Orientation

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My main learning style is very practical and seeing how it works. I guess that's a very engineering method. Whenever I learn, even if it is really elementary theory, you want to see where it comes from and how it's used in everyday life.

In one of my subjects, we had an instance where a lecturer changed midway through the subject. What I found helped ease that change was asking a lot of questions and asking for a lot of feedback. That way, you really get on the same page with the lecturer, and you also see what type of teaching and what they expect of you as well.

Whenever you're willing to learn and you want to learn, lecturers are always there to really help and guide you, because they're as passionate about it as you are.

The things that I found enabled me to be the best in my subjects was finding the areas and ways that I could get most interested in those subjects. When you're interested, you really find that it's a lot more than just theory on paper. These skills that I've learned transfer through all aspects of university and the workplace.

A lot of the time, whenever there's a deliverable, you want to really be on the same page, whether that's with a client, a co-worker, or a manager.

My advice to students coming in this year to UTS would be: get involved and speak to your lecturers, speak to your tutors. Really ask them, "What is the best way that I can learn this subject?" or "What is the most interesting thing about this subject?" That way, it'll pull you in, you'll get involved, you'll get interested.

It's really about understanding that the subject doesn't finish the day you finish your exam or get your mark back. It really does build upon the degree and how you apply these building blocks out in the real world.