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Trisha Dasgupta working on projects for her Interior Design MA

How winning an award at uni boosts my career

Winning a design prize was very satisfying and a real boost for my career. I’m Trish and I’m studying Interior Design MA. In this blog, I’m going to explain how I did it and why it makes a difference to my future. What is the award and who runs it? Will + Partners is a…

What is it like studying an engineering degree at University of Brighton?

Develop your specialism at Brighton Engineering is a very structured course so all the mechanical, automotive, and aeronautical students work together until the third year. All engineers learn the essential engineering skills and the foundations of a variety of areas before narrowing into individual strains in the final year. I think this structure works very…

What is it like to study Architecture at university?

Architecture includes both creativity and problem solving Even though I studied biology, chemistry and maths at school I was always very passionate about drawing and then I discovered architecture. I researched how different countries and universities teach the course and how many technical and creative modules are in the curriculum. To my surprise, I found…

What I loved about studying Quantity Surveying

I’m interested in environmentally friendly building Construction has long been one of my interests and I have devoured programmes like Grand Designs since I was teenager. I am very interested in new ideas regarding house building that are environmentally friendly. So, when I discovered Quantity Surveying I was excited that I would be part of…

Anyone can study Computing – here’s my experience

Find your speciality at university Starting the course I was unsure on what jobs you can get apart from the stereotypical ones, but after completing first year I had a bigger understanding of how versatile the course is. The university gives you the chance to specialise and focus more on one aspect after the first…

I graduated from Civil Engineering with a job!

Discover your interests at university I chose this university because it offered a foundation engineering degree tied in with a three-year BEng(Hons) degree. After completing the first year you choose the engineering discipline you want to study, I continued with civil engineering. It was the freedom to choose that really appealed to me, because if…