• Question: Did you go to university or did you get an apprenticeship etc?

    Asked by lilah to Vinita, Rachel, Pam, Christopher, Brian, Andrew on 4 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Pam Anderson

      Pam Anderson answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I went to University and studied Aero-Mechanical Engineering for 4 years. Then I started a PhD in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering for another 3 and a half years. It was a long time to be at University!

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      Andrew Ratcliffe answered on 4 Mar 2019:

      I went to University for 4 years and did a Masters in Aerospace Engineering. I really enjoyed this degree but it’s focus was on aviation and I wanted to move into the space sector. So I did an additional 1 year masters in Astronautics and Space Engineering. This gave me space specific skills that were extremely useful in my first job.

    • Photo: Rachel Hudson

      Rachel Hudson answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I went to university, but only for a bachelors and then got a job straight after this.

    • Photo: Brian Weaver

      Brian Weaver answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      I completed two 6-month civil engineering internships during the last two years of my bachelor’s degree.
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      I interviewed for the internship program one year before I graduated high school. I didn’t expect to get in and wasn’t even sure if I wanted to do engineering! Worst case scenario I wasted a few hours on an application and interview.
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      Four years later I went to work for an engineering company for six months, then again for another company one year after that. The real-world experience I gained helped me stand out from all the other engineering graduates.

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