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Areeq Chowdhury has a diverse range of work experience in various sectors. Areeq started their career in 2013 with internships at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Parliamentary Office of David Lammy MP. In 2014, they worked at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as a Programme Management Officer. Areeq also founded and directed WebRoots Democracy, a company they worked for until 2020. Areeq then joined Future Advocacy as the Head of Think Tank and later joined The Royal Society as the Senior Policy Adviser, and currently, they hold the position of Head of Policy. Areeq also worked as a Parliamentary Assistant at the House of Commons and in Public Sector and Healthcare Audit at KPMG. Recently, in 2022, they became a Councillor at the London Borough of Newham.
Areeq Chowdhury completed their Bachelor of Science (B.Sc. Hons.) degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Birmingham between 2010 and 2013. Areeq then pursued a Graduate Diploma in Accounting and Finance from BPP University from 2015 to 2016. Additionally, they enrolled at ICAEW from 2015 to 2018 to pursue ACA (part-qualified) certification. Areeq Chowdhury also holds a certification as a PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner from APMG International, although the specific date of obtaining this certification is not provided.
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The Royal Society is the world's oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, and has been at the forefront of enquiry and discovery since its foundation in 1660. The backbone of the Society is its Fellowship of the most eminent scientists of the day, elected by peer review for life and entitled to use FRS after their name. There are currently more than 60 Nobel Laureates amongst the Society's approximately 1400 Fellows and Foreign Members. Throughout its history, the Society has promoted excellence in science through its Fellowship and Foreign Membership, which has included Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Ernest Rutherford, Albert Einstein, Dorothy Hodgkin, Francis Crick, James Watson and Stephen Hawking. The Society is independent of government, as it has been throughout its existence, by virtue of its Royal Charters. In 1663, The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge was granted its Arms and adopted the motto "Nullius in verba", an expression of its enduring commitment to empirical evidence as the basis of knowledge about the natural world. The Society's activities include influencing science and education policy, funding leading researchers, publishing journals that span all the sciences and the history of science, and the provision of science communication activities for a variety of public audiences.