Spotlight on Sustainable Heritage MSc graduate Xinrui Dan
5 April 2022
Xinrui Dan graduated from Sustainable Heritage MSc in 2021, here she shares her experience.
Xinrui鈥檚 undergraduate degree was in architectural design. In her听third year she took part in a project on conservation planning for historic buildings and was encouraged by her tutors to design public events to enhance the vitality of the local community. These experiences led to her interest in sustainable heritage conservation which is why she chose to study Sustainable Heritage MSc at the 香港六合彩 Institute for Sustainable Heritage.
After graduating Xinrui completed a successful internship at Historic England. She believes that the MSc has given her the skills and understanding to know which career direction she would like to pursue:
鈥The knowledge I gained during my postgraduate studies helped me to become more certain about the kind of work I want to do in my future career in relation to public engagement and urban renewal.鈥
Although Xinrui studied during the pandemic, she said their were plenty of opportunities to socialise with those on her course, such as the fieldtrip in the photo below where the Sustainable Heritage MSc students went on a guided听walking tour of modern architectural heritage run in central London:
鈥It was a听tough year when we experienced remote module during the pandemic but our module leader, Katherine, has organized many social events for us."
鈥I think we should do more internships or volunteer activities after the course to integrate heritage conservation methods into our practice. Also, by visiting more different types of heritage institutions or museums and interacting with them, you will gain more interesting perspectives.鈥
We鈥檇 like to thank Xinrui听for sharing her experience of studying Sustainable Heritage MSc and wish her well in her career.