Richard Evans

Richard Evans is the dynamic founder of The Profs, NatWest’s Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year and Founder of The Profs - the multi-award-winning EdTech company (Education Investor’s EdTech Company of the Year 2024, Best Tutoring Company, 2017. The Telegraphs' InnovaRichard Evans is a guest editor for Ace Online Tutoring and the dynamic founder of The Profs, NatWest’s Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year and founder of the multi-award-winning EdTech company recognised as Education Investor’s EdTech Company of the Year 2024 and Best Tutoring Company 2017. The Profs has also been named The Telegraph’s Innovative SME Exporter of The Year 2018. Sensing a gap in the booming tuition market and the struggles faced by thousands of university students, Richard built The Profs to connect learners with distinguished educators who deliver exceptional tutorials, mentoring, and course design. The organisation has since expanded into EdTech (BitPaper), Global Online Tuition (Spires), and Education Consultancy (The Profs Consultancy). As guest editor at Ace Online Tutoring, Richard brings his deep expertise in education innovation, online learning, and academic mentoring. He is currently focusing his efforts on levelling up the UK’s admissions system by developing mentoring programmes that help underprivileged students secure places at top universities — without the need for contextual offers or the heightened risk of dropout.tive SME Exporter of The Year, 2018). Sensing a gap in the booming tuition market, and thousands of distressed and disenchanted university students, The Profs works with only the most distinguished educators to deliver the highest-calibre tutorials, mentoring and course creation. The Profs has now branched out into EdTech (BitPaper), Global Online Tuition (Spires) and Education Consultancy (The Profs Consultancy).Currently, Richard is focusing his efforts on 'levelling-up' the UK's admissions system: providing additional educational mentoring programmes to underprivileged students to help them secure spots at the UK's very best universities, without the need for contextual offers, or leaving these students at higher risk of drop out."