• Question: what inspired you to be an engineer

    Asked by ha56 to Chris, Paul, Priyanka, Ryan, Sarah on 6 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by DrPuddings, Tom G, MarcoFowler, sian, 989fuee26, liverpool, mikey, The little mermaid, ellie C xo, SB1738.
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      Priyanka Dhopade answered on 6 Mar 2016:

      I always enjoyed Maths and Science at school because they taught me more about how the world around me worked. My parents really encouraged me to pursue my interests and my teachers at school also suggested I do something science-related. So when it came time to choose a subject at university, I thought, why not choose engineering? And I’m so glad I did!

    • Photo: Sarah Hargreaves

      Sarah Hargreaves answered on 13 Mar 2016:

      For me it was my college tutor who introduced me to engineering and inspired me to study it at University. After I found out that I was too short to be a pilot in the RAF I was really lost on what I wanted to do as a career. I was really lucky that I had a such a good college tutor who knew that I loved both science and maths but also that I enjoyed problem solving and so suggested I look into engineering.

      After looking round quite few Universities and speaking to some of the students studying on the course I knew that engineering would be something that I would enjoy, so I went for it and I’ve never looked back since!

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