Adam S

I am glad that so many outstanding Chinese students want to come and study in the UK and other countries, and I am glad to help. I have assisted clients with applications to over 80 different universities in a dozen Asian, European and North American countries, including successful applications to most of the world's top-20 ranked universities. I graduated from the London School of Economics and have 35 years' experience drafting and editing CVs, reports, leaflets, information for Ministers, citizens, and the media. I now work as an employment coach, helping people find jobs; I drive elderly people to a day centre; assist hospital patients; and am a countryside volunteer, coppicing woodlands, laying hedges and protecting natural habitats.

I studied at Bryanston School before gaining a first class honours degree in French and German at the Polytechnic of Central London and an MSc(Econ.) at LSE.  I studied at Tubingen and Lille Universities as part of my PCL degree course.  I know how rewarding it can be to live and study abroad.

I worked in a Devon pie factory for a year before joining the Department of the Environment where I managed contracts, negotiated and implemented European Union environmental regulations, and advised Ministers on housing, environmental and other issues.  I introduced changes to council tenants' right to buy their home, saving municipalities over £100 million a year.  I managed or mentored staff seeking to develop their career, and ended as redeployment manager at the Department of Energy and Climate Change, helping staff to find new jobs or careers.

I currently assist hospital patients with feeding and conversation, advise job seekers, work with Bromley Countryside Volunteers, and work with Age UK driving elderly people to a day centre in the minibus, serving lunch and playing games which they mostly win.

We have two daughters, a doctor and a scientific publishing assistant.  I have many Chinese relatives many of whom came from Hong Kong to study or work in the UK.

I look forward to helping you succeed in your university application.