
ACM Europe and WomENcourage 2017 conference, Spain
This is my last post and I would like to finish my blogging by sharing my experience at the ACM Europe and WomENcourage conference 2017 which took place in Barcelona, Spain. The conference took place from 6th to 8th September 2017 which was organized by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The ACM-W Europe womENcourage […]

My Experience of the Royal Navy Leadership Programme
I undertook the Royal Navy Undergraduate Leadership Programme (ULP) in my final year. It was a great opportunity for me to stretch myself outside my comfort zone and to experience something challenging. I really enjoyed doing this programme, this gave me an in-depth knowledge of the leadership skills required in Royal Navy. This leadership programme […]

BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium 2017 part 2
The BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium also included a talk from Carrie Anne Philbin of Raspberry Pi, who talked about using your powers for good. She is a presenter of the Computer Science – Crash course in the YouTube channel. You can watch her videos here. There were speakers from Google as well as academics from the […]
Attending Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Conference
I attended the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Student – Engineering Inspiration Conference 2016 on the 18 and 19th of November. Through this conference, I got the opportunity over two days to meet engineering students from different universities and talk informally with engineers at different stages of their profession about the options, opportunities, and experiences of […]

My experience at the Deutsche Bank – Autistica Hackathon
I participated in the Autistica Hackathon, organised by Deutsche Bank on 9th and 10th November 2016. I traveled from Leicester and stayed the night before in London to attend the Hackathon next day. The aim of the Hackathon was to develop apps for Autistic people in order to help them with their anxiety. As I […]

Mentoring at BBC Summer of Code Club
Hello everyone, this is my first blog hope you will enjoy reading it. I am going to talk about something that I do in my free time. I love engaging with young people to promote computing and engineering. As I am a STEM ambassador, I started mentoring at the BBC ‘Make it Digital’ coding club. […]

The British Quidditch Cup
I’m sitting here in a very damp, very cold caravan listening to the storm outside and dreaming back to last weekend in the sun. Last weekend was the third annual British Quidditch Cup or BQC. It was held in Rougley in Staffordshire and it was the biggest UK Quidditch Tournament yet. It hit me […]
Top 5 Cool Things to See Around Campus
Hello! Hope you are all well! I was thinking about doing a Christmas blog this week to talk about all the seasonal events at uni but Lauren has already done a great post on that. Instead, I’m doing the top 5 interesting things on campus generally. These things are great for showing your friends and family if they […]

Shining Some Light on Diwali
Hello! Sorry I haven’t posted in so long, I’ve had the WORST sore throat. It felt like 100 tiny people quarrying in my neck with pickaxes and dynamite. I think my mum thinks its a severe case of man flu but seriously- I’ve been feeling so rough! Anyway, I thought I’d do a blog on […]
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