Bio
Details: 22, from Palembang, Indonesia
Course: MEng Mechanical Engineering with Nuclear Engineering
Optional Modules: Imperial Award
Clubs and Societies: Ahmadiyya Muslim Students Association, Indonesian, Mech Soc, TEDx
Volunteering: Soup Run
Tags: Overseas, UG, FoE, Mech, Muslim
Motivations and Frustrations
Motivations
Aisha has always been academic and enjoys the challenge of getting good marks as well seeing a physical product from what she is working. This is why she chose engineering. She spends a lot of time in the library as this helps her to achieve good grades and is excited to get more access into labs and workshops in her third year. While she enjoys university projects she prefers working independently and has lots of ideas that she has developed during her studies which she would like to create and test as personal projects.
Frustrations
Aisha had very high IELTS scores when she joined imperial but sometimes find accessing information challenging and often the information seems vague or incomplete. She feels that her native English-speaking colleagues are better at understanding these differences. She also finds it difficult when she has to wait for people to get back to her so sometimes find group work frustrating. As a practicing Muslim she finds it hard to access prayer rooms on campus and sometimes feels left out of social areas so spends more time in the library or the makerspaces. She prefers not to use the workshops because of the requirement to wear a boiler suit.
Aisha's Stories
Aisha wants to make the most of opportunities to help her demonstrate skills in job applications. She decided that she wanted to do some volunteer work that fitted with her, quite intense, study schedule. Read more about her volunteering experiences on her work experience profile.
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