Approaching the end of academic year at Aston

Personally I really enjoyed my life at Aston University (I divided three main factors)

Location

As a second largest city in the U.K, Birmingham is a great place to live as an international student. From Aston University, you could easily go (it’s walking distance! Less than 15 mins)  Shopping centre, Cinema, Open markets, restaurants and attractions. More importantly, living costs are much cheaper than London.  According to UKBA Agency, they stated minimum of 800 pounds per month for living expense (based in London 1000 pounds). The amount could vary depending upon individual lifestyle but you could certainly save your huge amount of money by benefiting of advantages of Urban Settlement.

Excellence of faculty

One of the most important factors could be academic excellence of faculty regardless of undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Aston University provides quite practical taught courses and subjects for students. When I attended first term modules, I was quite surprised that Aston recruits many practitioners as faculty to deliver up-to-date knowledge. Although some tutors don’t have PhD, they give latest industry insights.

Opportunities for scholarship and career

Aston provides variety of scholarship schemes for prospective students. http://www.aston.ac.uk/international-students/finance/internal-scholarships/

Also, I have experienced excellent supports from career advisors. Students can get detailed advice regarding job-seeking on a one to one basis. Furthermore, Postgraduate Career Advisor hold career session ever weekday afternoon at 2^nd floor. So students get quick questions about their queries without appointment. Additionally, Career service at Aston provides latest job market information and a variety of job fairs

Secured placement for Summer Internship in London

London is one of the most ideal places to start your career if you are considering working in finance industry.  Approximately, the market size is estimated US$ 1.2quadrillion(20 times the size of world economy) and talented practitioners would not only inspire you but also give you better business insight in this field.  Personally, I secured my internship by benefiting from my language skills Korean, Japanese and English plus my professional qualifications. Although they are not guaranteed permanent position after my internship, they are willing to hire me if my performance of placement reaches their expectation (they hired intern for permanent position last year).  Internship could be quite good opportunity for me to broaden my horizons.