Students ask a question and don't get an answer when they need it. That's where people are lost.
Stefan Parker and John Crick co-founded AskEd after careers spent watching universities miss the moment. They launched in May 2026. This is how they got there.
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Stefan Parker was made redundant in October 2025. He had spent fifteen years in senior student recruitment roles across higher education, working directly with universities on enquiry handling, conversion and digital engagement. He knew the problem he wanted to solve. Within days of leaving, he had built the first prototype. He tested it with students at Middlesex University. Then he called John Crick. Crick had spent more than two decades working across the international education sector, in digital marketing, recruitment and operations in the UK, Australia and Japan. He had been part of the