EESE admissions video transcript

What is an admissions tutor?

An admissions tutor oversees the entry of new students from first enquiries on Open Day to the moment they join us on campus.

Why choose Birmingham?

The University of Birmingham offers a fantastic campus experience only a few minutes from the city centre. Engineering is really well supported, with new teaching labs and new buildings for teaching and research. Our degree programmes are accredited by professional bodies and recognised by bodies such as the UK Electronics Skills Foundation, which helps students gain scholarships, placements and bursaries while they are here. The degree programmes have been designed to offer both the knowledge and the skills that employers want, so that students have excellent opportunities for placements while they are with us, and careers when they leave.

What’s the most interesting job that students you have tutored go on to do?

Students go on to a huge variety of first jobs, some with major international organisations, some with smaller companies. Students find opportunities in energy, healthcare, data science, transport, home media, robotics, new technology and virtual reality. Some find jobs local to Birmingham, others have offers overseas. Many students choose final year projects in topics that interest them and then use that experience as a springboard to a job with a company also working in that area. While many go into Engineering jobs, some take their skills into other sectors such as the information side of other industries, such as finance and pharmaceuticals. Employers value Engineering habits of mind, and our courses are designed to develop those ways of working.

What’s your favourite part of your job?

Working with students, exploring a subject we’re all interested in, that’s always going to be enjoyable. All staff are personal tutors to a small number of students. Students change a lot in the three or four years they are with us. What makes being a tutor special is to see somebody you’ve worked with closely really develop their skills, their knowledge and their confidence, and find new opportunities as a result of their achievements.