As part of my degree's Industrial Placement year, I worked at Gloversure. After completing my placement, I continued working for the company part-time before returning to university in September 2021. Gloversure is a digital web agency based in Chester. Their work includes web development, app development, marketing and designing. My role mainly consisted of app development and I also completed including web development. In addition to technical skills, this placement provided the opportunity for me to see how a software development team functions and how a project progresses from stage to stage. Other skills developed include:
Communication with my team
Working collaboratively or independently
Working on feedback received
Supporting users (fixing issues raised by users)
Skills Developed
During my time at Gloversure, I improved many of my soft and hard skills. The main hard skills I improved were my technical and coding skills. I was given the opportunity to work with many different frameworks and languages. The main language I used was JavaScript with the Angular and Ionic Frameworks for app development. I also worked with the Vue Framework. Additionally, I received training in the PHP framework Laravel. I used this framework to create stand-alone web systems and API endpoints to support app projects.
During a project's lifecycle, I contributed to many stages of a project's development process. These contributions include:
Writing Documentation
Database structuring
Planning
Designing
App development
API endpoint planning and building
Testing & Reporting
Liverpool Guild of Students
Halls Student Committee
September 2018 - July 2019
TeamworkEventPlanningMeetingSupport
Brief Description
During my first year at the University of Liverpool, I volunteered to be part of the Halls Student Committee (HSC). This committee was created for a group of students to represent other students in the halls. This allowed students to bring up issues and suggestions directly to the university and the halls team. As a result, the HSC were in close contact with the halls' Warden, Residential Advisors and members of the student's union.
Skills Developed
As part of the committee, I would attend weekly meetings. In these meetings, I had the opportunity to write meeting minutes and lead meetings. Here I learned the common practices of running and attending meetings. During these meetings, we would discuss problems in the halls and organise student events. By attending regularly, we would receive updates from other members and delegate tasks to each other. This ensured everyone knew what was happening and solutions were created.
During my time on the committee, we hosted multiple events in the academic year These events included seasonal events such as an easter egg hunt, pumpkin carving competition and a summer carnival. I had many responsibilities for these events and took on many different roles. Some include:
During my placement year at Gloversure, I completed a course on Udemy introducing me to the JavaScript framework Angular combined with the Ionic Framework. Using a combination of these frameworks allowed the creation of hybrid mobile apps using web technologies easily.
Skills Developed
My most improved skill was my programming skills. I am now confident programming in JavaScript, CSS and HTML. Additionally, I learned the common practises of app development and more specifically hybrid app development practises for iOS and Android platforms. I was also introduced to the use of RestAPIs in apps along with integrating Firebase's API and Realtime Database to apps. Additionally, I learned about the use of third-party plugins and the importance of framework's community. I completed multiple micro-apps during this course.
Brief Description During my time at Gloversure, I completed a Laracasts tutorial Laravel 8 From Scratch. This was to improve my PHP knowledge and introduce me to a framework containing useful tools and features to build web services easily.
Skills Developed
During this tutorial, I learned about many different tools provided with the Laravel Framework. These include building web pages using the Model View Controller (MVC) concept, adding email sending capabilities by connecting to a SMTPserver and sending notifications. In addition to PHP, I also built upon my previous HTML and CSS knowledge.
Peer Mentoring
Peer Mentoring fellow Computer Science Students
September 2019 - July 2020
MeetingsAdvice
Brief Description
I became a peer mentor for other computer science students for a year. As I had experience working with the university and being a computer science student myself, I wanted to help new students settle into the city and be an additional point of contact as a fellow student. I supported a group of 7 students. I have also signed up to be a peer mentor in the academic year of 2021/22.
Skills Developed
The students I mentored all varied in backgrounds and cultures. This allowed me to meet a range of different people and adapt my advice to their needs. Taking on this role required regular meetings with my peers helping answering questions to the best of my ability and point them to the best place for support if necessary. With the role came many responsibilities, I was required to be reliable to my peers and provide correct information to others.
Cymraeg - Welsh Language
Fluent in Welsh Language
WritingSpeakingTranslating
Brief Description
In addition to English, I am also fluent in Welsh. I have been an active member of the Welsh society at university and completed many subjects in Welsh during my time in high school. I have also completed an A level in Welsh language and literature. This resulted in me receiving small jobs translating text from English to Welsh.
Skills Developed
I can confidently communicate with others verbally and non-verbally in Welsh. I can also translate from English to Welsh including using the correct mutations and other grammatical features of the Welsh language.
Disgrifiad Byr
Yn ychwanegol i Saesneg, rwyf yn rhygl yn Gymraeg. Rwyf wedi bod yn aelod rheolaidd o'r Gymdeithas Gymraeg Lerpwl yn y prifysgol ac rywf wedi cwblhau nifer o bynciau yn Gymraeg yn ystod fy amser yn ysgol uwchradd. Cwblheais lefel A mewn llenyddiaeth a'r iaith Gymraeg yn yr amser hwn. Derbyniais waith cyfeithu o'r Saesneg i'r Gymraeg o achos hyn.
Sgiliau wedi'w datblygu
Gallaf gyfathrebu yn hyderus yn Gymraeg ar lafar neu drwy ysgrifen. Gallaf hefyd gyfieuthu o Saesneg i'r Gymraeg gan ddefnyddio'r treigladau cywir ac agweddau unigryw eraill yr iaith Gymraeg.
icpc Coding Contest
International Collegiate Programming Contest at University of Liverpool
October 2018
JavaCoding
Brief Description
During my first year of university, I attended a coding competition on the university's campus. I entered as a pair and attempted to complete as many problems as possible. This competition was open to any university student in the United Kingdom.
Skills Developed
During the competition, I experienced working under pressure in a team. Not only did you receive marks on quality, but speed was also a factor. Trying to complete working solutions quickly was challenging. Additionally, I learned how to communicate with my team member efficiently to provide solutions to the proposed problems.
