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Category: General

Reflections on a lockdown

4th May 20206th May 2020
Jordan Lee
Extra-curricular and social activities, General, Southampton experience

P.S – I am currently living in Wessex Lane Halls at Southampton. The events described here are based on my personal experiences coping with the lockdown from Day 1. Sometimes, all we need is ambiguities to bring us on an

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The world is on the tip of an iceberg: Thoughts about the pandemic

25th March 202030th March 2020
Jordan Lee
General, Southampton experience

In considering what has taken place in Italy and the rest of the world, it is likely that the novel pandemic is slowly manifesting its effects on every country within Planet Earth. At the same time, we have seen governments

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Lessons from a startup internship

25th February 202026th February 2020
Jordan Lee
Extra-curricular and social activities, General, Malaysia experience

As a third-year undergraduate, I had witnessed hundreds of my peers who share mixed notions of working in startups and Fortune 100 companies. Countless of them believe that adding work experience from big-shot corporations to their resumes might guarantee an

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Internship ’19

5th November 20195th November 2019
Arhum Alam
Engineering and project work, Extra-curricular and social activities, General, Malaysia experience

In May 2018, I was anxious and stressing my head off for two reasons: firstly, it was the exam season (the ‘e’ word itself is a real-life horror story for every student). Secondly, it was the internship-application season, and I

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End to start

8th September 20198th September 2019
Tan Keat Jin
Engineering and project work, Extra-curricular and social activities, General, Malaysia experience, Southampton experience, Uncategorised

One last post to conclude a certain 4-year long journey.

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Gradation

30th August 20197th September 2019
Tan Keat Jin
General, Southampton experience

I really do mean gradation.

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The Beginning of the End

12th August 201912th August 2019
Vinura Jayewardene
Engineering and project work, Extra-curricular and social activities, General, Malaysia experience, Southampton experience, Uncategorised

It was exactly 4 years ago on a day like this, I got my offer letter from the University of Southampton, confirming my place for the 2015 intake.  For me of course, having started my degree in Malaysia, home was

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Graduand to Graduate

12th August 201912th August 2019
Vinura Jayewardene
Engineering and project work, General, Malaysia experience, Southampton experience, Uncategorised

23rd of July… A date that would remain a significant day on the minds of everyone that was a part of the Mechanical Engineering Class of 2019.  From the day we started our degree, Graduation day is something that everyone

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Graduation 2019

31st July 201931st July 2019
Priscilla Ting
General, Southampton experience, Uncategorised

Summer break is when the Highfield campus loses its liveliness as the students go off for their long-awaited 3-month holiday. Some might have gone back to their hometown; others might have stayed for either an internship or work while the

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Have a break, have a Digestive

30th April 20193rd June 2019
Tan Keat Jin
General, Southampton experience

Preferably the luxurious milk chocolate ones.

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A blog by students from the University of Southampton Malaysia Campus

Find out what it’s like to be a student at the University of Southampton Malaysia Campus by hearing from our student bloggers. Follow them on their journey as they share their experience of spending two years in Malaysia followed by two years in the UK as part of our split-campus degree programmes in engineering.

The University of Southampton Malaysia Campus offers split degrees in aeronautics and astronautics, mechanical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering. We also offer an Engineering Foundation Year at our Malaysia Campus.

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