A large part of what IEA’s do is outreach; this summer I
visited a school in Pune (India) to talk about the different Engineering
degrees at the University of Sheffield and how I applied to Bioengineering. Due
to the relatively low knowledge students had about the application process, I explained
this further, explaining to them the importance of picking the right degree
course suited to their aspirations.
My talk included my
experience so far as a Bioengineering student and about Sheffield in general
(which included boasting about our new Diamond Building, of course!). Students
were interested in the opportunities available to them after graduation so I
gave them examples of recently graduated IEA’s and what they want to do next.
It was a really satisfying experience to answer the kind of
questions I had before I applied to Sheffield and I feel the students enjoyed
the information session as much as I did. Towards the end, I handed out our IEA
postcards as a token of remembrance and this generated a lot of excitement! I
also shared with the students our blog website if they wanted to follow our
experiences further.
Saylee
