About Us
Our Story
Empowered By Vee serves students who are underrepresented and who feel disempowered. We equip students with the skills and confidence they need to thrive in higher education. Our holistic empowerment model prioritises the emotional well-being of our students, whilst providing tangible and actionable steps to improve academic performance. We serve students during the transitional stages of higher education (pre-application, at university, and early career).
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We firmly believe that empowerment starts in the classroom, but extends beyond it. That's why we partner with schools, universities, and the students themselves to ensure that these skills are integrated into student curriculums in some form.
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Empowered By Vee is powered by a small voluntary team of students who want to make higher education more accessible. Our volunteers represent the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Birmingham, Queen Mary, Brunel, and Warwick (to name just a few!). We are also supported by a wonderful network of mentors who provide subject, skill, and background-specific expertise.
Our Founder
Empowered By Vee was founded by Varaidzo (Vee) Kativhu, a girls' education advocate. Vee is an Oxford BA graduate, a Harvard Master of Education graduate and a current PhD student at Claremont Graduate University in Education Leadership. As a young student, Vee had aspired to attend a Russell Group University, but she did not feel equipped to do so as someone from an underrepresented and low socio-economic background.
Vee firmly believes that there is an abundance of capable young people who are slipping through the system. Vee established Empowered By Vee to offer the support she wished she had as a sixth form and university student.
EBV Annual Report 2024
Reflecting on another extraordinary year of students supporting students...
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As we look to 2025, we're taking time to restructure and to come back stronger than ever - because our vision of a world where young people don't just access but THRIVE in higher education is just getting started.
Our Partners
