Swanwick Hall School

I left Swanwick Hall Sixth Form in 2014 after studying English Literature, Health & Social Care and Psychology at A-Level. This allowed me to go and study a BSC in Speech Sciences at Marjon University in Plymouth. My dream has always been to become a speech and language therapist and studying at Swanwick Hall Sixth Form allowed to start the journey to achieving this dream. Once I graduated from Marjon I started working in supported living with adults with Autism and learning disabilities. This allowed me to gain further experience working with individuals with speech, language and swallowing problems. In 2019 I started a Master’s in speech and language therapy at Newcastle University. Due to the ongoing pandemic, I was unable to finish this and instead have just started working as a therapy assistant on an inpatient ward for adolescents who have mental health problems. Outside of work I enjoy reading and needlework and I’m hoping to go travelling through Greece. I also enjoy socialising with my friend and family and spending time with my pets.

Currently, I am a final year medical student with Keele University. All being well, next year when I am 23, I will graduate and go on to be a doctor in the NHS. I am hoping to continue my training and become a paediatrician. I have already achieved many things such as running national paediatric conferences, having blogs published by the Royal College of Paediatrics and getting a case report published in Midlands Medicine. I am very excited about what the future holds, having wanted to be a Dr from when I was 6 years old. I have done many exciting things since I left sixth form, including, visiting Africa with a charitable organisation, where we climbed Kilimanjaro. I did some hospital volunteering around Vietnam where I got to deliver a baby! I have also had an active roll in leading university societies and teaching other medical students. I have been employed by NCS as a team leader, by the NHS as a part time as a medical assistant where I take bloods from patients. I will also be working as a COVID-19 vaccinator this Summer. Outside of my academic and clinical studies I enjoy singing, baking, photography and running. I also have a fabulous bunch of friends and a boyfriend who I enjoy travelling with.

Sixth form was a brilliant time. Really enjoyed it and if I could go back and do it again (especially Y13), I would. I always felt supported there and I learnt a lot about working independently. I vastly improved my problem solving skills and mental resilience there too but I’d say that’s less specific to sixth form in general, and more specific to the subjects I studied (Maths & Physics). I enjoyed the problem solving aspects of these subjects (especially with regards to the Mechanics modules in both of them), I thought my best bet would be to study mechanical engineering which blends the two nicely. I knew that pure maths or pure physics would be too heavy on the theoretical side for my liking and hence why engineering made sense to me. I went to study Mechanical Engineering at the University of Nottingham. Completed a year long placement at Jaguar Land Rover and went back to complete my masters (5 year sandwich course). Graduated with a First-Class Hons MEng. Thoroughly enjoyed it all. I’m currently back at Jaguar Land Rover on a graduate scheme which was offered to me after I completed my placement. I’m currently within manufacturing programme management on some of our new electric vehicles that will be coming out in the next couple years.