My name is Alice.
I'm a third year student at the University of Nottingham.
I'm studying Architectural Environment Engineering.
And I'm just going to try and give you
a quick insight into my course,
what it's like, what I thought about it,
and how I feel about it now
Why did I choose this course and why did I choose Nottingham?
I'd heard so many good things about Nottingham
about its diverse community about the amazing campus
and facilities and just about how
nice the environment was to study here.
And more importantly about the course.
I chose this course because I think sustainability, I mean,
I don't think I know that sustainability and
carbon footprint are pressing issues in today's world.
And it's actually quite surprising that
not many universities provide this course.
So when I saw that,
I was immediately drawn to it.
I think throughout my school experiences,
I was always very drawn to the environmental aspect of engineering
Because I'm in third year
I don't have that many contact hours
So I'm mostly home and at the library
I would say. I only have energy and waste lecture,
which is two hours a week
and my optional module for which I've chosen Chinese,
which is actually very nice because it's
refreshing to do something completely different
to engineering and science related subjects.
That's quite cool.
and then the rest of the time I'm in
the library or at home doing group projects
or working on my research project, my dissertation essentially
I think the best thing about
my course is how versatile it is.
I think I would say that it's quite similar to
general engineering just because we have so many
different types of modules. For example,
our modules range from heat transfer to renewable energy,
to electricity, to project management.
It's really a broad range.
and so you always feel like you're doing something different.
So in terms of equipment,
we are given a few things
in the first year that we're gonna use for labs.
So that would include goggles, your lab coat
and these really chic shoes that I love to wear on a night out!
I would say we do have
quite a balance between lectures and labs,
but more so in the first and, second year,
like I've mentioned, in the third year
it's more independent work
so there's less labs unless obviously your personal research project
includes that then obviously you'll be doing a lot more lab work.
How do I get from one place to another?
Will I live in Lenton,
which is the student area or the area
that's between the city centre and the campus itself.
So I have a bus pass that I used just to go on campus every day.
That's how I get to and fro places.
What are my fellow students like? My fellow students are so much fun,
we're so diverse, we're so different.
And I don't know.
I feel like in Nottingham
you find people from everywhere and I mean absolutely everywhere
And the fact that obviously we've got campuses in China,
and Malaysia, mean that there's always new people coming in.
There's always exchange students. And it's always nice,
like you always meet people.
Once you're settled in,
there's so many different things you can do.
There's so many societies you can join, so many events,
so many trips here and there
that you could take part of. My personal favourite would've been
a ski trip where we went to Val Thorens last year and
we're going to Tignes in France this year.
So that was a lot of fun.
Well, just skiing with your mates, and just meeting loads people.
There's so many opportunities to get involved in
for example, being a digital ambassador for the university
which I do, or taking part in outreach programmes.
So I got involved with a women's engineering outreach programme,
which was so much fun,
and such a rewarding experience.
Like I said, you just never run out of things to do.
There's always something happening.
There's taster sessions here and there.
It's honestly amazing, uni is so much fun.