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About Me

Volunteering
• President - Engineers Without Borders [2012] After no active committee, I restarted the society by myself, set up a committee of 7, and had about 50 active members within two months.
• Volunteer helper at the 35th WEDC International Conference [6th-8th July 2011] at Loughborough University for selected sessions, and was a delegate/participant in the remaining paper sessions and discussions.
• RedR UK ‘So you think you want to be a relief worker?’ Workshop [16th July 2011].
• Achieved the Loughborough Employability Award [2010-2012] which enabled me to gain a range of employability skills through work experience, voluntary and other activities.
• Student2Student [2011-2012] Student run email service offering emotional support or advice on any issue. I completed the 6 week training, and then was part of the service, responding to emails.
• Student Union volunteering [2011-2012]; 5 events ranging from gardening at a school, to helping out at the local community centre.
• Engineers Without Borders UK National Conference 2012 [28th-29th Jan 2012] at Birmingham University.
• Engineers Without Borders Research Conference 2012 [26th March] at University College London.
• Insight into Management Course [19th-21st March 2012] at Loughborough University.
Skills
• I find it intellectually stimulating and fun to find solutions to problems, and my course provides many opportunities to do this.
• I have achieved 67.2% and 63.4% in my first two years, which shows I’m hard working.
• I’m pro-active as I approached WEDC myself to ask them if I could take part in the conference, set up the EWB branch myself, etc (see volunteering).
• I actively take part in a wide range of university societies, which also shows I have a great desire to learn.
• For 4 years I have done Kickboxing/Karate and to do this I have been disciplined.
• As a result of doing group teamwork projects/coursework’s (15 in total) over the last 2 years, I am comfortable in working in groups, and I definitely take an active vocal role in a group. This has improved my leadership and people skills.
• I feel my purpose is to help people who are unfairly disadvantaged, and this compassion encourages me to live this way (see volunteering).
• I have a clean driving licence.
Skills
• I find it intellectually stimulating and fun to find solutions to problems, and my course provides many opportunities to do this.
• I have achieved 67.2% and 63.4% in my first two years, which shows I’m hard working.
• I’m pro-active as I approached WEDC myself to ask them if I could take part in the conference, set up the EWB branch myself, etc (see volunteering).
• I actively take part in a wide range of university societies, which also shows I have a great desire to learn.
• For 4 years I have done Kickboxing/Karate and to do this I have been disciplined.
• As a result of doing group teamwork projects/coursework’s (15 in total) over the last 2 years, I am comfortable in working in groups, and I definitely take an active vocal role in a group. This has improved my leadership and people skills.
• I feel my purpose is to help people who are unfairly disadvantaged, and this compassion encourages me to live this way (see volunteering).
• I have a clean driving licence.
Skills
• I find it intellectually stimulating and fun to find solutions to problems, and my course provides many opportunities to do this.
• I have achieved 67.2% and 63.4% in my first two years, which shows I’m hard working.
• I’m pro-active as I approached WEDC myself to ask them if I could take part in the conference, set up the EWB branch myself, etc (see volunteering).
• I actively take part in a wide range of university societies, which also shows I have a great desire to learn.
• For 4 years I have done Kickboxing/Karate and to do this I have been disciplined.
• As a result of doing group teamwork projects/coursework’s (15 in total) over the last 2 years, I am comfortable in working in groups, and I definitely take an active vocal role in a group. This has improved my leadership and people skills.
• I feel my purpose is to help people who are unfairly disadvantaged, and this compassion encourages me to live this way (see volunteering).
• I have a clean driving licence.
Interests
• WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Eventually I would like to work in the aid/development sector, more specifically in water and sanitation and hygiene in developing countries.
• Inner Work [2007-current] Learning about thoughts and emotions and how to overcome internal limitations, and generally improving my emotional intelligence.
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