Zero Gravity

What’s the coolest way a Zero Gravity Scholar has ever used their £3K Scholarship money? We think we have the answer. The legendary Chloe B., long time friend + fave of Zero Gravity, used her Scholarship money to volunteer at the Paris Paralympics 2024. The experience allowed her to improve her French, develop her interpersonal skills, get some seriously high-calibre volunteering experience, and soak up a huge sporting event, all of which are banging for the CV of any Medical Sciences students! Chloe took the time to write a blog about her experiences - check it out hereeee: https://lnkd.in/gPWwNPuq #Paralympics #scholarships #socialimpact

“Cambridge? People from here don’t go to places like that.” Antonia Antrobus-Higgins, one of our first ever Zero Gravity members, reflects back on when she told the doorman at her estate, Mo, that she’d received a place at Cambridge. “He was shocked because ‘the estate’ and ‘Cambridge seemed to be mutually exclusive places”. It’s hard to imagine that there’s a place for you at top institutions when you don’t see people like yourself there. But we’ve gotta say - we’ve always thought that Cambridge and housing estates go hand in hand. And we’ve got the proof. 🎒 Antonia signs up to Zero Gravity when she’s in school 👯 She’s matched with a Zero Gravity mentor 💌 With Zero Gravity’s help, she bags a place at the University of Cambridge 💰 AND bags a £3K Zero Gravity Scholarship, using the money to travel and learn about community protesting abroad 💻 She becomes a mentor to several Zero Gravity members, including Jane Mills, who also bags a place at Cambridge AND a Zero Gravity Scholarship of her own 🎓 Antonia graduates from Cambridge with a degree in Sociology + Anthropology 💼 She begins working as a press intern for the Mayor of London Zero Gravity Scholars come from all different places - council flats in Glasgow, industrial towns in Cardiff, rural villages in Yorkshire, and housing estates in London. A starting point as good and as worthy as any others, but unfairly under-represented in elite institutions and jobs. It is our absolute pleasure at Zero Gravity to instill the confidence and knowledge in our Scholars to not just apply for the top uni or the best job role - but to know that they can get it - and that they wholeheartedly deserve it. It was fantastic to catch up with Antonia at our Community Cup match over Summer. She remains a lifelong friend of Zero Gravity - it’s a for life kind of thing, you know. Antonia, we’re so proud of you. Thanks for having us along for the ride. Beyond excited to see what’s next. Inspired by Antonia's story? This could be your reality.  Ready to gain invaluable experience and unlock your potential 👉🏾 https://lnkd.in/eW55VRpk  #graduatejobs #scholars #uni #grad Murray Edwards College, Cambridge

What do Law students want to know? Well... you'd have to ask a lawyer. Like our lovely member Daniel Harry, for example, who has just graduated with a Law degree from the University of Cambridge 💼 Daniel interned with us two summers ago to help us build out the Opportunities page on the platform 💻 And it gave him the chance to input into the platform exactly what he'd want to see. "I interned last summer at the office helping to build the employability platform for the Law stream: looking at what employers are looking for in aspiring lawyers, the different sort of targets for firms and what they were sort of searching for and helping to put that into what has eventually become the careers platform 🎯 At the time, I had an interview with a major firm myself. So while I was producing the material, I was taking little bits for myself, and understanding what I personally need to be able to become more employable and more attractive to law firms." Daniel's work has helped us to shape the Opportunities page to what it is today, which now features some incredible law partners, like Bolt Burdon Kemp, Ashurst, and Perkins Coie. These days, we have exclusive career mentoring and law opportunities for Zero Gravity members for days. Like... the Access Ashurst two-week internship programme for Year 12s: https://lnkd.in/gVbAStjC or... the KPMG Law Graduate Programme, a 27 month role open for any aspiring lawyers https://lnkd.in/gZ6WsEnT and... some big big big Zero Gravity exclusive opportunities dropping imminently so keep checking back! Kind of crazy to think that now Daniel is a graduate, he'll be able to use the platform which he helped to build, to apply for graduate roles and power up his career 🎓 Legendary. Here for this full circle moment. Shout out to every one of our brilliant members leaving a tailspin of incredible impact behind them 🚀 #careermentoring #lawmentoring #law #university 

Looking for a job in finance, tech or law? ⬇ On the theme of exciting launches and new bits, we’ve got some killerrrrr new opportunities on the platform from our incredible partners. From an under-resourced background and looking for jobs/work experience/apprenticeships/internships in a range of sectors? Head to the Zero Gravity platform. Have a look below to see what’s live right now. No strings attached. Super simple. That’s it - that’s the whole post. Do it now before they close! Click here to apply: https://lnkd.in/eW55VRpk #graduatejobs #internships #tech #law

You asked for it, we did it... We built an app. And it’s so good we could kiss it (like our tech angels Alex Cruden-Archer and Ollie James are attempting to do here). 😘 It’s exclusively downloadable on the Zero Gravity platform - so all you have to do is log into your Zero Gravity account on your laptop or phone, click your profile icon, and click install. Guys, it’s so good. Not only is it even more gorgeous than ever, AND even easier to use, but you can now get push notifications meaning that you can get messages directly through to your phone and laptop for the first time ever. Reaching for top opportunities has never been easier.😌 Time to get Zero Gravity on the go. Download it now. https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #productupdates #diversityintech #jobopportunity

We love working at Zero Gravity, and we love our team. Which is why it’s so sick that we’ve just made the Top 100 Super Startups 2025 list! Shoutout to the fantastic folk over at Tempo for recognising Zero Gravity as one of the best startups to work for in the UK. We were assessed on team experience and company culture, personal growth potential, conditions (like benefits and flexibility), and company growth. More than 500 companies were nominated and screened, so to make it on the list is a big old deal for us! We’re sitting at number 31, alongside some good company - from Lucky Saint | B Corp™ beer to Octopus Electric Vehicles. Safely gassed as you can see from us reacting to the news. Cheers everyone! #startup #socialimpact

Why has our Exeter Ambassador Louise Cattanach strapped a Zero Gravity QR code to her back for her park run? Well, she's on a mission to get people to sign up using her referral link. The deal is: ✔️ Spread the word. ✔️ Grow our community. ✔️ Get rewards. We're trying to make the Zero Gravity community the biggest it's ever been before the end of 2024. More members, more students in the UK reaching their full potential. So our most engaged members can earn £5 for every eligible member they refer, to spend at 20+ retailers of their choice — from Tesco, to TKMaxx, to Odeon and Decathlon. As you know, we power uni students from low-opportunity areas with free career mentoring, masterclasses and career opportunities — from internships to top graduate roles. But not everyone has heard of Zero Gravity. And if you haven’t heard of Zero Gravity - you can’t USE Zero Gravity. Uni students, head to Zero Gravity to see if you’ve unlocked a referral code! https://lnkd.in/g_ptfZhH #socialmobility #universitystudents #ukstudent #exeteruni

Wednesday 16th of October. The day our Ambassadors defied gravity. That’s riiiiight, Wednesday was Defy Gravity day, meaning that our 80 campus Ambassadors attempted to break the record for the highest number of uni students sign ups joining our mission in a single day. Armed with their referral codes, our Ambassadors have been getting creative… 🍕 We had Team Oxford plastering themselves in QR codes and running around campus in a huge game of hide and seek. And if you found them, you won a free pizza… 🏃 We had Louise Cattanach from Team Exeter with her QR code strapped to her chest for a run (good luck catching her though!). 🔊 We had a ballsy mid-lecture shoutout from Esha Shah from Team Warwick 🍻 Oluchi Ijeh from Team Manchester managed to get Manny SU to stick her QR code to the bar (a smart marketing tactic, if we think about where students hang out…) 📱As well as loads of fantastic social media and society action across the whole team What a day! Fancy joining in on the fun? Do your part to spread the mission by getting your own referral code. You can earn £5 for each eligible member you refer, as well as creating some serious social impact on your campus. Get your referral code below: https://lnkd.in/g_ptfZhH #campusactivations #socialmobility #socialimpact

Ding ding ding!📱It’s time… Have you received the notification from us today to activate your University Zero Gravity membership? Many of our members who joined us as sixth-formers are officially at uni 😭. You bagged their results, made your first steps into uni halls, and hung up that one poster from Pulp Fiction everyone has in their first year room. Now that the dust has settled (and you’ve recovered from Fresher’s Week👀 ), we’re ready to grace you with your shiny new uni account. 🚀 Free Access All Areas membership so you can explore incredible career opportunities - from internships and placements while you’re at uni, to grad roles once you finish 👩💻Match with career mentors across loads of different industries from law, tech, and banking and finance, to the art world, law, and sustainability consulting 👯 Have an instant campus community when you link up with other Zero Gravity members at your new uni through our ambassador socials 💬Get your questions about first year answered by people who’ve been in your shoes - from navigating your results and course modules to places to eat and the best nights out 🤝Optional matching with school students when you want to pay it forward and support the next-generation through 1:1 mentoring. Turn it on when you have time, and off when you’re too busy If you haven’t received the notification yet - don’t sweat! Just log in to your account to upgrade. https://lnkd.in/edwSGSri #unistudent #careermentoring #internships 

Might surprise you learn that Zero Gravity doesn’t just operate out of a HQ in London… In fact, a lot of the operation is in Durham, Newcastle, St Andrews, UCL, Cambridge, Leeds, Manchester, Southampton, Warwick, York, Oxford, Birmingham, Nottingham, Exeter, East Anglia, and Portsmouth. How? Our Ambassadors of course! That’s right, we’ve got 79 incredible Ambassadors at campuses all across the UK who are helping us to create some powerful social impact at universities across the country. We trained them up in September, to learn about everything from spreading the mission to becoming leaders on their campus. A particular highlight from the day was sending them off to film some content promoting Zero Gravity and the results were so jokes. We’ve picked out the one that made us crease the most. (Shout out to our ambassadors at Portsmouth uni Flora Ezeoke and Temiloluwa Elemosho 🚀). Not sure how they convinced this random businessman to make a TikTok with them but we’re here for it. The Ambassadors don’t just create incredible content FYI. They’re also running masterclasses, kicking off student recruitment, leading our online and campus communities, and forging a fairer future for the next generation. We’ll be shouting this week about all the incredible stuff they’ve been up to, but in the meantime, check out the link below to see who is leading the mission at your campus. ⬇️⬇️ https://lnkd.in/ehdTsXEh #socialimpact #campusrecruitment #university