Neuroscience.
Nabil Vohra
Senior Consultant
Nabil studied Engineering alongside Usman at the University of Oxford. He is dedicated to widening education access in the community and primarily consults and tutors online and in the Greater London region.
Bilal
Advisor
Bilal is one of the founding members and a Senior Consultant at Ucademy. Bilal has over 5 years of experience tutoring a range of subjects.
Bilal is a full-time Chemical Engineer and provides valuable input as an advisor to Ucademy's senior staff.
Hanzala
Strategic Advisor
Hanzala is a former Ucademy student who scored straight A*s across his subjects. He then took a gap year, working at Ucademy, where he quickly rose through the ranks to become a trusted member of the team.
Hanzala is currently studying Medicine and is one of the best first-principle thinkers you are likely to ever encounter.