{"id":36890,"date":"2025-03-20T14:59:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T14:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emanuel.org.uk\/?page_id=36890"},"modified":"2025-03-27T10:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:40:43","slug":"spotlight-on-stem-jack-oe2016-23","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.emanuel.org.uk\/alumni\/oe-stories\/spotlight-on-stem-jack-oe2016-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on STEM &#8211; Jack (OE2016-23)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>What are you studying and where?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I\u2019m studying Computer Science at the University of St Andrews.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What led you to choosing this subject(s) and course?<br \/>\n<\/strong>I&#8217;ve wanted to be some sort of scientist since I was about six years old &#8211; it&#8217;s hard to articulate feelings experienced at such a young age, but even back then a greater understanding of the clockwork of the world, as opposed to just its exterior casing, felt special and worth pursuing. By about age 11, I&#8217;d chosen computer science as my main point of interest. This was not only because there are deeply layered systems to uncover in many things that seem impossible to replicate without it; nor was it because they were and are more present in our lives and surroundings now. It was actually because it combined the foundational curiosity and analysis present in all of STEM with a level of creative expression that was very exciting conceptually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you hope to do with your STEM qualification?<br \/>\n<\/strong>To help others &#8211; to have a greater chance at spotting what could be created to help society, and to have the skills to realise it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why do you think science is important in all our lives?<br \/>\n<\/strong>Science, engineering, research and innovation, even in its earliest forms of fire, weaponry, and agricultural breakthroughs, are undoubtedly a key (or perhaps the key) to humans breaking free from constant hunting and hiding present among animals. This gives us the time and breathing room to grow socially and inspect ourselves and the world around us through sciences and the arts.<\/p>\n<p>Science supports and enables both our individual existences and almost any practical action we do. No matter what you decide to do with your life, centuries of research and millennia of innovation provide the solid flooring on which you can take that stance with much less average fear of death than prior generations. In this sense, science cannot be less than vital to any of our lives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What science and maths influences came from your time at Emanuel?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Computer Science GCSE provided by Emanuel was invaluable, and without it I&#8217;m not sure I would have been able to get on the course at St Andrews. Being able to get the opportunity to continue to pursue my subject of choice, despite it being in very niche demand at the time, has influenced the trajectory of my life, I am sure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What do you love about STEM\/computer science?<br \/>\n<\/strong>All of STEM is excellent, however I am naturally biased towards computer science. It is, within the more well-known parts of itself, a field of puzzle solving, using well-designed tools and your own ideas to produce practical, tangible benefits from much smaller pieces. However, no matter whether you&#8217;re creating something in an untouched field or just making daily life more convenient for yourself or someone you know, the magic of computer science is the ability to not only solve problems and find the most useful means to a particular end, but the power to actualise usefulness and make ideas tangible, across an absurdly broad reach of different areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is something that you absolutely loved being a part of at Emanuel?<br \/>\n<\/strong>The wide range of choices given, in academics, sports and clubs, was simply excellent and the atmosphere was something special. 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