Julian Ratcliffe

1 Peel Grove Phone: 07834 987978

London E2 9LR Email: julian@endeva.co.za

Prole
I am a hard-working, motivated and self-initiating 20 year old student currently studying Philosophy at
University College London. I work well under pressure and to deadlines, producing quality results. Unafraid
to ask for advice and to try new methods, I am constantly searching for new experiences to learn from due to
a natural inquisitiveness, balancing rational thought and creativity to apply to all tasks. Having moved from
South Africa in 2009 and being born into a multicultural household, I have a diverse background, allowing me
insights on a wide array of topics. Also, precisely because of this, I quickly form connecting relationships with
a diverse range of people.

Skills
I am procient 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 word
processing, spreadsheet management and presentation creation. I was in the top Maths set at both GCSE
and A Level and have substantial creative writing experience having written four pieces of prose in excess of
15,000 words.

Experience
Research Assistant, Oxford Martin School, Oxford, June - August 2014
Continuing from my previous experience at the Oxford Martin School in 2012 (refer below), I was employed
as 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 nding facts and statistics for a book to be published. This meant
sourcing information from the enormous online databases of organisations such as the World Bank and the
UN 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 Buttery Defect, for a Citigroup publication, stretching my critical discernment abilities as I judged the
key content to include and how to explain complex economic and socio-political concepts as concisely as
possible. I also wrote a description of the book for the London School of Economics EUROPP blog and
prepared 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 comprehensive
report 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 net
to 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 2013
In the lead up to the 2013 exam period, I advertised myself as a maths tutor for GCSE students, designing
my own leaets and tutoring Year 10 and 11 students. This allowed me to cultivate my communication skills
to explain complicated mathematical concepts as simply as possible. I can now clearly convey many ideas
simply, reducing them to their core features without detracting from their meanings.

Research Assistant, Oxford Martin School, Oxford, June 2012
At the age of sixteen, I found a work placement as a research assistant for Professor Ian Goldin, the
Schools director. I overhauled and updated a PowerPoint presentation for a talk on resource depletion and
its relationship with international relations and economics. I changed the layout and photographs, updated its
data and compiled new original graphs from more recent reports by the United Nations and World Bank. I
also found new stock photos for the School and aided an academic researcher to source graphics for
Professor Goldins upcoming book. I was also asked to give fresh insight on the Schools social networking
capabilities as a younger member of the public. This group-orientated environment taught me professional
interpersonal skills and a rigorous work ethic since my contributions were of greater signicance to others
than previously experienced.

Trainee FOREX Trader, Knowledge to Action, London, June - July 2011
In the summer after GCSEs I worked for three weeks on a live trading oor. I commuted in from Oxford to
London to learn how to trade foreign exchange, shares and commodities, taught by the organisations top
traders. When I wasnt being mentored, I ran my own trades on a dummy account, nishing with a 3.5%
prot on my original amount. I also researched specic currency pairs over long time periods, studied the
behaviour of international markets and how to apply these behaviours to a strict trading methodology. This
was my most independent work experience to date since I had to apply the basic principles I had learnt to
the real world situation presented in the markets without any external input.

Ofce Helper, Manches LLP, Oxford, May 2010
Through a school work experience scheme, I found an administrative assistant job in the head ofce of
Manches LLP solicitors. I carried out photocopying, ling and making marketing phone calls for the various
sections of the law rm. I also organised the layout of a major project proposal in Adobe InDesign, and proof
read it. I worked well unaided, but, as part of a team, also adapted to the dynamics of the graphic design
department.

Other
IGGY 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 Junior
Commissioners, 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 unied report. I introduced a
concept of a new, holistic education system whereby all subjects work to aid the psychological growth of the
individual student, inspired by the work of Ken Wilber. The experience was both intellectually and emotionally
stimulating, setting me up for both individual and group projects in the future. I also received scholarships
from the University of Warwick over the following three years to attend more IGGY residential courses in
Warwick and Singapore, providing me with university level tuition from a very young age. The courses I
attended included Solving Global Problems Using Mathematics (July 2008), Creative Writing (December
2008), Philosophical Problems In Law (August 2009) and Global Leaders (July 2010).

Interests and hobbies
I have been a qualied scuba diver since the age of ten and have dived in Indonesia, the Red Sea and two
aquarium shark exhibits in South Africa. I am an avid reader of ction and non-ction, especially 19th and
20th century European novels and essays. I passed ABRSM Grade 7 piano in 2012 but my passion for
music reaches much further than the classical I have learnt to play, possessing a large music library of every
genre. I have also taught myself how to cook and frequently host dinners for friends and family.

Nationality: British and South African
Date of birth: 11 August 1994
Education
University College London, BA, 2013 - 2016
Philosophy 1st Year: First Class Honours
The Cherwell School Sixth Form, A2 Level,
Oxford, 2013
Extended Project A, Mathematics A, Philosophy
and Ethics A, Economics B
The Cherwell School Sixth Form, AS Level,
Oxford, 2012
Economics A, General Studies A, Mathematics A,
Philosophy and Ethics A, History B
Leckford Place School, GCSE, Oxford, 2011
Biology A*, Chemistry A*, English A*, English
Literature A*, French A*, History A*, Mathematics
A*, Music A*, Physics A*
Cedar House School, Cape Town, 2008 - 2009
Scholarship for academic achievement.
References
Prof. Ian Goldin
Director
Oxford Martin School, Oxford
Email: ian.goldin@oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk
Phone: 01865 287430

Dr. Keith Ryan
Deputy Head of Sixth Form
The Cherwell School, Oxford
Email: kryan@cherwell.oxon.sch.uk
Phone: 01865 558719