career

Spotlight on: FOTENIX, Joshua Kliment. PART 4
EEE in the real world 4th March 2022
Joshua Kliment is a University of Manchester alumni and along with Milly and James, is a FOTENIX team member. He is currently a Product Engineer and for the fourth and final part of this spotlight series, he’s taken the time to tell us more about his academic and professional journey. Product Engineer Joshua Kliment MEng […]

Spotlight on: FOTENIX, James Hibbert. PART 3
EEE in the real world 2nd March 2022
James Hibbert is a University of Manchester alumni and a current FOTENIX team member. He is currently an Electronics Engineer and for the third part of this spotlight series, he’s taken the time to tell us more about his academic and professional journey. Electronics Engineer James Hibbert BEng (Hons) PhD Electronics Engineer FOTENIX (2020 – […]

Meeting our alumni: Gary Preston
EEE in the real world 19th February 2021
Gary Preston is one of our brilliant Electrical and Electronic Engineering alumni who is now the Connections Team Manager at TNEI in Manchester. We caught up with him to find out how his time studying at Manchester prepared him for his career, and hear about why he loves being an Electrical and Electronic engineer!

Alumni career profile – one year after graduation
EEE in the real world 5th June 2020
Hear from 2019 MEng Electrical and Electronic Engineering graduate about her first year working at ExxonMobil.

Alumni career profile – six years after graduation
EEE in the real world 15th April 2020
Six years after finishing his degree, we hear from Harish Kathiresan about his work as Group Technology Programme Manager at Babock International Group.

Meet a researcher – National Nuclear Laboratory
EEE in the real world 29th April 2019
Rodosthenis Charalampous – or Rhodes as he’s known by most – is an EEE graduate and PhD student who now works at the National Nuclear Laboratory. Read his story.

Returning to university after my placement year
Life in EEE 10th December 2018
Roberta explains what it’s like to be returning to university after completing her placement year at Arup in London, earning a salary and not having to worry about homework!

Embarrassing moments
EEE in the real world 26th April 2018
I am five months in to my placement and I think I’ve got a good grip on this ‘adult work life’ thing. I’ve been working on a deep underground rail station that’s being built in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Super cool, I know! And I’ve had the opportunity to use lots of new software and some software I learnt to use in university too.

Sink or swim?
EEE in the real world 16th February 2018
Roberta is an international student at the University of Manchester studying Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Roberta is currently studying her Industrial Experience Year with Arup, an engineering and design consultancy firm in London.

Applying for a placement opportunity
EEE in the real world 13th December 2017
After numerous applications, heated interviews and frequent visits to the university careers department, I have finally started my industrial placement year. I am one month into working at Arup, an engineering consulting company, and I am loving it just as much as being at university.