Adam Whitaker
Admissions Adviser
Admissions adviser with six years guiding applicants and their families through university entry, from open days to confirmation and clearing. Explains entry requirements, student finance and personal statements in plain terms, speaks to halls of 300 at recruitment events, and adapts quickly when the cycle changes. Fluent in English and Spanish.
Professional Experience
Admissions Adviser
Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
Aug 2020 – Present
- One of an eleven-strong admissions and outreach team handling 40,000 applications a cycle
- Run the personal statement workshops for partner colleges, reaching 1,200 sixth formers a year
- Introduced a shared applicant log that cut duplicate calls to families and lifted offer-holder conversion by 15 percent
- Lead the clearing phone room for three days each August, briefing forty temporary staff
Progression Coach
Trafford College Group, Manchester, UK
Sep 2018 – Jul 2020
- Advised 250 level 3 students a year on university and apprenticeship applications
- Built the college’s first UCAS timeline resource, still in use across four campuses
Education
University of Manchester–Manchester, UK
MA in Education, Sep 2016 – Jul 2018
University of Manchester–Manchester, UK
BA (Hons) in Sociology, Sep 2013 – Jun 2016
Affiliations
- Member, Higher Education Liaison Officers Association (HELOA)
- Associate Fellow, Advance HE
Key Skills
- Personal statement coaching
- Entry requirement advice
- Student finance guidance
- Event planning and delivery
- Public speaking
- Applicant record systems
- Clearing operations
- Reporting and documentation
- Family liaison
- Workshop facilitation
Languages
English
native
Spanish
fluent
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- A full-width band of the accent carrying the round photo, the white name and a right-aligned contact stack
- A summary paragraph in bold at the top of the main column with no heading
- Headings in the accent, bold and sentence case, with no rule or underline
- Roles in bold with the employer in italics on the left and the dates in italics on the right
- A grey sidebar with a plain skills list and a proficiency bar under each language
- Style
- Professional · Corporate
- Best for
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- Career stage
- Mid Level · Senior / Executive
- Layout
- Two Column · With Photo
- Photo
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