Rizwaan Malik

Rizwaan Malik, from London, United Kingdom, is pursuing a master’s degree in education data science at Stanford Graduate School of Education and a master's degree in environment and resources in the Emmett Interdisciplinary Program at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics from the University of Oxford and a master’s degree in educational leadership from the University of Manchester. Rizwaan aspires to use technology and data science to develop solutions that support students, teachers and school leaders. Most recently, Rizwaan worked for the Behavioural Insights Team - the UK Government’s ‘nudge unit’ - where he designed, implemented and evaluated interventions to increase student engagement with online learning and improve learning outcomes at scale. Before this, he worked in Uganda and Sierra Leone for an award-winning education social enterprise, and taught high school mathematics in Bradford, United Kingdom, holding responsibilities for improving student attendance as Assistant Head of Year. Rizwaan is also a community governor for a large comprehensive school in East London.