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| Robert Lule (far left) with his MSc. Maintenance
Engineering & Asset Management Group |
Robert Lule has been studying an MSc. Maintenance
Engineering & Asset Management at Manchester University.
He is due to finish in September 2008 and Kulika asked him
to share his experiences of his time living and studying in
Manchester:
How did studying in the UK differ from
studying in Uganda for you?
The school has all the practical laboratory requirements and
computer systems that support the teaching. It also uses experts
from the relevant field to conduct lessons and examinations.
The lecturers are flexible in terms of academic work and with
the several libraries, textbooks and renowned publications
research is much easier. Also, the computer clusters, and
efficient web-browsing makes submitting and writing up assignments
much easier.
What were the highlights of you time
in Manchester?
There are many! On the academic side, we’ve had several
study tours to big factories and industrial places as part
of our field work which helped us to relate classroom materials
to hands on work. Also, being part of a large group of students
made up of cultures from all over the world allows you to
share your different abilities and ideas.
For leisure time the weekends are fun, using
the different transport systems—coaches, city trams
and trains. They can be quite cheap, even for long journeys
and its interesting to visit the countryside. There are a
number of football stadiums around the city: Manchester United
stadium, Manchester City and Bolton Stadium (near Manchester).
For those who enjoy shopping there are a variety of shopping
malls with all the designer wears you could want!
What do you plan to do on your return
to Uganda?
I plan to lecture engineering students in the fields I have
covered here at the University of Manchester school of Mechanical
Aerospace and Civil Engineering.
I also plan to undertake my national duty as a Marine Cop
around Lake Victoria, improving the Marine force fleet asset
care policy so it can respond more effectively and efficiently
to emergencies.
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