About Veyra
Too many pupils wait too long to be understood.
Veyra was founded by a clinical researcher and is built by a team with clinical and research backgrounds.
The founder's story
From research participant, to researcher, to founder.
I have lived experience of mental health services, and I speak about it openly. Over the years I have seen this field from every seat in the room.
- 1Research participant2013, a Wellcome-funded study at King's College London
- 2ResearcherNIHR-funded cognitive remediation trials
- 3PhDInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London
- 4FounderVeyra, funded by UK Research and Innovation
Why Veyra
“Being understood sooner is the whole point.”
“Players feel free because the experience feels supportive enough to take risks, intelligent enough to trust, and high-tech enough to believe in.”
- The evidence for what works sits in academic journals.
- Pupils wait months, sometimes years, for anyone to look.
- Difficulties get labelled as laziness.
- Veyra brings that evidence into schools.
The team
A small team: clinical research, technology and game development.
Dr Samuel Swidzinski
Founder and CEO
Clinical researcher in cognitive assessment and remediation. Founded Veyra to bring that evidence into schools.
An Zhou
Creative Director
Directs the game world, the characters, and the design of the assessment and the training game.
Frank Zheng
Technical Director
Directs the technical and AI work: the guard-railed in-game guide, Ask Veyra and the platform behind them.
Sonya Christensen
Partnerships Director
Leads school partnerships, and works with schools from their first session onwards.
Matthew Lowe
Production Lead
Unreal Engine specialist, leading UI and front-end development of the game world.
Ali Ashkboos
Technical Lead
Full-stack developer behind the backend, the secure data systems and the cognitive modelling.
Advisers
Clinical and technical advice.
Dr Sameer Jauhar
Clinical Adviser
Associate Professor at Imperial College London and a senior NHS clinician. Advises on clinical questions.
Adam Pazik
Technical Adviser
Advises on scalable architecture, internationalisation and enterprise-grade AI systems.
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Our declarations
Where our advisers work, and what our links with other organisations are and are not.
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The company
Veyra is made by Schologists.
A UK company with one mission: to support young people's potential through clinically grounded cognitive science.
- Company
- Schologists Magna Ltd, registered in England and Wales, no. 14716296.
- Registered office
- 20 to 22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU
- Funding
- Funded by UK Research and Innovation through an Innovate UK Smart Grant.
- Research
- Developed with Innovate UK and Bournemouth University, working with researchers from King's College London and Imperial College London.
- Patent
- Patent pending.
- Accreditation
- The British Accreditation Council accredits Schologists Magna Ltd as a short course provider.
- Contact
- Contact us
