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Bioengineering Day

Last week Gradcracker sponsored the Bioengineering Day at Imperial College London where we met students studying Bioengineering at both the University of Oxford and Imperial College London.

The day was an opportunity for employers (and Gradcracker) to get a better understanding of what bioengineering is and how students studying this subject would be ideal employees in industry.

There were a number of companies represented at the event including National Instruments, GE Healthcare, Imperial Innovations and Laerdal.

Bioengineering is one of the most diverse engineering disciplines that we have come across. It covers Maths, Physics, Mechanics, Electronics, Computing, Anatomy, Physiology, Cell Biology and Genetics (and that is only the edited list!).

We had the pleasure of hearing from two guest speakers; Leonard Fass, Academic Relations Director for GE Healthcare and Oliver Sexton from Imperial Innovations. Both presentations were really interesting, discussing the impact bioengineering has in medical industries and how students can launch their ideas and innovations in to the world of business.

Not only did we hear from the professionals, we also got to hear from some of the students. They discussed their projects and their career plans and also simplified bioengineering by using Iron Man as the analogy!

We also got the chance to test our knowledge with an interactive quiz. Did you know that the first non-friction artificial hip was invented in 1960's? In 1896 X-rays were invented and Insulin was first discovered in 1921. We were presented with images of the first brass tools engineered for surgery and saw future technologies designed to make medicine more readily available to the patient and more time-and cost-effective in treatment.

After the presentations students and employers mingled over refreshments and we had the opportunity to see some recently completed projects by final year students. The projects were further proof of just how diverse and complex bioengineering is. One project was about a component for a car, another about new technology for improved vision!

We got to meet over 60 students at the event. They were all so enthusiastic about their chosen degree and proud to be Bioengineering students. We asked a number of the students why they choose this degree and the majority commented that it was because it was such a diverse subject it gave them the opportunity to work on many different projects and have wider prospects upon completing their degree.

Gradcracker is now busy encouraging more employers of bioengineering students to advertise on our site.

Hannah Wade, Academic Field Engineer for National Instruments really enjoyed attending the event and said "It was informative and engaging, and it was great to hear so many engineers so passionate about their chosen subject area.

The event opened my eyes to the wide spectrum of engineering topics a bioengineering/biomedical engineering student covers (and as a result the incredible workload that they must learn to balance), along with the growing need for qualified engineers in this area.

Although National Instruments doesn't have a need specifically for bioengineers/biomedical engineers, based on the students I spoke with during the event, these students would definitely be a good fit academically for our engineering leadership programme."

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Are you considering further study to boost your opportunities in the graduate job market?

Have you checked out postgradcracker.com?

In November last year we launched the new postgraduate study section on Gradcracker geared around engineering and technology. Many of the UK’s leading Universities including Cranfield, Brunel and Leeds quickly launched microsites within the section.

We have already developed the site further!

It now has its own domain - www.postgradcracker.com - as well as still being accessible from the main menu bar of Gradcracker, and a brand new homepage.

Universities advertise their postgraduate taught courses and research opportunities and you can find all the information you will need to decide which ones to apply to.

You can also find the latest news from the Unis, check out upcoming events & open days and read useful advice about further study options.

As well as all of this, we have also implemented new search tools! Now, you do not have to search by University, you can also search by keyword or course title.

If you’re considering postgraduate study, there’s only one place to look… www.postgradcracker.com 

I can’t wait to hear what you think!

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Have you visited our new and much improved video and photo gallery?

I have just finished working on it and you can now access the video and photo content from around Gradcracker - all in one place!

There are corporate videos produced by many of our employers which will give you an idea of what they do and what they are like to work for.

You can also access all the video profiles of recent engineering graduates working for different Gradcracker employers and get an idea of how they've adapted to the world of work and what their early experiences have taught them.

Then there are the photographs from our Uni careers fairs and visits. There are photos from our journeys to the Universities, photos from around the campus and shots taken from the fair itself (if you or your friends have visited our exhibition stand you might be pictured!).

Check it out and let me know what you think!

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Gradcracker sponsors "Bioengineering Day" at Imperial College London

The students from Imperial and Oxford Universities have got together to present a "Bioengineering Day" and have asked Gradcracker to sponsor and publicise the event to the companies who advertise on Gradcracker. We agreed to do so because we want to find out more about Bioengineering ourselves and because we want to encourage and support engineering students who show initiative and proactivity when seeking employment.

The students have secured a guest speaker, Dr Leonard Fass, Director of Academic Relations at GE Healthcare, and they are being supported and helped by senior academics at the two universities.

They have organised a series of events to help recruiters gain a better understanding of what Bioengineering involves and why it is a discipline that should be considered when recruiting graduates.

We can't wait to hear what they've got to say and we'll keep you posted!

Click here to read our latest blog about the success of the Bioengineering day event.

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Glasgow, Durham and Salford Universities

Annie pictured with Civil Engineers Lulu Snell and Chris Willetts at Durham University.

The careers fair season has started again and we are back on the road! Last week Annie and Sean attended careers fairs at Glasgow and Durham Universities, while Angela exhibited at Salford University.

As well as meeting almost 500 new engineering students, who all registered on Gradcracker, we also met many students who were already registered on Gradcracker and just came over to say hello! And of course, receive their Gradcracker t-shirt. Check out the photos from Glasgow & Durham in the Gallery.

Many of the employers at the fairs were already advertising on Gradcracker: Alstom, Amey, BAE Systems, Mott MacDonald, Lloyd's Register, Thales and SELEX Galileo, to name just a few, but we also got the chance to speak to many potential new advertisers. So keep a look out on the site for when they join us………………

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