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ZNotes is levelling the educational playing field with a student-empowered and technology-enabled approach to content creation and peer learning. To date, ZNotes has impacted 4+ million students and had 30+ million hits globally!
ZNotes is revolutionising how students learn together with student-built content and a global community of students engaging in peer-to-peer learning and support. We enable students to maximize their potential with unlimited free access to the highest-quality educational content - all built for students, by students.
Through word of mouth, ZNotes received 30+ million website hits, reached 4+ million unique visitors, 200k+ registered users, and a Discord community of over 16k members. ZNotes began with a single student’s revision notes and efforts to run the website, to now having 100+ student contributors and a team of 40 volunteers who support the organisation’s day-to-day activities.
Our social return on investment (SROI) score is 1:28, following an assessment by One Young World in 2020. Based on testimonials and case studies, we have found that students have received better grades as well as acceptances and scholarships to the world’s top universities. On a sample of users who have spent more than 3 hours on the learning platform, 87% of them find ZNotes very important or quite useful to their academic performance. This is further validated by the net promoter score of 71.
We've been recognised as the top 12 EdTech startups in the UK by the GES Awards and featured in London EdTech X. Our founder, Zubair is the recipient of the Diana Legacy Award 2021 - the highest accolade a person can receive for their social and humanitarian efforts.
Over the last 8 years, we have validated our Theory of Change of a community-led content creation model and peer-learning to empower students and level the playing field for standardized, high-school exams.
Zubair is an educational activist, social entrepreneur, and founder of ZNotes - a global student movement he started at 16 and today, has reached over 3.8 million students from all over the world. He is the recipient of the Diana Legacy Award - the "highest accolade a young person can receive for their social and humanitarian efforts".
Zubair was the first-ever youth moderator at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum and has delivered workshops on social entrepreneurship at universities including King’s College London and the University of Cambridge.
Zubair is the National Youth Leader for the UK at the [Global Partnership for Education](https://www.globalpartnership.org/financing-2025/youth-leaders#:~:text=GPE youth leaders are young,for financing education and development.), advisory board member of DEFI at Cambridge University and the EY Foundation as well as a One Young World ambassador. An SDG advocate, he has been published and spoken internationally including at the 74th UN General Assembly, ITU Regional Innovation Forum and TEDx.
Startups Solving for Good | EdTechX 2022
Startups Solving for Good | EdTechX 2022
ZNotes Profile with UCL Knowledge Exchange (KEX)
ZNotes Profile with UCL Knowledge Exchange (KEX)
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