Engineering Student Portfolio
Your career is already being built, in this term’s lectures, labs and site visits.
Most students only realise it in final year, when the details have gone. Capture it now, twenty minutes at a time, and walk into your first job with evidence, not guesses.
Find your stageGet the free templateI have taught geotechnical engineering at university and now work in industry. This is the advice I give every student I mentor, one stage at a time. Damilola Akinniyi
Find your stage
Where are you on your course?
Pick your stage to see what matters now, with a short list to tick off.
First year
Still finding your feet? Start here, with no pressure.
Read the guide → 2The middle years
Which area of engineering is really for you?
Read the guide → 3Placement or SIWES
How do you get one, and stand out when you do?
Read the guide → 4Final year
Why do good students get rejected, and how do you get through?
Read the guide →First year at work
Carrying it into your career, or your NYSC year.
Coming soonBuild your portfolio
Short guides, one topic each
How to write an entry
The questions that turn a lab or a lecture into evidence, with a simple example.
Read →What to record
Nine areas to cover over your course, and what employers look for.
Read →Where to keep it
So nothing gets lost when your university account closes.
Read →Professional registration
Where all of this leads, in the UK, Nigeria and beyond.
Read →Get started
Start your portfolio this week.
Get the free entry template, the one-page plan to print and tick, and a short reminder each term if you want one. Enter your first name and email, and you will go straight to the downloads.
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