julian ratcliffe cv
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JulianRatcliffe1 Peel Grove Phone: 07834 987978London E2 9LR Email: [email protected]
Profile
I am a hard-working, motivated and self-initiating 20 year old student currently studying Philosophy atUniversity College London. I work well under pressure and to deadlines, producing quality results. Unafraidto ask for advice and to try new methods, I am constantly searching for new experiences to learn from due toa natural inquisitiveness, balancing rational thought and creativity to apply to all tasks. Having moved fromSouth Africa in 2009 and being born into a multicultural household, I have a diverse background, allowing meinsights on a wide array of topics. Also, precisely because of this, I quickly form connecting relationships witha diverse range of people.
SkillsI am proficient in research roles and capable in administration. I have been brought up using Macintosh
computers and am thus expert at using their applications and interface. I am also skilled with wordprocessing, spreadsheet management and presentation creation. I was in the top Maths set at both GCSEand A Level and have substantial creative writing experience having written four pieces of prose in excess of15,000 words.
ExperienceResearch Assistant, Oxford Martin School, Oxford, June - August 2014
Continuing from my previous experience at the Oxford Martin School in 2012 (refer below), I was employedas a full-time temporary research assistant to a Ph.D student Chris Kutarna and to the Schools director Professor Ian Goldin. I was tasked with finding facts and statistics for a book to be published. This meantsourcing information from the enormous online databases of organisations such as the World Bank and theUN and tailoring the raw data in Excel for the purposes of the book. I also provided a fresh perspective on
the argument in the book, leading to a number of revisions. I then summarised Prof. Goldins latest book,The Butterfly Defect, for a Citigroup publication, stretching my critical discernment abilities as I judged thekey content to include and how to explain complex economic and socio-political concepts as concisely aspossible. I also wrote a description of the book for the London School of Economics EUROPP blog andprepared notes for a debate on human migration that Prof. Goldin was taking part in.
Market Researcher, Sad Business School, Oxford, June 2013
I worked at the Sad Business Schools Executive Education branch in Oxford compiling a comprehensivereport on market conditions and competitor behaviour in executive education. I worked independently,primarily since my advisor was away for most of my time, allowing me to think for myself without a safety netto fall back on. This honed my critical skills as I learnt to discern relevant data from promotional noise,inadvertently learning about marketing techniques on both an institutional and personal level.
Maths Tutor, Oxford, March - April 2013In the lead up to the 2013 exam period, I advertised myself as a maths tutor for GCSE students, designingmy own leaflets and tutoring Year 10 and 11 students. This allowed me to cultivate my communication skillsto explain complicated mathematical concepts as simply as possible. I can now clearly convey many ideassimply, reducing them to their core features without detracting from their meanings.
Research Assistant, Oxford Martin School, Oxford, June 2012At the age of sixteen, I found a work placement as a research assistant for Professor Ian Goldin, theSchools director. I overhauled and updated a PowerPoint presentation for a talk on resource depletion andits relationship with international relations and economics. I changed the layout and photographs, updated itsdata and compiled new original graphs from more recent reports by the United Nations and World Bank. Ialso found new stock photos for the School and aided an academic researcher to source graphics forProfessor Goldins upcoming book. I was also asked to give fresh insight on the Schools social networkingcapabilities as a younger member of the public. This group-orientated environment taught me professional
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interpersonal skills and a rigorous work ethic since my contributions were of greater significance to othersthan previously experienced.
Trainee FOREX Trader, Knowledge to Action, London, June - July 2011In the summer after GCSEs I worked for three weeks on a live trading floor. I commuted in from Oxford toLondon to learn how to trade foreign exchange, shares and commodities, taught by the organisations toptraders. When I wasnt being mentored, I ran my own trades on a dummy account, finishing with a 3.5%
profit on my original amount. I also researched specific currency pairs over long time periods, studied thebehaviour of international markets and how to apply these behaviours to a strict trading methodology. Thiswas my most independent work experience to date since I had to apply the basic principles I had learnt tothe real world situation presented in the markets without any external input.
Office Helper, Manches LLP, Oxford, May 2010
Through a school work experience scheme, I found an administrative assistant job in the head office ofManches LLP solicitors. I carried out photocopying, filing and making marketing phone calls for the varioussections of the law firm. I also organised the layout of a major project proposal in Adobe InDesign, and proofread it. I worked well unaided, but, as part of a team, also adapted to the dynamics of the graphic designdepartment.
OtherIGGY Junior Commissioner (International Gateway for Gifted Youth), University of Warwick
In 2008, aged thirteen, I won an international competition to become one of twelve Warwick JuniorCommissioners, conducting collaborative research on the topic of Education and Skills As a Human Right.From 2008 to 2009 we compiled our own research, then brought it together as a unified report. I introduced aconcept of a new, holistic education system whereby all subjects work to aid the psychological growth of theindividual student, inspired by the work of Ken Wilber. The experience was both intellectually and emotionallystimulating, setting me up for both individual and group projects in the future. I also received scholarshipsfrom the University of Warwick over the following three years to attend more IGGY residential courses inWarwick and Singapore, providing me with university level tuition from a very young age. The courses Iattended included Solving Global Problems Using Mathematics (July 2008), Creative Writing (December2008), Philosophical Problems In Law (August 2009) and Global Leaders (July 2010).
Interests and hobbies
I have been a qualified scuba diver since the age of ten and have dived in Indonesia, the Red Sea and twoaquarium shark exhibits in South Africa. I am an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction, especially 19th and20th century European novels and essays. I passed ABRSM Grade 7 piano in 2012 but my passion formusic reaches much further than the classical I have learnt to play, possessing a large music library of everygenre. I have also taught myself how to cook and frequently host dinners for friends and family.
Nationality:British and South AfricanDate of birth:11 August 1994
EducationUniversity College London, BA, 2013 - 2016
Philosophy 1st Year: First Class HonoursThe Cherwell School Sixth Form, A2 Level,Oxford, 2013
Extended Project A, Mathematics A, Philosophyand Ethics A, Economics BThe Cherwell School Sixth Form, AS Level,Oxford, 2012Economics A, General Studies A, Mathematics A,Philosophy and Ethics A, History BLeckford Place School, GCSE, Oxford, 2011Biology A*, Chemistry A*, English A*, English
Literature A*, French A*, History A*, MathematicsA*, Music A*, Physics A*Cedar House School, Cape Town, 2008 - 2009
Scholarship for academic achievement.
ReferencesProf. Ian Goldin
DirectorOxford Martin School, OxfordEmail:
01865 287430
Dr. Keith RyanDeputy Head of Sixth FormThe Cherwell School, OxfordEmail: [email protected]: 01865 558719
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