b'Member News July 2022 13Students and early careerEvery day is different to the next!From a Diamond Jubilee Scholarship winner to Undergraduate Engineer at the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology, Isaac Jones EngTech TMIET, demonstrates how university isnt the only route into engineering.Isaac initially started outThe opportunities that have comeEngineering Council recognise thestudying full-time at universityfrom being at the Dyson Institutework we do as undergraduates wasbut realised that a degreehave been incredibleI would sayan important goal too! As well as this,apprenticeship aligned betterthat compared to a year ago, Im nowI feel like completing EngTech is theto his learning style.a lot more ready to step out of mybest way I can prepare to completecomfort zone. Ive been able to takeIEng and CEng later down the line. I went into university with an openpart in everything from a drawing mind and aimed to get the most outcourse in London to being interviewed of it. One of the highlights during myfor a magazine and presenting to time there was being awarded the IETthe Dyson Americas office!Diamond Jubilee Scholarship, and thenIsaac is already thinkinggetting invited to attend the Annualbeyond his apprenticeship. Dinner in 2020, he said. Despite some really great opportunities I hadIve now achieved EngTech status, at university, I decided to reapplyso my next major goal will be for degree apprenticeships, and into successfully complete my September 2020 I joined the Dysonapplication for Incorporated Institutes fourth cohort. Engineer. Im hoping to achieve By combining workplace learningat least a 2:1 in my BEng degree with his degree, this way ofas this will open up the option to learning has enabled him toreturn to Dyson after I graduate achieve a multidisciplinaryin just under three years time, he understanding and knowledge insaid. Id really like to get involved in more promotion of STEM too engineering before specialisingand potentially apply for the IETs in the next two years of hisYoung Professional Committee. apprenticeship.Being an IET member has My job as an Undergraduate Engineergiven Isaac access to the is extremely diverse, so every daybest resources available for is different to the next! said Isaac.achieving EngTech status. From very early on we are involved in supporting live projects beingConnecting with a Professional completed at Dyson, which gives usRegistration Advisor and mentor the unique opportunity to contributewas extremely helpful when I towards new research, developmentwas completing my Professional and technologies without necessarilyRegistration application. I wanted having the most experience. to achieve EngTech as a way of Having a community ofhighlighting how much experience we gain on the course, he said. undergraduates and colleaguesNobody had previously completed at Dyson, Isaacss apprenticeshipProfessional Registration on myhas gone beyond expectations.course, so having the IET and Isaac Jones Read Isaacs full story on our Early Career Hub: theiet.org/earlycareer EngTech TMIET'