Cognita Schools, UK. Ryan has joined Cognita as International Admissions Officer. He has been working in China for the last seven and a half years, and has taught in both higher education and private international schools around the country. Ryan most recently headed the design department of a prestigious school in Shenzhen – including placing students in UK institutes of further education. Prior to that, Ryan was Liaison Officer at a central Chinese university. After relocating to the UK, Ryan chose to focus on the recruitment and linguistic aspects of his previous work and is excited to take on the new challenges offered by the international section at Cognita.