My name is Anika Amin. I am a fourth-year Chemical Engineering student at UCL. I joined the UCL Women’s Engineering Society (UCLWES) in my first year of study, which was just when the society began. Furthermore, I volunteered as an academic mentor during that year for female high school students in Ghana that aspired to study Engineering. After this, I worked as the society’s social media and marketing executive, and now I am the president of UCLWES! We have held various events across this time, including our annual ‘Get Women into STEM event’ and have plenty of social and academic talks planned for the future too!

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.

This year, my aim for UCLWES is to expand the range of opportunities provided to our members and extend our outreach into secondary and primary schools to educate students in engineering. Coming from a background where I had no real insight into what engineering was throughout school and sixth form, I want to reach out to schools and inspire the new generation of engineers.