Zubair is an educational activist, social entrepreneur, and founder of ZNotes – an online learning platform he started at 16 and today, has reached almost 4 million students globally. He is a One Young World ambassador, advisory board member of DEFI at Cambridge University and joins the EY Foundation’s Youth Advisory Board.
An SDG advocate, he has been published and spoken internationally including the 74th UN General Assembly, ITU Regional Innovation Forum and the TEDx stage. Holding a Master’s in Mathematics from UCL, Zubair is a marathon runner, triathlete and inline/figure skater.
Youth Empowerment
There is no doubt the power of the youth and the amplification technology provides. I strongly believe that we must be empowering the youth to achieve the UN SDGs and beyond
Social Entrepreneurship
Social impact cannot be a after-thought when it comes to building a growing business that must survive. I am particularly keen to advocate for high rigour and standards to impact measurment versus current status quo.
Education for All
In many ways, education has been intrgral and the reason I am here today. Launching ZNotes at 16 was recognising that education is a right, not a privelege. An educated population with a change-making attitude is necessary for the survival of our planet.
Speaking
TEDXYOUTH@FITZTOVIA:
Students - the overlooked that can democratise education
2021 DIANA LEGACY AWARD: SPEAKING with HRH Prince William
UN 46TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
PUTTING INTERSECTIONLITY INTO PRACITICE
ITU Regional Innovation Forum 2021: Scaling up innovative digital ecosystems
Rewired Talks:
How can technology play its most effective role in education reform?
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My spring reading weeks have been increasingly more exciting over my time at university. Last year was a trip to…
I finally realized the figment of a plan which began in my 1st year. Edinburgh; the beautiful capital of Scotland.…
Most Sunday afternoons are spent in limbo as we reminisce about the too-short weekend and think of everything that needs…
Going home for winter break essentially means two things: catching up on the sleep you missed out in term-time and…
Just a weekend for a breather and then back up at the Judge Business School for another event: the Innovation…
It’s surreal looking at the original ZNotes logo and realising that 15-year-old-Zubair’s free WordPress blog still lives and has grown…
Get in touch!
Drop me an email at pr@znotes.org