About Us
At ElevateEd, we’re here to break barriers and empower you! Whether you’re from a working-class background, a first-gen student, or facing challenges accessing education or jobs, we offer guidance to help you achieve higher education, skills training, and career success. Let’s elevate your future!
Why Choose Us?
Lifetime expertise of overcoming marginalisation, 14 years of supporting others to navigate barriers.
You may be wondering - who are we, and why are we qualified to help you get from where you are to that chair in a lecture of a university or a job you have been dreaming about for a while.
We are passionate about breaking down barriers to education and career opportunities and ElevatEd's existence is at the back of:
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Expertise
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14 years’ experience navigating travel visas, residence permits, and immigration processes.
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Peer support and policy advocacy for labour migrants.
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Extensive experience in co-founding a business.
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Three years of recruiting, training, and supervising care staff.
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Academic Coaching
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Successfully supported 13 young people the last 5 years, mostly first-generation and working-class scholars, to gain university places across a range of courses.
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Adult and Youth Training
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Certified and experienced in designing and delivering QQI Level 3–6 training programmes for adults and young people.
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Inclusion and Employment Research
- Four years of policy advisory roles at European institutions on migration, integration, and asylum policies, as well as anti-human trafficking/exploitation.
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Currently pursuing a PhD focusing on inclusion in work and employment.
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Over a decade of working on empowerment and community development initiatives.