Student experience
Meet our student bloggers and share their experiences as they study at EEE.
Student experience 19 July 2023
“Hi everyone! My name is Zoha and I have just completed my second year studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering. I recently had the opportunity to participate in the Sony Codefest which took place on June 9th 2023. I would love to share the experience with everyone! Open to all! Whilst preparing for my second-semester exams […]
Student experience 14 November 2022
Meet Nainika Sahye, a fully funded Mauritian state scholar and an aspiring mechatronic engineer. She tells us all about her story and journey as an international student here at The University of Manchester: The 7th of February 2020 – was the day life changed completely for me. I still remember sitting in my living room […]
Student experience 7 November 2022
Charis Whyte took the time to answer a few questions, telling us about what inspired her to get into engineering, describing the 4th Year MEng year-long team project, and telling us her plans for the future. Tell us a bit about you and your story? I’m Charis, a master’s student originally from Suffolk, England, and […]
Student experience 31 October 2022
Ahmed Omara joined the university on the Electrical, Electronic & Mechatronic Engineering with an Integrated Foundation Year course. Read about his experience at The University of Manchester: Hi Ahmed, thanks for taking the time to speak to us. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and the course you studied? Hello there. My […]
Student experience 14 September 2022
Joya Zhou Zhuoya (周卓雅), has just begun studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering. She has taken the time to tell us about her experiences coming from China to her life studying here in Manchester: “Hi guys! My name is Joya Zhou Zhuoya (周卓雅), a Y1 international student studying a BEng (Hons) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. […]
Student experience 5 August 2022
Meet Charlotte, an Electric, Electronic, and Mechatronic Engineering student and a Beatrice Shilling Scholarship awardee in her 3rd year of study. She has taken the time to tell us a bit about her story and why she chose engineering: “I am a disabled woman in engineering. An intersection between minority groups, within an industry that […]
EEE in the real world 4 March 2022
Joshua Kliment is a University of Manchester alumni and along with Milly and James, is a FOTENIX team member. He is currently a Product Engineer and for the fourth and final part of this spotlight series, he’s taken the time to tell us more about his academic and professional journey. Product Engineer Joshua Kliment MEng […]
EEE in the real world 2 March 2022
James Hibbert is a University of Manchester alumni and a current FOTENIX team member. He is currently an Electronics Engineer and for the third part of this spotlight series, he’s taken the time to tell us more about his academic and professional journey. Electronics Engineer James Hibbert BEng (Hons) PhD Electronics Engineer FOTENIX (2020 – […]
EEE in the real world 25 February 2022
Melisande ‘Milly’ Croft is a University of Manchester alumni and a current FOTENIX team member. She is currently a Data Scientist and for the second part of this series, she’s taken the time to tell us more about her journey and life at FOTENIX. Data Scientist Melisande ‘Milly’ Croft MMath & Phys Data Scientist FOTENIX […]
EEE in the real world 23 February 2022
In this four-part blog series, we are shining the spotlight on the start-up FOTENIX, a company founded by Charles Veys, a University of Manchester alumni. We will profile Charles, as well as three of his team members Melisande, James, and Joshua – who themselves are UoM alumni, in the following three blogs. Founder Charles Veys […]