Melissa LEE Award-winning Global Educator

Writer | Keynote Speaker: Empowering UN SDGs, Shaping Future

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 3 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023
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Angel Investor/ Advisor
Oct 2023
ZNotes is an award-winning online learning platform providing free access to high-quality learning resources and peer-learning support for secondary school exams. To date, weve reached 6 million students and 38+ million hits in 190+ countries. Started by Zubair aged 16 growing up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he was recognised with the Diana Legacy Award and appointed UNDP Generation17 Young Leader for ZNotes impact on UN SDG4. Our commitment to student success is reflected in our platforms impact, with 91% of learners feeling more confident about upcoming exams and 87% achieving or surpassing their self-set target grades in the May/June 2023 exams. And for our volunteers, 15% increase in our contributors importance for their future career to serve marginalised communities since engaging and 77% of our interns reported improved candidacy for new jobs and internships after time at ZNotes.
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2023
Angel Investor/ Advisor
Oct 2023
ZNotes is an award-winning online learning platform providing free access to high-quality learning resources and peer-learning support for secondary school exams. To date, weve reached 6 million students and 38+ million hits in 190+ countries. Started by Zubair aged 16 growing up in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, he was recognised with the Diana Legacy Award and appointed UNDP Generation17 Young Leader for ZNotes impact on UN SDG4. Our commitment to student success is reflected in our platforms impact, with 91% of learners feeling more confident about upcoming exams and 87% achieving or surpassing their self-set target grades in the May/June 2023 exams. And for our volunteers, 15% increase in our contributors importance for their future career to serve marginalised communities since engaging and 77% of our interns reported improved candidacy for new jobs and internships after time at ZNotes.
2017
Founder
Sep 2017
Breaking news: UK Education Garden is honoured to be shortlisted as the Best UK Education Consultant of Year (2022). As a niche international education consultancy, UK Education Garden recruits overseas students to study in England to degree level. In the founders capacity as the head of careers in a Cambridge college for nearly 6 years, she has been advising students about their educational HE pathways prior to establishing UK Education Garden which provides bespoke education consultancy for the Asian market. UK Education Garden organises bespoke study tours for postgraduates, boarding school placement for students aged 13-18 and leadership training courses for CEOs of overseas companies. Collaborating with top institutes, UK Education Garden aims to help families/students improve their proficiency in English, enriches their learning capacities and lifestyle experience living/studying in this country.
2015
Head of Careers & Resources
Sep 2015
At Cambridge Academy for Science and Technology (previously UTC Cambridge), we offer an exciting STEM Curriculum at both Key Stage 4 (GCSE) and Key Stage 5 (BTEC/A Level). We offer our students a unique opportunity to achieve traditional qualifications while also getting a head start in developing the skills required for exciting and rewarding careers in the 21st century. Students can progress through these key stage 4 and 5 years, spending 4* years with us or joining at sixth form entry stage. Our GCSE curriculum has a strong emphasis on Maths and English which compliments science and technical subjects. BTEC and A Level students are also offered a wide choice of STEM courses. Students will study either a BTEC or A Level portfolio of accredited qualifications including Core Maths, the Extended Project (EPQ) and Challenge Projects.