Identifying as Queer in Engineering and Design (Part 2/2)

by Sophia Schulz | Mar 6, 2023 | Campus Life, Design, Engineering, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022

Hello everyone! Welcome to Part 2/2 of my blog on queer experiences in the Design and Engineering programmes at UoA. Time to talk about the one you (may or may not) have all been waiting for: Engineering! Personally, I’ve found it really interesting to compare and...

Identifying as Queer in Engineering and Design (Part 1/2)

by Sophia Schulz | Mar 6, 2023 | Campus Life, Creative Arts and Industries, Design, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022

Hi everyone! Sophia here with two last posts to end off my time with The Inside Word 🙂  I’ve mentioned this very briefly before, but I identify as queer, and I’d love to talk a bit more about my experiences as a queer person in engineering and design. To include some...

Internship Insights from an Engineering Student

by Sophia Schulz | Jan 23, 2023 | Engineering, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022

In July 2022, I started my first internship as a part-time engineer working at Halter (an agri-tech company based in Auckland CBD) and later transitioned to full-time in November for the summer period. Having done both part-time and full-time now, I’m here to...

Summer School: Who needs sun when you have schoolwork?

by Sophia Schulz | Dec 9, 2022 | Engineering, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Study tips, Uni hacks

Do you like spending your summer indoors, staring at a laptop screen and not socialising with anyone? Do you enjoy devoting hours to schoolwork while everyone else is enjoying the sun? Then sign up for summer school and sell your free time — and your soul — to get...

Project management strategies from a stressed Engineering and Design conjoint student

by Sophia Schulz | Aug 22, 2022 | Creative Arts and Industries, Engineering, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022, Study tips

For those of you who don’t know me, hi! My name is Sophia and I’m a Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) conjoint student. Although I’m a second year university student, Semester 1 of 2022 was my first semester of design as well as my first semester in...

How to get socially involved at uni (advice/ramblings from an introvert new to NZ)

by Sophia Schulz | Aug 22, 2022 | Campus Life, Inside Word 2021, Inside Word 2022

Hello there! My name’s Sophia, aka the idiot who travelled halfway across the world to start university during a pandemic. To give some context: I’m an 18 year-old Canadian-born half-Kiwi queer-identifying mechatronics engineering and design conjoint student. If that...