Bachelor of  Software & Information Technology

Tutor, Department of Applied Computing at Lincoln University

Lu Ye says that when the tutoring opportunity came up it was a great chance for her to put in to practice the things she had learnt. “Basically, what I do daily is assist the examiners with the preparation and administration of laboratory exercises, projects, tests and exams and distribution of teaching material”. She also leads laboratory sessions and assists with administration tasks such as maintaining class web pages for courses.

The advice she has for starting students is to choose the area of study you are most interested in. “Don’t chose one just because it’s popular, ask many questions and find out what will be offered in a particular area of study before doing it”. Lu decided to study Software & Information Technology because of the information-based age we are living in: “For most jobs out there good computing skills are a requirement”.

She says she enjoyed the small classes and friendly people at Lincoln and recommends new students get involved in activities and events such as the garden party. “I made lots of friends here, and they will last for a lifetime”.

“Whether or not I carry on in computing education or move into the IT industry I don’t know but I do know that wherever I work, here or maybe back in China, I will always be using the skills that I first got in my degree at Lincoln”.

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